138 THE BOTANICAL EXCHANGE CLUB OF THE BRITISH ISLES. 
Maam, co. Galway, 13th August, 1885. I feel hardly a doubt that 
this is Lamarck’s plant, which is a new plant for Ireland, though I 
understand that it has been found in Scotland, and is not, therefore, 
an addition to the British Flora. — E. F. Linton. 
Juncus supiniis , Moench., var. fluitans, Lam. (Diet. Ill, p 271). 
Forming long bright green patches, at Maam, in the bed of the river 
Bealanabrack, which flows into Lough Corrib, county Galway, 3rd 
October, 1885; also in the river Bundorragha, which runs into the 
Killary Harbour, opposite Leenane, county Mayo, 5th October, 1885. 
The Rev. E. F Linton, M.A. , called my attention to this plant, as 
occurring in the river of Maam, and I tried to collect sufficient 
specimens there for our members ; but the heavy rains of the late 
autumn had raised the river seven or eight feet above its normal 
height, which, with the turbid character of the flood water, made the 
plant difficult to find, and I could only get. about a dozen sheets of 
specimens. A day or two later I saw the same plant in abundance 
in the river below Delphi, in county Mayo, and the supply from this 
station will nearly go round the Club. Its habit is unlike a Juncus, 
and still less of Juncus supinus, but I have little doubt it is Lamarck’s 
plant. It occurs in dense masses in the mud of the swiftly-flowing 
river, and suggests that a portion of the green sward had been under- 
mined by the stream, and carried into the current which flowed over 
it ; from this mass long tassel-like branches are seen waving in the 
river, with fine effect, as their light-coloured green capillary leaves 
were from six to twelve inches in length. Traces of fruit were very 
infrequent. It is difficult to keep its facies intact in dried specimens, 
but I took considerable pains to float out the leaves on paper under 
water, so as to preserve its habit as much as possible in the dried 
specimens. — Charles Bailey. 
Rhynchospora fusca , R. and S. I send this as “new”? to the 
western sea board of Wales. It occurred abundantly in part of 
the Dyfi estuary, Cardigan, along with type R. alba , Vahl., and a 
slightly discoloured variety which would have about as much claim 
to the name sordida as the Trelleck bog plant sent last year. 
Augustin Ley. 
Eriophorum gracile , Koch. Sphagnum bog. Wear, Aldershot, 
Surrey, 24 June and 22 Aug., 1885. — W. H. Beeby. 
Carex vulpina , L. A curious malformed state of this plant occurs 
over a large area all round the station where Cotula coronopifolia 
occurs, between Moreton and Leasowe, near Birkenhead, Cheshire, 
29 August, 1885. The plants are most luxuriant, and occur on all 
the ditch banks. — Charles Bailey. 
C. vulpina x divulsa. Newland, Malvern, Worcestershire, June, 
1885. One root only, in a depression in some common land, growing 
with C. vulpina , muricala , divulsa , and ovalis . — R. F. Towndrow. 
<c This seems to have the nut of divulsa , to which I should place it.” 
C. C. Babington. 
C. muricata , L.,var . pseudo-divulsa. Malvern Link, Worcestershire, 
June, 1885. — R. F. Towndrow. “ Fruit too young for examination.” 
C. C. Babington. 
C. salina , Wahl., var. kattegatensis. Wick river, Caithness, July 
