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fruit are present. Also I would suggest that specimens of P. lucens , 
P. Zizii, and P. gramineus should be collected and sent for distribu- 
tion from as many localities as possible. Unless this is done we shall 
miss many interesting forms of great value to students of the genus ; 
and many forms which are probably due to temporary conditions may 
never recur.” — Alfred Fryer. 
Cyperus fuscus, L. Peaty valley, near Weston-in-Gordano, N. 
Somerset, 27th September 1900. See ‘Journ. of Bot.,’ 1900, 
p. 446, and 1901, p. 93 . — Jas. W. White. 
Eleocharis multicaulis , Sm. Oakmere, Cheshire, 22nd July 1900. 
— A. H. Wolley-Dod. 
Scirpus nanus , Sprengel, S. parvulus, R. and S. In the tidal river 
at Abersoch, where Mr. Griffith first discovered it, Carnarvonshire, 
growing with the dwarf form of S. numidianus and S. setaceus, July 
1900. Gathered in company with Prof. Marshall Ward and Mr. F. 
Bellany. — G. Claridge Druce. 
S. cernuus , Vahl. Ditch banks, near Walton-in-Gordano, N. 
Somerset, 4th October 1900. New record for v.-c. 6 . — Jas. W. 
White. 
S. cernuus , Vahl., var. pygmceus , Kunth. Coast near Lochranza, 
Arran, v.-c. 100, Clyde Isles, 25th August 1900. — E. S. Marshall. 
S. Caricis , Retz. Fairlie, Ayrshire, v.-c. 75, Shore turf, 30th June 
1896. — A. Somerville. 
Carex pauciplora, Lightf. From five localities in Kintyre, Easter- 
ness, and Mid Perth, 1888-1899. — A. Somerville. 
C. vtilpina , L., var. nemorosa, Rebent. ? In some quantity on the 
dried-up bed of a pool between Alfreton and Shirland, Derbyshire, 
4th July 1900. — W. R. Linton. And (likewise queried) Banks of 
the Wyre, Preesall, W. Lancashire, 1st August 1900. — J. A. 
Wheldon. “ In the specimens sent to me the spikelets are more 
closely aggregated than in the plants I have been accustomed to call 
nemorosa , although doubtless these approximate towards it.” — G. C. 
Druce. 
C. chordorrhiza , L. Altnaharra, v.-c. 108, W. Sutherland, 5th 
June 1900. — E. S. Marshall. 
C. elata , All., C. stricta, Good. On the borders of a very small 
pond on peaty soil near Rusholts. A new record for Buckinghamshire. 
The specimens are immature, being gathered in May 1900, but when 
I went later in the year the ruthless scythe of a mower had forestalled 
me. — G. Claridge Druce. 
C. aquatilis, Wahlenb., var. or form with cuspidate glumes. Wick 
river, Caithness, 28th June 1900. “I take this to be the ordinary 
