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in the solution, left for five or ten minutes, according to the strength 
of the solution, then it is put into another watch-glass containing 
only water, so as to wash off any outside stain ; then a drop of 
glycerine is placed by means of a glass rod on the slide, and the 
section put into the glycerine, and covered with a cover-glass. The 
section throughout the process of. staining is lifted by means of 
needles, or an instrument called a lifter may be used. 
Glass slides, glass rods, cover-glasses, dyes, lifters, pipettes, 
needles fixed in handles, pith of elder, etc., can be bought from any 
microscope dealer, and are inexpensive. With care the same set 
of slides, etc., lasts for years. 
APPENDIX B 
SPECIMEN ECOLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS 
L List oF WATER-PLANTS OBTAINED FROM CoomBer HitL CANAL, 
GLOUCESTERSHIRE, BY THE CHELTENHAM COLLEGE NATURAL 
History SocrETY, AND KINDLY SUPPLIED ME BY Mr. G. W. 
HEDLEY. 
DICOTYLEDONS. 
Common Name. Technical Name. Natural Order. 
- Celery-leaved Ranunculus... Ranunculus scleratus = Teen hie 
Water Crowfoot ae ie aquatilis - 
Marsh Watercress = ashurtiaiin amphibvum .. 
Great - ee: Es palustre s Crucifere 
Common ;, me if officunale : 
Water Starwort ... ... Stellaria aquatica seh 
Bog = ne Ss _ A eee oes | Caryophyllacese 
Square-stalked St. John's = 
Wort? ... Hypericum quad angulum  Hypericinese 
Purple Loosestrife ... Lythrum salicarva .. Lythracese — 
Water Dropwort .. 3 ... Gnanth been 
Fine-leaved Gnant e » phellandrium ... 
Water Parsnip _... ... Siw latifolium “*  Umbeliiferee 
Lesser Sium ee sg ONG gustufoliwm cf 
Common Bladderwort ... Utricularia vulgaris .., Lentibulaces 
Forget-me-not... ... Myosotis palustris ... Boraginacez 
Water Figwort ... _. Scrophularia aquatica... Scrophulariacese 
Gipsywort oe, ... Lycopus Europeus Hs 
Water Mint fs ... Mentha aquatica ee 
Marsh Stachys _... ... Stachys palustris 
Common Skullcap ... Seutellarva galericulata ... 
- Water Dock - .. Rumex hydrolapathum 
Golden _,, ae 5 maritimus a Polygonacez 
Amphibious Polygonum ... Polygonum amphibium ... 
Common Callitriche = Callitriche aquatica _.,, Callitrichineze 

