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was on an exposed slope of the Abbey Island, open to the Atlantic. 
It grew here pushing its way through a prostrate growth of Ulex and 
heaths, above this the leaves were twisted into every shape, and 
often cut off, apparently eaten by sheep or goats, I was glad to find 
this rare plant had a much wider range in Kerry than was supposed. 
A specimen of the Bournemouth Simethis , kindly sent me by the Rev. 
E. F. Linton, seems a much more slender and delicate plant than the 
usual Kerry state. — R. W. Scully. 
Allium vinecile , Linn., var. capsuliferum , Syme. Rock, Wetton 
Mill, N. Staffordshire, September, 1889. — W H. Purchas. The 
var. bulbiferum ; var. capsuliferum has no head-bulbules. — J. G. 
Juncus tenuis , Willd. By old road, between Sneem and Caher- 
danick, Kerry, 12th July, 1889. — R. W. Scully. See Journal of 
Botany, vol. 27 (1889), p. 335. 
Alisma ranunculoides , Linn., a form? Border of Maelog Lake, 
Anglesey, Jun^ 1889. — J. E. Griffith. A weak form closely 
resembling'' '/yfrypens, but I do not see any trace of the rooting 
character^ *j. G-. ' ’ 
Potamogeton nata?is , L., Braemar, S. Aberdeen, 23rd July, 1889. 
Name confirmed by Mr. A. Bennett. A highland form which I have 
under cultivation, and will report if it should prove a case of permanent 
divergence from the type. — W m. R. Linton. “ The specimens show 
they were gathered in shallow water, but the fruit is not materially 
different from similar specimens gathered from £ mud quite 
dry, ; Kinghorn Loch, Fife, 1874. — J. Boswell Syme. The fruit is 
slightly smaller than in a specimen from Westerness, at 2,500 feet 
(Rev. E. S. Marshall), but this specimen has grown in water probably 
at least one foot deep. Unfortunately little information is given 
with continental specimens as to elevation. A specimen from 
Northern India, 9 — 10,000 feet alt., is only in flower, so no 
comparison can be made. The fruits of Mr. Linton’s specimens are 
smaller than the usual lowland plant, but shew no tendency to 
approach P. polygonifoliusP — Arthur Bennett. 
P. fluitans , Roth. Wey and Arun Canal, Surrey and West Sussex, 
5th August, 1888. I send a few more specimens of this, the type 
plant of Roth, according to Reichenbach. — W. H. Beeby. 
P. heterophyllus x Ziziil P. gramineus var. fluctuans , Tiselius. 
Broker’s Drain, Witcham Meadlands,Mepal, Cambridgeshire, 16th June, 
1889. — A. Fryer. “ I should not myself have referred this specimen 
to the fluctuans of Dr. Tiselius. It does not accord with the specimens 
of his plant he has kindly sent me. Whether it is heterophyllus x 
Zizii or not, Mr. Fryer is far more able to say from local knowledge 
than anyone seeing dried specimens can be.” — Arthur Bennett. 
P. ?iitens , “Weber.” Canal, near Pirbright, 12th August, 1888. — 
W. H. Beeby. 
P. nitens , Web., var. salicifolius , Fr. R. Laune, near Ballymalis 
Castle, Kerry, 27th July, 1889. — R. W.- Scully. “ I believe correct, 
though I have not been able to see typical specimens. The name is 
quoted of Koch, but Fries, Nov. FI. Suec. 1828 is the earliest.” — 
Arthur Bennett. 
