REPORT FOR 1896. 
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S. aurita x pliylicifolia x purpurea ? (S. scsquitertia, F. B. White.) 
“Annals of Scottish Natural History,” 1892, 66. Sent me by 
Mr. James Fingland, Thornhill, Dumfriesshire, from the bush from 
which Dr. White described the hybrid. Hort. Bournemouth, 15th April 
and 10th July 1896. — Edward F. Linton. 
Habenaria viridis , R. Br., in Aiton, ‘Hort. Kew,’ ed. ii, v, 192, 
var. bracteata , mihi. Rather frequent on Creag na Dala Bige, South 
Aberdeenshire, 29th June 1896, and the more frequent form in 
mountainous districts of Scotland. On our Oxfordshire and Berkshire 
chalk downs the shortly bracteate form is the prevailing plant. In 
the ‘Flore de la Normandie,’ p. 31 1, 1869, Brebisson described the 
latter form as Orchis viridis , var. brevibracteata. — G. Claridge Druce. 
Sisyrinchium californicum , Dryander. Near Rosslare, Co. Wexford, 
Ireland, 16th June 1896. — E. S, Marshall. 
Simethis bicolor , Kunth. Near Bournemouth, Dorset, 14th June 
1892 and 28th June 1894. — E. F. Linton. Also from Branksome 
Park, Dorset, 6th June 1896.— W. Moyle Rogers. 
Juncus compressus , Jacq. ; var. coarctatus, Meyer. Sandy field near 
the Fleet, Wyke Regis parish, Dorset, 9th July 1896. Mr. A. 
Bennett considered the specimens to be probably this variety of 
/. compressus , not before detected in Great Britain. The ‘Flora of 
Dorset’ contains no certain station for J. compressus , although the 
plant was formerly reported from the neighbourhood of Poole (see 
‘Journ. of Botany,’ xxxiv, p 433)- — J AS - W. White. 
Eleocharis multicaulis, Sm. Bogs near Wareham, Dorset, July 
!896. Jas. W. White. Also abundant in a bog, Greenham 
Common, Berkshire, c. 22, 10th July 1896.— A. B. Jackson. 
Carex axillaris , Good. Roadside, Tortworth, West Gloucester, 
10th June 1896. This sedge is so rare in the West of England that 
it may be worth while putting a locality on record. — Jas. W. White. 
C. alpina , Sw. Glen Fee, Clova, Forfar, v.c. 90, 28th July 
1896. — A. Somerville. 
C. aquatilis , Wahl. ; var. minor , Boott ? Upper Valley of White 
Water, Clova, Forfar, v.c. 90, 31st July 1896. — A. Somerville. 
Carex fiava, , Linn, ‘ Sp. PI.,’ 975 (W 53 )- A montane form or 
variety. In plenty on Creag na Dala Bige, S. Aberdeenshire, 29th 
June 1896. This form of C fiava , with darker glumes, is not 
uncommon on the Scotch hills. The Rev. E. F. Linton is inclined, 
I believe, to refer these specimens to C. lepidocarpa, Tausch., in 
‘ Flora,’ xviii. (1834), 179 ; but Dr. Lange assents to my determination 
