REPORT FOR 1897. 
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Potomageton coloratus , Homem. Dike, Braunton, North Devon, 
14th August 1897. — S. T. Dunn. “The typical state of the species.” 
— A. Fryer. 
P. decipiens , Nolte = P. lucens x P. perfoliatus. Drain by the 
Wash Cut, near the Engine, Nepal, Cambridgeshire, 7th September 
1897. Ref- No. 3124. — G. F. and A. Fryer. 
P. perfoliatus , L. Brecon and Newport Canal, in the neighbourhood 
of Abergavenny, Monmouthshire, 8th June 1897. New county 
record. — Charles Bailey. 
P. crispus, L. Brecon and Newport Canal, in the the neighbourhood 
of Abergavenny, Monmouthshire, 8th June 1897. New county 
record. — Charles Bailey. “ A state with obtusely-rounded, flat 
leaves. A similar form is sometimes found fruiting in the Huntingdon- 
shire Fens, where it gradually passes into the more typical state, well 
figured in ‘E.B.,’ ed. iii, t. 1413. Botanists often name these states 
of P. crispus ‘var. serratus ,’ Huds. Do specimens named by Hudson 
exist? The description indicates P. densusP — Alfred Fryer. 
P. Cooperi , mihi., P. crispus x P. perfoliatus, P, undulatus , Fryer, 
non Wolfgang? Chester, 24th July 1897. Ref. No. 3049. — A. Fryer. 
Union Canal above Falkirk, Stirlingshire, 1st September 1897. 
Colonel Stirling and R. Kidston. Ref. No. 3118. — A. Fryer. 
P. obtusifolius , M. and K. Near Slough, Bucks, July 1897. New 
county record. — G. Claridge Druce. 
P. trichoides, Cham. Dike between Ingham and Palling, East 
Norfolk, nth August 1897.— J. Groves. 
P. trichoides, Cham. Near Nepal Engine Drain, Cambridgeshire, 
19th September 1897. Ref. No. 3142. — A. Fryer. 
Ruppia % rostellata , Koch, var. nana , Boswell. Near Edderton, 
East Ross, vice-county 106, 10th August 1897. — E. S. Marshall; 
and also from W. A. Shoolbred. 
Zannichellia pulustris, L. Brickhill, Bucks, July 1897. New 
county record. — G. C. Druce. 
Eleocharis uniglumis, Reichb., var. Watsoni (Bab.)? Near 
Macmine Junction, Co. Wexford, nth June 1897. Ref. No. 
1967. I strongly suspect that this is Babington’s E. Watsoiii, 
it has the very dark chocolate-brown glumes mentioned in Hooker’s 
‘Students’ Flora’ as belonging to that, but the fruit is not yet formed. 
Very peculiar when fresh. — E. S. Marshall. “ E. uniglumis, Link, 
probably ; the young nut is very much shorter than the bristles. — 
W. R. Linton. “ Certainly not very near E. Watsoni ; of which the 
authentic examples in ‘Herb. Kew.’ are three to four inches high, with 
