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THE BOTANICAL EXCHANGE CLUB 
OE THE BRITISH ISLES. 
REPORT OF THE DISTRIBUTOR FOR 1891. 
The principal note to be made on the specimens sent in for the 
distribution, is the large number of Rubi ; they may be said to 
constitute one-half the contributions. 
The only personal note I have to make is one regretting the great 
delay in the parcels being sent out so late. 
The thanks of the members are due to Mr. J. G. Baker (Roses); 
Mr. W. H. Beeby ( Viola , Sparganium , &c.) ; Dr. Focke ( Rubi) ; Mr. 
F. J. Hanbury ( Hieracium) ; Prof. Flackel ( Grasses) ; and the Rev. 
W. M. Rogers for carefully going over all the Rubi sent, and giving 
valuable notes, this time by no means a light task ; and indirectly 
to Prof. Ascherson and Herr Freyn. 
The numbers contributed by the members who sent parcels, are : — 
No. of 
Specimens. 
Mr. J. E. Bagnall 63 
Mr. C. Bailey 83 
Mr. A. Bennett 35 
Mr. G. C. Druce . . 297 
Mr. W. I. Fortescue 74 
Mr. J. E. Griffith 301 
Mr. F. J. Hanbury 115 
Rev. Augustin Ley 960 
Mr. H. L. Levinge 87 
Rev. E. F. Linton 186 
Rev. W. R. Linton 628 
Mr. J. Cosmo Melvill 180 
Mr. F. T. Mott 39 
Rev. W. H. Painter.. 
Rev. W. H, Purchas 
Mr. R. W. Scully .. 
Mr. W. A. Shoolbred 
Capt. J. H. A. Steuart 
Mr. S. A. Stewart 
Miss R. F. Thompson 
Mr. G. Webster.. 
Mr. J. W. White .. 
No. of 
Specimens. 
191 
30 
10 
60 
76 
27 
4 5 
62 
509 
Total . . . . 4,058 
Professor I. Bayley Balfour, of Edinburgh, was good enough to 
send a parcel of twenty-two plants collected by Mr. R. C. A. Prior. 
143, High Street, Croydon, 
August, 1892. 
Arthur Bennett. 
Thalictrum saxatile , DC. Little Trees Hill, Gogmagogs, Cambs., 
8th September, 1891. — Coll. G. Goode, com. by Capt. Steuart. 
This seems to be T fiexuosum , Bernh., but why Mr. N. C. Brown in 
‘Eng. Bot. Supp.’ p. 2 uses this name, when T. collinum , Wallrth. ‘Sch. 
Crit.’ p. 259 (1822) antedates it by 16 years I do not know. These 
specimens seem to agree fairly well with Wallroth’s description. It is 
difficult in Thalictra to decide on the fruit form, Wallroth says 
“exacte ovata.” I have had the Newmarket plant in cultivation 
many years, and it is most clearly distinct from minus, auct. angl. ; 
but I have failed in getting a name applied to it definitely on the 
continent. M. Maximowicz, to whom I sent a series of the cultivated 
plant, considered it might perhaps be referred to T. Jacquinianum , K, 
