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judge by its description it is nothing but the corresponding monoecious 
form or state of M. annua, Linn. Such states are occasionally met 
with in other genera of which the species are usually dioicious, and, in 
my opinion, are not deserving of even varietal distinction. — A. 
H. Wolley-Dod. “See ‘Journ. Bot.,’ 1895, P- 185.” — W. R. L. 
Ulmus montana, Stokes, var. nitida, Syme? Fruit 15th April and 
22nd May; branch leaves (marked “ B ’') and those of the suckers, 
August 1899, King’s Capel, Herefordshire. This planted elm, to 
which I have for many years given the name nitida, and which 
certainly belongs to U.' montana, Stokes, by fruit characters, produces 
suckers freely in Herefordshire, and, I believe, elsewhere. It will be 
seen that the leaves of the suckers (which were indeed almost young 
trees, 20 ft. high) are precisely similar to the branch leaves sent for 
comparison. I do not think it possible that the suckers are really 
shoots from stumps of felled tree=. The samara in this variety is (in 
all the trees I had noticed) much mnre roundly obtuse at the apex, 
than in type U. montana, Stokes. — A. Ley. 
Salix repens, Linn., form. From Holme Fen, Hunts. Cult. May 
and July 1890-3. Capsules glabrous, long styled, leaves narrow long, 
bush erect, upwards of three feet. — W. R. Linton. 
Flabenaria conopsea, Benth. Disserth, Radnorshire, i8th July 
1899. This plant was growing in a meadow with Lysimachia vulgaris, 
Car dims pratensis, and other meadow plants, which, in a week’s time 
from gathering my specimens, w'as mown, and every vestige of these 
plants consequently disappeared. This may account for this plant not 
having previously been recorded for this county. — W. H. Painter. 
Crocus nudiflorus, Sm. Occurring wild in a field near Budbrooke, 
Warwickshire, October 1899. — Coll. H. Bromwich; Comm. A. 
Jackson. 
Polygonatum multiflorum. All. Buildwas, Salop, May 1899. This 
plant, originally a garden escape, has now become well established in 
its habitat through the lapse of years. — W. H. Painter. 
Juncus castaneus, Sm. Glenshee, E. Perth, August 1899. — H. J. 
Riddelsdpill. “‘Journ. Bot.,’ 1890, p. 182.” — A. Bennett. 
Sparganium I'amosum, Huds., var. microcarpum, Neum. The 
Lake, Llandrindod Wells, Radnorshire, July 1899; Hem Manor, 
Salop, August 1899. Passed by Mr. Beeby. — W. H. Painter. 
Potamogeton Drucei, Fryer. From the River Loddon, Berks., 
August 1898. I have sent the specimens merely in order to state 
that the plant has fruited with Mr. Fryer in 1899, and that the fruit 
differs essentially from that of any other species at present known to 
Mr. Fryer, and, I believe, also to Mr. Bennett. Mr. Fryer, therefore, 
now gives it full specific rank, and so far as known it appears to be 
