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insensiblement a I’etat de bractees lineaires lanceolees plus longues 
que la fleur; pedicelle tordu plus court que I’ovaire ; ovaire turbine a 
6 fortes nervures ; lobes du perianthe plus longs et plus ouverts que 
dans E. latifolia, les exterieurs verdatres, les 2 interieurs d’un blanc 
jaunatre, lave de rose ; label tres excave a appendice cordiforme 
acumine, un peu crenele, recourbe a la pointe, offrant a sa 
base verdatre des gibbosites plissees crepues, blanc sur les bords 
d’abord, puis rose et enfin brun. Toute la plante est d’un rouge 
violace, a la fin bronzee, jamais verte.” — G. Claridge Druce. 
“ There is little doubt in my mind that E. violacea, Bor., is the same 
as the plant Smith described as E, purpurata^ though Boreau (‘FI. 
du C.,’651) denies this. Syme (E. B., 3rd ed.) saw no difference 
between these two, except in the French plant having a thickened 
rhizome producing tufts of stems \ and as Smith had only a solitary 
specimen to deal with, he could not take account of this point. 
However, Boreau’s description is more precise in other respects than 
this, and as there is no question what he meant, his name is better 
adopted. I agree with Mr. Uruce in thinking that Boreau was 
justified in raising Durand-Duquesnel’s variety to specific rank.” — 
E. F. Linton. Smith’s supposed species being founded on a scrap not 
seen in situ by himself, and that scrap a monstrous form, obviously 
drops out, and with it Mr. Druce’s other query. These specimens are 
excellently preserved, the paler colour of the flowers comina out 
well.— W. R. L. 
Alihan Ampeloprasuni^ L. var. Babingto 7 iii (Borr.) Roots from 
Roundstone, Connemara. Hort. Knock Drin, Aug., 1892. Identical 
in all respects with the wild plant and no change whatever from 
cultivation. — H. C. Levinge. See ‘ Report’ for 1892, p. 386. 
Juncus aciitiflorus^ Ehrh., sterile state. Banks of Llyn Coron, 
Anglesea, 22nd August, 1894. Very abundant round parts of Llyn 
Coron, and, Mr. Griffith informs me, in other stations in the neighbour- 
hood. Growing along with the ordinary state, and differing con- 
spicuously from it. — Augustin Ley. 
Potamogeton salicifolius, Wolfg. In the River Wye, Carey, 
Herefordshire, 14th July, 1894. Abundant at this station this year, 
as last. No jP. lofigifolius, Gay, so far as I know, has ever been 
detected in the Herefordshire Wye. (See ‘Report,’ 1893, p. 425.) — 
Augustin Ley. 
F. nitens, Web. f. involuta^ mihi. = heterophyllus x perfoliaius. 
Blackbush Drain, Whittlesea, Cambridgeshire, 15th Sept., 1894. 
— A. Fryer. 
Scirpus triqueter^ L. Medway banks between Foostall and 
Aylesford, E. Kent, 14th July, 1894. Sent as voucher for record for 
V.-C. 15. — A. H. WoLLEY Dod. 
Canx dioica, L. Near Bisley, Surrey, 14th May, 1894. Sent on 
account of its rarity in the S. E. Extremely local in this station, which 
I believe to be a new one. — E. S, Marshall. 
