Dear Sir

I forward you four Plants of Ranunculus repens, with the corolla and stamens reduced as in R. acris, but not reduced so much as in the latter.¹ I gathered them in Medlock Vale, about 3 miles east of Manchester. I only found five Plants in this condition all of which were growing within a space of about 2 feet square. I have searched very carefully both in the same feild and in about 10 others where R. repens is the principl plant growing therein but failed to find any more in the same condition, not even intermediate forms can I find, but only the usual Hermaphrodites, it appears to be Proterandrous. Perhaps it may in a state similar to that of Lathyrus nissolia— that is in the first stage, of a change.²

I remain | Yours Truly | Tho^s Whitelegg