Report / Botanical Exchange Club of the British Isles

THE

BOTANICAL EXCHANGE CLUB

OF THE BRITISH ISLES.

REPORT FOR 1897,

BY

G. CLARIDGE BRUCE , AT. A., EL.S., &c.

(Issued 20TH September 1898.)

Printed by James Coi.i.ins & Co. Limited, 4, Southgate, Manchester

and London.

1898.

535

THE BOTANICAL EXCHANGE CLUB OE
THE BRITISH ISLES.

REPORT OF THE DISTRIBUTOR FOR iSgy.

The number of specimens contributed is above the average of
recent years, and the Club is to be congratulated on the fact that all
the contributing members have been able to receive a new British
sedge, Carex chordorhizci , and also Carex helvola. The interesting
and excellent packages supplied by Dr. Shoolbred, the Rev. E. S.
Marshall, and the Rev. Augustin Ley and others, are such as would
prove valuable to any institution. A few plants came in too late to
be sent with the first parcel ; to these I have added beautiful
specimens of Chara collected by the Rev. G. R. Bullock-Webster.

I have again ventured to add, out of my own duplicates, a few
specimens in order to supply the special wants of various members.

The best thanks of the Club are due to the Rev. W. M. Rogers
for examining and editing the notes on the Brambles ; to Mr. F. J.
Hanbury for looking over the Hawkweeds. The latter tells me he fears
in one instance there is an admixture ; members will therefore kindly
check that particular gathering. Professor Hackel has kindly
examined the Grasses, M. Crepin the Roses, Mr. A. Fryer the Pond-
weeds. Herr Freyn, of Prague, has also been most kind in looking
over the Ranunculi , the Chenopodiacea , etc. Mr. E. G. Baker has sent
some interesting notes (and the Club must welcome the name of
Baker once more in its Reports), as have the Rev. E. F. Linton, the
Rev. W. R. Linton, and the Rev. E. S. Marshall. Mr. C. B. Clarke
has sent some critical notes on the Cyperacecc.

The large and valuable set of Euphrasia had been previously
named by Dr. R. von Wettstein, and Pfarrer Kiikenthal has kindly
reported on the sedges.

Oxford , July 1898. G. Claridge Druce.

The following is the list of parcels received : —

No. of
Specimens.

Mr. Charles Bailey, F.L.S 98

Mr. H. Bromwich 143

Rev. G. R. Bullock-Webster, M.A... 42

Mr. G. Claridge Druce, M. A., F.L.S. 416

Mr. S. T. Dunn, B.A., F.L.S 67

Mr. E. H. Farr, F.C.S 92

Mr. A. Fryer, A.L.S 75

Mr. J. E. Griffith, F.L.S 54

Mr. J. Groves, F.L.S 42

Mr. A. B. Jackson 53

Mr. L. V. Lester, M.A., F.L.S. .. no
Rev. E. F. Linton, M.A., F.L.S. .. 150

Rev. W. R. Linton, M.A 338

Rev. Augustin Ley M.A 577

No. of
Specimens.

Rev. E. S. Marshall, M.A., F.L.S..

Mr. J. Cosmo Melvill, M.A., F.L.S

Rev. R. P. Murray, M,A

Rev. W. H. Painter

Miss C. E. Palmer

Rev. W. Moyle Rogers, F.L. S. . .

W. A. Shoolbred, M.D

A. Somerville, B.Sc., F.L. S. ..

Mr. J. A. Wheldon

Mr. J. W. White, F.L.S

3,666

52

40

93

60

66

358

83

215

111

Total

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Thalictrum Kochii , Fr. Orig. Fortingal, Mid Perth. Hort.
Bournemouth, September 1897. — E. F. Linton. “To determine a
Thalictrum it is necessary to have the root, the lower leaves, the
flowers, and the fruit ; your plant has neither of the three first-named
parts. To judge from the fragment sent, I imagine that the plant is
T. minus , L., a. virens, Koch, ‘ Syn.,’ ed. 3, p. 4.” — J. Freyn.

Myosurus minimus, Linn., ‘ Sp. PI.,’ 284 (1753). Flinty fields,
near Bucklebury, Berkshire, June 1893. — G. C. Druce.

Ranunculus divaricatus , Schrank, ‘Baier. FI.,’ ii., 104 (1789). R.
circinatus , Sibth., ‘FI. Oxon,’ 175 (1794). In the canal at Oxford,
June 1893. — G. C. Druce.

R. trichophyllus , Chaix. Ditch opposite Raglan Castle, Mon-
mouthshire, 12th June 1897. Sent as a new county record for 35. —
Charles Bailey.

R. auricomus, L., forma. Near Barton Blount, Derby, 30th June
1897. A stunted, thick-leaved form, growing on the grassy margin of
a lane, perhaps due to situation. — W. R. Linton. “ In R. auricomus
the petals are frequently more or less abortive. R. pseudopsis , Jordan,
is a form of R. auricomus with more or less abortive petals, but the
radical leaves are described as cordate -reniform and undivided.” — E.
G. Baker. “ This is not pseudopsis , Jord.” — G. C. Druce.

R. acris , L., var. Steveni (Andrz.). Sea coast, Melvich,West Suther-
land, 15th September 1897. — W. A. Shoolbred. “This does not
seem satisfactory for var. Steve?ii. R. Steveni was described by
Andrzeiowski as a species in Besser’s ‘ Enumerat. PI. Volhyn,’ p. 22.
The description begins : ‘ Radix subrepens, hybernaculis bulbosis, e
quibus oriuntur caules 2 pedales, teretes,’ etc. The figure in
Reichenbach’s ‘leones’ bears out this character of the root.” — E. G.
Baker. “ This plant is very similar to a Ranunculus which I gathered
in West Rossshire, which Dr. R. von Wettstein named R. tomophyllus,
Jord.” — G. C. Druce. “ This is R. tomophyllus , Jord., ‘ Annal. Lyon.’
(i860) ex ipso in ‘Diagn. PL Nov.,’ pp. 71, 72, and is a form of R. acris,
L., as I conceive the species.” — J. Freyn.

Hellehorus viridis, Linn., var. occidentalis (Reuter, ‘ Cat. Graines,’
Geneve, 1868, as a species); Druce, in ‘Journ. Bot.’ (1890), 227.
Near Basildon, Berkshire, May 1897. I have sent a few specimens,
which have been verified by Prof. Victor Schiffner, in order to show
that I am justified in considering our Berkshire plant to belong to
this variety, which is probably the only form we have in Britain, since
Mr. J. G. Baker tells me that all the specimens of H. viridis (including
those from the Yorkshire dales) belong to occidentalis, and Mr. F.
Arnold Lees also tells me all the Yorkshire plants are the same thing ;
so that the statement made by Mr. Britten in his ‘ Review of the
Berkshire Flora,’ “ that I identified, on evidence that cannot be
considered as sufficient,” this variety of the hellebore as a British

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plant, must be taken for what it is worth. He also criticises the
statement I had made that it differs from the type chiefly in being
glabrous. The fact remains that this plant is the glabrous variety,
and is the Helleborus occidentalis of Reuter. See also ‘Journ. Bot.’
(1898), p. 107, pp. 222-225. — G. Claridge Druce.

Fumaria Bored, Jord. Turnip field near Kinbuck, near Dunblane,
South Perthshire, v.c. 87, 5th October 1897. Not recorded for this
vice-county in ‘Top. Bot.,’ ed. ii., p. 25. — Charles Bailey.

Fumaria densiftora , DC.; ‘Cat. Hort. Monsp.,’ p. 113 (1813).
Chalky fields near Lowbury, Berkshire, May 1893. A small, pretty
form, with very bright-coloured flowers. — G. Claridge Druce.

Roripa sylvestris , Bess., ‘Enum. PI. Volhyn.’ (1822), 27. Oxford,
June 1893 ; the Nasturtium sylvestre of Robert Brown. — G. Claridge
Druce.

Cardamine amara , L., forma. Growing profusely for ten yards
along a disused canal that is sometimes wet marsh, at others shallow
water. The patch was continuous with a smaller quantity of typical
C. amara, but no intermediates were to be found. The apparent
sterility of the anthers would point to a hybrid origin, but the habit
and structure are entirely those of C. amara save for the small petals.
Rugby. — S. T. Dunn. “An interesting variety of C. amara, with
small flowers. Hallier in ‘Koch’s Synopsis,’ 1892, p. 95, enumerates
three varieties, and Dr. Beck also enumerates and describes varieties
of this plant in his ‘Flora von Nieder-Oesterreich,’ p. 453, but the plant
in question does not seem to agree with any of these.” — E. G. Baker.
“Is C. amara, L., (a.), genuina , Celak., ‘Prod. Boehm.,’ p. 449,
forma paruifioraP — J. Freyn.

Alyssum incanum , Linn., ‘ Sp. PI.,’ 650 (1753). In the road near
Cothill, close to the entrance to Sheepstead House. See ‘ Flora of
Berkshire,’ p. 50. — G. Claridge Druce.

Draba incana , L. Ardnane Point, Islay, in sandy fields near the
sea, South Ebudes, 15th July 1897. — A. Somerville. “This is the
glabrous-fruited form, the D. incana, var. legitima , Lindblom, in
‘ Linnsea,’ vol. 13, p. 331, which is the more frequent British
plant.” — G. Claridge Druce.

Erophila preecox, DC., forma? Shallow turf in meadow, on lime-
stone, Tutshill, W. Gloucester, v.c. 34, April 1897. — W. A. Shoolbred.
“ Is E. majuscula, Jord., forma siliquis minoribus ad F. occidentalis ,
Jord., vergens.” — J. Freyn.

E.prcecox , DC., forma. Old wall, Tidenham Chase, YV. Gloucester,
v.c. 34, nth May 1897. — W. A. Shoolbred. “Is F. majuscula,
Jord.” — J. Freyn.

Cochlearia micacea, mihi. Orig. Ben Lawers, 1887; garden
Milford, 20th April and 29th May 1897. — E. S. Marshall.

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Sisymbrium, strictissimum , L., conf. ‘Journal of Botany,’ Jan.
1898, p. 32. Native of Germany, Austria, and most European countries,
westward and northward. Getting naturalized on the banks of
R. Mersey (Lancashire and Cheshire), between Stretford and Chorlton-
cum-Hardy. Discovered by Mr. Henry Hyde, of Manchester.
Comm, by J. C. Melvill.

Sisymbrium officinale , Scop., ‘FI. Carn.,’ ed. 2, ii., 26 (1772), var.
leiocarpwn (Jord.), DC., ‘Syst.,’ ii., 460. Ullapool, West Ross. —
G. Claridge Druce.

S. Irio , Linn., ‘ Sp, PI.’ (1753), 659. A weed in the Botanic
Garden, Oxford, June 1893. — G. Claridge Druce.

Couringia orientalis , Andrz. in DC. ‘Syst.’ ii., 508 (1821).
Waste ground near Oxford. This appears under the name of Erysimum
perfoliatum, Crantz, in the ‘ London Catalogue,’ and is the Conringia
perfoliatia of Link in the ‘ Enumeratio Hort. Berol.’ ii., 172 (1822).
It has been found for the last twelve years by the railway every year
near Oxford, and the statement by Mr. Britten in the ‘ Journ. Bot.,’
p. 106 (1898), that it has occurred “three times” in Berkshire is
incorrect, as at least 40 specimens have been found. — G. Claridge
Druce.

Lepidium ruderale , Linn., ‘Sp. PI.,’ 645 (1753). In fields, garden
ground, road sides, and waste places, in great quantities in the
neighbourhood of Slough, andTaplow, Buckinghamshire, July 1897. —
G. Claridge Druce. A new county record. See ‘FI. Berkshire,’ add.

Thlaspi perfoliatum , Linn, ‘Sp. PI.,’ 641 (1753). Between
Charlbury and Stonesfield, Oxfordshire, March 1884. — G. Claridge
Druce.

Diplotaxis muralis , DC., ‘Syst.’ II. (1821), 634; var. Babmgtonii
(Syme). Near Oxford, June 1893.— G. Claridge Druce.

Rapistrum rugosum , All. Barley alien, Twerton, Bath, 8th September
1897. Growing plentifully where the siftings of eastern barley had
been thrown. Vide ‘Journ. Bot.,’ 1897, p. 444. — S. T. Dunn.

“ Correct.” — E. G. Baker.

Viola palustris , L. Edge of ditch on the west shore of Loch
Lomond, between Tarbet and Blarannich, Dumbarton, 30th Septem-
ber 1897. Sent as a new county record for 99. — Charles Bailey.
Also from Burnham Beeches, Bucks. A new county record for 24. —
G. Claridge Druce.

Polygala vulgaris , L. Castle meadows, in the neighbourhood of
Abergavenny, Monmouthshire, 8th June 1S97 ; also on the ascent to
Kymin Hill from Monmouth, 5th June 1897. Sent as a new county
record for 35. — Charles Bailey.

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Poly gal a oxyptera , Reichb. Near Prince’s Risborough, Bucks,
1897. New county record. — G. C. Druce.

P. oxyptera, Reichb. ; var. collina , Reichb. Shell-sand near
Tain, v.c. 106, East Ross, nth August 1897. Specimens from this
station were determined for me by Prof. Haussknecht some years ago.
The plant is quite prostrate, usually more than half buried in the
sand, and therefore difficult to find without a close search. — Edward
S. Marshall.

Silene sp. Sand of the river Towy, Nantymwyn, Carmarthen,
August 1897. This Silene was abundant upon river gravel and sand
for at least two miles along the course of the Towy at Nantymwyn,
Carmarthenshire. It has all the appearance of an intermediate
between S. maritima , With., and S. Cucubalus , Wibel. The distance
from the sea along the river valley is about thirty miles. I was unable
to determine whether the Silene occurred on any of the lower courses
of the Towy. — Augustin Ley. “A. maritima, inland form.” —
W. R. Linton. “A. maritima, With.” — E. G. Baker. “Is S. inflata,
Sm., var. angustifolia, Koch, not S. maritima, Sm.” — J. Freyn. “If
this determination be correct we should write A. Cucubalus , Wibel,
var. angustifolia (Jord.).” — G. Claridge Druce.

S. quinquevulnera , L. Bank near Vale Castle, Guernsey, July
1897. — W. Moyle Rogers.

Lychnis alpina , Linn. Little Culrannoch, Forfar, July 1882. —
G. Claridge Druce.

Cerastium trigynum , Vill. Beinn Chaoruinn, Westerness, August
1892. See ‘ The Annals of Scottish Natural History,’ 1892, p. 129. —
G. Claridge Druce.

Stellar ia aquatica, Scop. Marston, Oxfordshire, June 1897. —
G. Claridge Druce.

Arenaria serpyllifolia , L. Castle meadows, in the neighbourhood
of Abergavenny, Monmouthshire, 8th June 1897. Sent as a new
county record for 35. — Charles Bailey.

Arenaria serpyllifolia , L., var. Lloydii (Jordan). Coast near
Ardamine, Co. Wexford, Ireland, 14th June 1897. — E. S. Marshall.

Sagina subulata, Presl. Near Moffat, Dumfries, 4th August 1897.
I send this to show that the S. subulata reported with some doubt in
the ‘Dumfries Flora’ (p. 25) by Mr. Scott Elliott is correct. S. pro-
cumbens grows with it. — W. R. Linton. Also from Burnham Common,
Bucks, for which county it is queried in ‘Top. Bot.’ It was in good
condition in June last. — G. Claridge Druce.

Spergula sativa, Boenn. Brickhill, Bucks, 1897. New county
record.— G. C. Druce.

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Polycarpon tetraphyllum , Linn. St. Aubin’s, Jersey, June 1897. —

G. Claridge Druce.

Hypericum pulchrum , L., var. procumbens , Rostrup. Hoi burn
Head, Caithness, v.c. 109, 14th July 1897. — W. A. Shoolbred.

Lavatera sylvestris, L. Waste ground, St. Aubin’s, Jersey, 7th
June 1897. An addition to the Flora of the Channel Islands. —
Jas. W. White “Correct; but the authority is Brotero, not
Linnaeus. Dr. Trimen, writing in 1877 (‘ Journ. Bot.,’ p. 259), says
this species does not seem to have been recorded from the Channel
Islands.” — E. G. Baker. “See ‘Report of Exch. Club’ for 1888,
p. 203. The name L. cretica , L., is adopted in the ‘ Kew Index’ and
in the ‘E. B. Suppl.’ by Mr. N. E. Brown.” — G. Claridge Druce.

Malva pusilla , Sm. Near the railway, Milverton, Warwickshire, Sep-
tember 1897. — H. Bromwich. “Is M. borealis , Wallm.” — E. G. Baker.

Linum perenne , Linn. Cherry Hinton, Cambridgeshire, September
1892. — G. Claridge Druce.

Geranium dissect um , Linn. Goytre, in the neigbourhood of Aber-
gavenny, Monmouthshire, 7th June 1897. Sent as a new county
record for 35. — Charles Bailey.

Erodium pimpinellczfolium , Sibth. Waste ground, Bitton, West
Gloucestershire, 20th May 1897. This plant was named for me at
one of our National Institutions, and I have labelled it accordingly,
but I much doubt its connection with E. cicutarium , and would rather
put it to E. laciniatum , Willd. — Jas. W. White. “This biologically
interesting form ( E . cicutarium , h. pimpinellifolium, Willd.) is discussed
at length in Kirschner, ‘Flora von Stuttgart.’” — J. Freyn. “Sibthorp
described his plant in ‘FI. Oxon,’ p. 211 (1 794), pedunculis multifloris ,
foliis pinnatis , foliolis pimiatifidis, petalis superioribus bimaculatis .” —
G. C. Druce.

Impatiens biflora , Walter, ‘FI. Carolina,’ p. 219 (1788). Plentiful
by the Emborne stream bordering Berkshire and Hampshire, July
1891. See ‘FI. Berkshire,’ p. 122. — G. Claridge Druce.

Euonymus europceus , L. Lane hedge in the neighbourhood of
Raglan, Monmouthshire, 12th June 1897. Sent as a new county
record for 35. — Charles Bailey.

Cytisus scoparius , Link., var. prostratus , Bailey. Granite rocks by
the sea at La Moye, Jersey, 6th June 1897. Indistinguishable from
the Cornish plant in my view, and growing under conditions corres-
ponding almost exactly with those obtaining at Kynance. Trailing
over the surfaces of warm damp rocks sloping to the south, it appears
to be a form solely dependent upon climate and exposure. — Jas. W.
White. “ I have seen this growing in Cornwall. It is, I think,
rather a maritime state than a variety, but I have not cultivated it.” —
E. S. Marshall. “ Mr. Bailey described his plant as a variety of
Sarothamnus scopariusP — G. C. Druce.

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Medicago arabica , Huds. Fields near Windsor, June 1894. New
county record. — G. C. Druce.

Trifolium hybridum , L. Ship Canal banks, Eastham, Cheshire,
28th July 1897. If correctly named, it differs from the plant as I have
usually found it, in its smaller head and quite prostrate, much-branched
stems. — J. A. Wheldon. “Correct.” — E. G. Baker. “Yes; certainly
not T. elegans.”—] . Freyn.

Vida Cracca , L., white flowered. Canal side, near New Stanton,
Derby, 16th July 1897. — W. R. Linton.

V. Cracca , L.;var. incana , Thuill. Whitnash, Warwickshire, August
1897. — H. Bromwich. “ This is identical with plants which had been
so named for me. I incline to believe it a state, due to dry and ex-
posed situations.” — E. S. Marshall. “ This seems a not uncommon
state of the type.” — W. R. Linton. “ Correct.” — J. Freyn.

Lathy rus tuberosus, Linn. In the corn at Fyfield, Essex, June
1895. — G. Claridge Druce.

Rubus plicatus , W. and N., var. hemisiemon (P. J. Muell.). The
Budletts Common, near Uckfield, June and August 1897 ; and Fair-
hazel Brooks, near Uckfield, East Sussex, July and August 1897. —
E. H. Farr. “ Thus named by me for Mr. Farr, together with the
other brambles collected by him for the Club in 1897 — to be noticed
further on. This hemistevion seems quite typical, and, like many of
the forms found by Mr. Farr in East Sussex, identical with those
which occur in the Witley and Milford neighbourhood in the south-
west corner of Surrey. It would be especially interesting to ascertain
to what extent they are also found in the intervening thirty miles or
so.” — W. Moyle Rogers.

R. plicatus , var. R. Bertramii , G. Br. Llanwrtyd, Breconshire,
14th July 1897 ; Nantymwyn, Carmarthen, August 1897. Both of
these verified by the Rev. W. M. Rogers. The most abundant, and
one of the most beautiful, of the group of suberect brambles in this part
of Wales. The fruit is large, black, and abundantly produced ; the
fruiting calyx clasping. R. plicatus, W. and N., is far more rare. —
Augustin Ley, “ Mr. Ley and I have together examined this and
the other brambles contributed by him to the Club in 1897, and
are agreed as to the names he has affixed to them. Var. Bertramii
will be found described at considerable length in Focke, ‘ Syn. R. G.,’
p. 1 1 7. Much of our British R. plicatus seems better placed under it,
than assigned to the type; but the stamens are often longer than in
these Brecon and Carmarthen specimens. Compare ‘Report’ for
1895, p. 473.” — W. M. Rogers.

R. nitidus, W. and N. Wood near Pensford, North Somerset,
June and August 1896. Named by Rev. W. Moyle Rogers, but
certainly differing from the Hants and Dorset plants. The leaves of
barren shoots were but ill developed in 1896, although my gathering

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was deferred until August. Mr. Fry tells me however that in 1897
they grew to at least double the size. As this is the only known
station in the county of Somerset, I hope to send a better supply of
specimens another time. — Jas. W. White. “ Correctly named, I
believe. One of the less prickly forms, with exceptionally hairy
leaves.” — W. M. Rogers.

Rubus integribasis , P. J. Muell. ? Bournemouth, South Hants, 1 ith
June and 19th November 1897. The plant numbered 435 in ‘ Lond.
Cat.,’ ed. ix., described in ‘ Journ. Bot.,’ 1892, p. no, and abundant
in South and East Dorset and South-West Hants. Thus named
provisionally by Dr. Focke, after he had seen it growing in the
Bournemouth neighbourhood. The ? after the name indicates the
uncertainty which still exists as to the a Dual identity of this British
form with Mueller’s R. integribasis. Last autumn I saw on Tooting
Common, Surrey, a small quantity of what seemed the same form. Dr.
Focke has also so named a small plant collected some years ago near
Bickerton Hill, Cheshire, by Captain Wolley Dod, which, however, is
hardly identical with the south country form, although it seems best
placed under it.— W. Moyle Rogers.

R. holerythros , Focke. Blackdown Common; Park Wood, Mares-
field; Downland Wood and the Budletts Common, near Uckfield,
East Sussex; flowers June 1897; fruit August 1897. — E. H. Farr.
“A most interesting county record.” — W. M. Rogers.

R. erythrinus , Genev., forma glandulosa. Streatham and Tooting
Commons, Surrey, 27th August 1897. A strong form of open and
sunny places, which I have also seen in some quantity in West Kent
(on-Tunbridge Wells Common and near Sevenoaks) ; occurring only,
so far as I have yet observed, where the type is absent. Besides
having a rather considerable glandular development and more numerous
simple floral leaves on the panicle, it is usually more prickly than the
common form. Its leaves also are more decidedly white-felted beneath.
This degree of variation from type is however much less than that
found in the hairy-stemmed greyer plant (No. 58 in ‘Set of British
Rubi’), which Dr. Focke was at first disposed to name R. argenteus,
Wh. and N., and to place under R. erythrinus , Genev. — W. Moyle
Rogers.

R. Silurian , A. Ley. Llanwrtyd, Brecon ; and Nantymwyn,
Carmarthenshire, 3rd August 1897. Both verified by the Rev. W. M.
Rogers. — Augustin Ley.

R. pulcherrimus , Neum. Eastham Wood, Cheshire, July 1897.
Mr. Rogers says “ I think it is a nearly eglandular form of R.
pulcherrimus .” — J. A. Wheldon.

R. pulcherrimus , Neum. Brickhill, July 1897; Bucks 24, and
Beds 30. New county records. — G. C. Druce.

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Rubus pulcherrimus , Neum. Tong, Salop, August 1897.— W. H.
Painter. “ Yes.” — W. M. Rogers.

R. dumnoniensis , Bab. Near Ivinghoe, Bucks, 1897. New
county record for 24. — G. C. Druce.

R. mercicus , Bagnall, var. bracteatus , Bagnall. In an old quarry
near Uckfield, East Sussex, July and September 1897. — E. H. Farr.
“ Not characteristic bracteatus , but apparently going off from it towards
R. Questierii , Lefv. and Muell. It may however belong to the plant
which I formally named bracteatus for Mr. Farr from the same
locality.” — W. M. Rogers.

R. villicaulis , W. and N., var. Selmeri (Lindeb). Simmonswood
Moss, Lancashire, 19th August 1897. — J. A. Wheldon. In a swamp
below the railway station, Shandon, 1st October 1897; ?nd Claddach,
on the west shore of Loch Lomond, Dumbarton, 30th September
1897. — Charles Bailey. “Yes.” — W. M. Rogers.

R. villicaulis, var. calvatus (Blox). Naphill, Bucks, 1897. New
county record. — G. C. Druce.

R. macrophyllus , W. and N., var. Schlechtendalii , Weihe. Church
Stretton, Salop, July 1897. — W. H. Painter. “Yes.” — -W. M. Rogers.

R. thyrsoideus , Wimm. Near Ivinghoe, Bucks, 1897. New
county record. — G. C. Druce.

R. mollissimus , Rogers. Siliwen Woods, Bangor, Carnarvonshire,
July 1897. — J. E. Griffith. “So far as I can judge from the
specimens I have seen this is in no respect different from Mr. Griffith’s
Derwenteg Woods plant (see ‘Report’ for 1895, 476), which I have
seen in greater quantity, and consider to be a woodland form of my
R. mollissimus. It is allied to R. danicus , Focke, though, I think,
distinct from it.” — W. M. Rogers.

R. Questierii, Lefv. et Muell. Abundant at Nantymwyn, especially
in hedges, but not noticed in other districts of Carmarthenshire, nor
in the neighbouring parts of Brecon or Cardigan, 13th August 1897.
Verified by the Rev. W. M. Rogers. — Augustin Ley. “I think
R. Questierii, though not very characteristic.” — W. M. Rogers.

R. lentiginosus , Lees. Siliwen Woods, Bangor, Carnarvon, July
1897. — Jno. E. Griffith. “Yes.” — W. M. Rogers.

R. orthoclados, A. Ley, variety. Open heath, Beacon Hill, Mon-
mouthshire, 23rd July 1897. This is the plant described by me as a
variety in the ‘Journal of Botany,’ 1896, p. 160. — Augustin Ley.

R. hirtifolius, W. and N. Llanwrtyd, Brecon, July and August
1897. — Augustin Ley.

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Rubus danicus , Focke. Near Presteign, Holm Lacey, Hereford-
shire, 27th July 1897. Verified from both stations by the Rev.
W. M. Rogers. — Augustin Ley. .

R. leucanthemus , P. J. Muell. ? Witley, Surrey, 6th July 1897. —
E. S. Marshall. “Mueller and other French botanists have tried to
distinguish several forms that group themselves around R. leucostachvs,
seeming intermediate between that species and R. micans , G. and G.,
on the one side, and R. radula , Weihe, on the other. Mueller’s R.
leucanthemus is one of these, on the R. mica?is side. I have seen no
authentic specimens of the type, but this plant of Mr. Marshall’s comes
very near indeed to Genevier’s description, hardly differing at all
except in the broader and more compound panicle. Mr. Marshall’s
other plant (same locality and date, but unnamed) seems nearer to
another of these intermediate forms, R. argyranthus , Boul. and Luc.;
but here also I can give no certain name.” — W. M. Rogers.

R. pyramidalis , Kalt. Brickhill Woods, Bucks and Bedfordshire,
June 1897. — G. C. Druce.

R. mucronatus , Blox. ; South England form. Bournemouth, S.
Hants, June 1897. See ‘Journ. Bot.,’ 1892, 268. — W. Moyle Rogers.

R. anglosaxonicus, Gel., var. raduloides, Rogers. Priory Groves,
Brecon, 22nd August 1897. Verified by the Rev. W. M. Rogers. —
Augustin Ley.

R. Borreri , Bell-Salter, var. virgultorum , A. Ley. Bishop’s Castle,
Salop, 23rd July 1897. — W. H. Painter. “Just Mr. Ley’s variety,
and intermediate between R. Borreri and R. infestus , Weihe. On
the whole probably best placed under R. infestus .” — W. M. Rogers.

R. Drejeri, G. Jensen. Dunster, Somerset, July 1893. — R. P.
Murray. “ So named by Mr. Gelert, of Copenhagen, and no doubt
correctly. An extreme form in the exceptionally strong armature.” —
W. M. Rogers.

R. podophyllus , P. J. Muell. Below viaduct over the wooded
banks of the Kilton Beck, between Lofthouse and Carlin How, North-
East Yorkshire, 15th July 1897. — Charles Bailey. “One of the
less glandular forms.” — W. M. Rogers. Also, on the wooded banks
of the Kilton Beck, as above, 15th July 1897. — Charles Bailey.

“ I think a highly glandular form.” — W. Moyle Rogers.

R. echinatus , Lindl. Open ground on wet land on the hillside
above the railway station, Shandon, Dumbarton, 29th September
1897. — Charles Bailey. “ I suppose a small form.” — W. Moyle
Rogers.

R. rudis, W. and N. Crowell AVoods, Oxon, 1892. — G. Claridge
Druce.

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R. Babingtonii , Bell-Salt. The Budletts Common, and from the
Rocks Wood, near Uckfield, East Sussex, July and September 1897.
The latter specimens, the Rev. W. M. Rogers remarks, are undoubtedly
Babingtonii , though not strikingly characteristic. — E. H. Farr.
“The Budletts Common plant is typical.” — W. M. Rogers.

R. Babingtonii, Bell-Salt. Dropmore, Bucks, 1897. New county
record. — G. C. Druce.

R. Babingtonii, Bell-Salt., var . phyllothyrsus (K. Frid.). Norton
Wood, Presteign, Radnorshire, nth August 1896. Verified by the
Rev. W. M. Rogers. — Augustin Ley. “This was issued (Crowell
Hill, Oxfordshire, 26th June 1893) in ‘Set Brit. Rubi ’ as a second
form (f. umbrosa) under R. Babingtonii, Dr. Focke having agreed with
me in so naming it when I showed him the growing plant. In 1897
Mr. Friderichsen sent me specimens of his R. phyllothyrsus (published
by him in ‘Rub. Gallic.,’ exs. n. 81, 1896), which proves to be
identical with our plant, except in being less glandular. When well
marked it may be readily distinguished from typical Babingtonii by
the numerous simple axillary leaves, the stronger more or less hooked
prickles of panicle-rachis, the loosely-reflexed fruiting sepals, and the
thinner more gradually acuminate leaflets. These Norton specimens
are not as strongly marked as many. Other English counties from
which I have seen this variety are Berkshire, Hereford, Warwick, and
Derby.”— W. M. Rogers.

R. Lejeunei, var. ericetorum (Lefv.). Naphill, Bucks, 1897. New
county record. — G. C. Druce.

R. Bloxamii, Lees. Branksome Park, Dorset, 21st June 1897 —
W. M. Rogers.

R. Wood on the west shore of Loch Lomond, Blarannich,

Dumbarton, 30th September 1897. — Charles Bailey. “I think it
belongs to my sub-Bellardiani .” — W. M. Rogers.

R. foliosus. W. and N. Dropmore, Bucks, 1897. New county
record. — G. C. Druce.

R. rosaceus, W. and N., var. silvestris, R. P. Murr. Near Eastham
Locks, Cheshire, August 1897. — J. A. Wheldon. “Rightly named,
I believe.” — W, M. Rogers.

R. rosaceus, W. and N., var. infecundus, Rogers. Burnham,
Bucks, 1897. New county record. — G. C. Druce.

R. Koehler i, W. and N. Trailing in the lane south of Leys
House to Grinkle Moor, near Easington, North-East Yorkshire, 16th
July 1897. — Charles Bailey. “Somewhat intermediate between
vars. pallidus and cognatus.” — W. M. Rogers.

R\ cognatus, N. E. Br. Dropmore, Bucks, 1897. New county
record. — G. C. Druce.

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Rubus fusco-ater , Weihe. Naphill, Bucks, 1897; and Hollandridge,
Oxfordshire, 1897. New county records. — G. C. Druce.

R. viridis, Kalt. Wood near Llandogo, Monmouthshire, 2nd
July 1894. This name was suggested by Dr. Focke in 1893.
Treville Wood, Herefordshire, July 1897; Nantymwyn, Carmarthen-
shire, August 1897. From the two last stations verified by the Rev.
W. M. Rogers. — Augustin Ley.

R. Bellardii, W. and N. Burnham, Bucks, 1897. New county
record. — G. C. Druce.

R. britannicus , Rogers. Nantymwyn, Carmarthenshire, August
1897. Name suggested by the Rev. W. M. Rogers. — Augustin Ley.

R. velatus, Lefv. Nantymwyn, Carmarthenshire ; Trawsnant,
Upper Towey Valley, Breconshire, August 1897. Verified by the
Rev. W. M. Rogers. — Augustin Ley.

R. corylifolins x rusticanus , “I think.” — W. M. Rogers. Glen below
Cat Nab, Saltburn, North-Eastern Yorkshire, 22nd July 1897. —
Charles Bailey.

Potentilla argentea , Linn., ‘ Sp. PI,’ 497 (1753). By the roadside
near Burnham, Bucks, June 1897. No personal voucher in ‘Top.
Bot.’ — G. Claridge Druce.

Alchemilla vulgaris , Linn., ‘ Sp. PI.,’ 123 (1753); var. pratensis
(Schmidt). In a rough bushy field between Kingston and Holland-
ridge Common, Oxfordshire, September 1897. — G. Claridge Druce.

Alchemilla vulgaris, L. Meadow above the gorge of the Clydach
river, between Bryn Mawr and Clydach, Brecon, nth June 1897.
Sent as a new county record for 42. — Charles Bailey. “It is the
var. filicaulis , (Buser in ‘Bull, de l’Herb. Boiss.’ (1893), App. 22).” —
G. C. Druce. Also var. filicaulis (Buser). Near Woburn, Beds ;
and near Aston, Bucks. New county records.— G. Claridge Druce.

A. vulgaris, L., wax. filicaulis (Buser). Cloined Glen and Bennan
Glen, south end of Arran. Confirmed by the Rev. E. F. Linton. —
A. Somerville. “ I think this will be found to be the Linnean type
A. vulgaris .” — G. C. Druce.

Rosa mollis x pimpinellifolia. Sandhills, near Betty Hill, West
Sutherland, 20th July 1897. — E. S. Marshall and W. A. Shoolbred.
Confirmed by M. Crepin.

R. hibernica, Sm., var. glabra, Baker. River bank, Strath Brora,
East Sutherland, 9th August 1897. — E, S. Marshall and W. A.
Shoolbred. Said to have been confirmed by M. Crepin. “ R.

J . : U/C. hibernica is stated by M. Crepin to be a hybrid of R. pimpinellifiolia x
canina. He says of the specimen sent “ Est probablement bien
nomme, mais, en l’absence des fleurs et des fruits, je ne puis certifier
la determination.”

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Rosa tomentosa , Sm., var. ? Aysgarth, North Yorkshire, June 1896.
— J. A. Wheldon. “This is R. mollis , Sm., var.” — F. Crepin.

R. tomentosa , Sm., var. subglobosa , Sm. Glanyre, Radnorshire,
August 1894. Coll. Capt. Steuart; Com. J. A. Wheldon. “L’echan-
tillon que vous m’avez envoye sous ce nom apparient etre la meme
variation que le precedent R. scabrata , Crepin. Il-y-a du avoir con-
fusion dans son envoi.” — Francois Crepin.

R. tomentosa , Sm., var. subglobosa , Sm. Church Stretton, Salop,
July 1897. — W. H. Painter. “ R. tomentosa , Sm. var.” — F. Crepin.
“Strictly speaking this should be R. mollisima , Willd., var. siibglobosa
(Sm.). Smith described subglobosa as a species. The R. mollissima of
Willdenow, ‘Prod. FI. Berol.,’437 (1787), is identical with R. tomentosa
according to M. Crepin, and is earlier, since Smith described tomentosa
in ‘FI. Brit.,’ ii., p. 539 (1800).” — G. Claridge Druce.

R. sepium , Thuill. (R. agrestis, Savi). Pyrton Hill, Oxfordshire,
September 1897. I found a strong healthy bush of this rose on the
north escarpment of the Oxfordshire chalk downs last September.
This is a considerable extension of its southernly range in the county. —
G. Claridge Druce.

Rosa canina , L. ; dumalis (Bechst.). Odiham, North Hampshire,
14th June and 4th August 1897. I have observed this rose for many
years growing in a hedge on clay soil, but as the hedge is frequently
cut down, I could not get a flower ; I therefore transplanted a sucker
into chalk soil, under a wall, where I could watch it. It is growing
luxuriantly, and last year flowered for the first time. The peculiarity
of the colour of the leaves remains of the same red tone on both soils.
The flowers are a light pink. — C. E. Palmer. “ M. Crepin put it
under R. dumalis , Bechstein, which is, I think, the R. sarmentacea of
Woods in ‘Linn. Soc. Trans.,’ ii. (1813), 213.” — G. C. Druce.

R. celerata , Baker? Aysgarth, North Yorkshire, June 1896. —
J. A. Wheldon. This is “ R. canina, Linn., variation du groupe
R. scabrata , Crepin. Glandes rares sur les nervures secondaires,
styles glabres ou glabrescents.” — F. Crepin.

Saxifraga Geitm, L., var. crenata. From Collinton Woods, Edin-
burgh. Naturalised; June 1891. — J. Cosmo Melvill.

Chrysosplenium oppositifolium , L. Side of the Black Rock in the
gorge of the Clydach river, between Bryn Mawr and Clydach, Brecon,
nth June 1897. Sent as a new county record for 42.— Charles
Bailey.

Callitriche iruncata , Gussone. Near Macmine Junction, Co.
Wexford, Ireland, nth June 1897. — E. S. Marshall.

Epilobium , sp. Odiham, North Hants, 15th September 1897.
This Epilobium has been growing in a waste piece of ground at
Odiham for several years, and this year I had the ground enclosed in

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order to watch the growth. Specimens sent are seedlings of this
year. — C. E. Palmer. “A small (probably shade-grown) seedling
state of E. parviflorum, Schreber.” — E S. Marshall.

Epilobium roseum , Schreb. Ditton Park, Bucks, June 1896. New
county record. — G. C. Druce.

Epilobium obscurum , Schreb. Church Stretton, Salop, July 1897.
— W. H. Painter. “Correct. The specimen sent to me is in-
fertile.”— E. S. Marshall.

Epilobium alsinefolium x palustre. Rocky burn, Ben Laigha,
West Sutherland, v.c. 108, 28th July 1897. — E. S. Marshall and
W. A. Shoolbred.

E. an agall idifol iu m , Lam. Ben Lawers, north-east side, Mid-Perth,
5th August 1897. — A. Somerville. “I still, with Messrs. Groves,
prefer the name of E. alpinum ; even if the Linnean name be wrong,
and it is not proved to be so, because a specimen representing it in
his herbarium is now considered to be E. lactiflorum , Haussk., since
the description in the ‘ Species Plantarum ’ will answer for alpinum,
as well as for the latter, and some of the references do certainly not
apply to lactiflorum ; moreover, the name E. alpinum in Hudson’s
‘Flora Anglica’ precedes that of Lamarck.” — G. C. Druce.

Conium maculatum, Linn. Castle meadows, Abergavenny, Mon-
mouthshire, 8th June 1897. New county record. — Charles Bailey.

Bupleurum falcatum , L. Road-side near Ongar, Essex, August
1893. Coll. Mr. H. Goss; com. J. Cosmo Melvill; and by G.
Claridge Druce, June 1895.

Apium nodiflorum , Reichb. f., var. ocreatum , Bab. King’s Cove,
west side of Arran; marshy spot near the sea, 26th July 1894. Con-
firmed by the Rev. E. S. Marshall. It grew beside the type. — A.
Somerville.

Apium inundatum , Reichb. fil. By Renishaw Canal, Derby, 13th
August 1897. A dry land form, which occurred in one or two spots
above the water level. — W. R. Linton. “1 am rather doubtful
about this. Is it not A. nodiflorum , var. repenst ” — E. G. Baker.
“In all the mud forms of A. inundatum which I have seen there are
leaflets showing transitions from the finely cut to the subentire ; these
specimens do not show them. From the larger style and other
characters I am inclined to refer this plant to a form of A.
nodiflorum , but riper fruits are needed. In facies it is very like
(although smaller) A. inundation, var. Moorei, which I have from
Ireland through the kindness of Mr. S. A. Stewart. Herr Freyn
considers it to be A. inundatumP — G. C. Druce.

Carum verticillatum, Koch. Llanwrtyd and Nantymwyn, Brecon
and Carmarthen, 13th July and 3rd August 1897. — Augustin Ley.

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Carum Bulbocastanum , Koch. By the old road at the base of the
chalk escarpment, between Eddlesborough and Ivinghoe, Bucks,
July 1897. The locality was published by the late Mr. R. A. Pryor
in the ‘Journ. Bot.’ (1877), p. 240. — G. Claridge Druce.

Pimpinella Saxifraga , L. Road in the gorge of the Clydach
river, between Bryn Mawr and Clydach, Brecon, nth June 1897.
New county record. — Charles Bailey. “A flowerless specimen
with the lower leaves dissected.” — G. Claridge Druce.

P. Saxifraga, L., var. nigra (Mill). Sandy Coast, Farr Bay,
West Sutherland, 18th July 1897. — E. S. Marshall and W. A.
Shoolbred. “ This agrees with P. nigra , Willd. ( P Saxifraga,
L., nigra, DC.), as far as the lobing of the leaves is concerned, but
true nigra is much more pubescent.” — E. G. Baker. “Is P. Saxifraga,
L., var. (a), major, Koch, ‘ Syn.,’ ed. iii., p. 247, not P. nigra, which
is strongly hairy, and a section of the root turns blue (an Wurzel-
auerschnitte blau wird).” — J. Freyn.

Anthriscus Cerefolium, Hoffm. Hedgebank, King’s Capel, Here-
fordshire, June 1897. — Augustin Ley. “The Cerefolium sativum,
Bess., ‘ Prim. FI. Galic.,’ 219 (1819).” — G. Claridge Druce.

Oenanthe silaifolia, Bieb. Plentiful in the Wolvercote meadows,
by the Upper Thames, Oxfordshire, and also in Berkshire, on the
opposite side of the river, June 1893. Quite distinct from Oe.
Lachenalii. — G. Claridge Druce.

Heracleum Sphondylium, L., var. angustifolium, Huds. Benthall
Edge, Salop, June 1897. — W. H. Painter.

Caucalis nodosa, Scop., ‘ FI. Carn.,’ ed. ii. (1772), 192, var. In a
clover field between Brickhill and Bletchley, Buckinghamshire, August
1897. This form, if I am correct in referring it to the above species
of C. nodosa, is remarkable for the umbels being borne on long stalks.
The plant was common among the clover, a situation in which I had
not before seen it, and all the plants had pedunculate umbels.
Grenier and Godron in their ‘Flore de France,’ p. 676, describe it
as having the umbel “sessile ou brievement pedonculee.” — G.
Claridge Druce.

Galium erectum, Huds. Root from Tretire, Herefordshire ; cult.
June and July 1897. I send these Galiums , wishing to receive more
light upon them. No. 1 I believe to be true G. erectum ; it flowers and
ripens fruit considerably earlier (about three weeks) than Nos. 2 and 3.
No. 2 I imagine would be called typical G. Mollugo ; it is the usual
plant of the hedges, growing to a large size, with lower branches
divaricate. No. 3 is a plant of open, stony, limestone ground, usually
smaller than No. 2, with smaller panicle and slightly smaller fruit. —
Augustin Ley. “Very straggling for G. erectum , Huds.” — E. G. Baker.
“This is G. dumetorum, Jord.”— J. Freyn. “A variety of G. Mollugo
with narrower leaves and more erect flowering stalks. See ‘ Flora
Berks,’ p. 261.” — G. Claridge Druce.

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Galium Mollugo, L., var. Root from Great Doward, Hereford-
shire; cult. July and September 1897. — Augustin Ley. “A Mollugo
form allied to G. insubricum, Gaud., see Reichb. ‘leones,’ t. 1139.
There is a careful and elaborate monograph on the forms and varieties
of G. Mollugo , L., in the ‘Oestr. Rot. Zeit.’ for 1892.” — E. G. Baker.

G. Mollugo , L., var. Hedges, King’s Capel, Herefordshire, July
and September 1897. — Augustin Ley. “These (King’s Capel and
Great Doward) are G. datum , Thuillier, a form of G. Mollugo .” —
J. Freyn.

Galium sylvestre , Poll. In plenty on the chalk downs near
Tring, Bucks. New county record. — G. C. Druce.

Sherardia arvensis , Linn., ‘Sp. PI.,’ 102 (1753); var. Walravenii ,
Wirtg., ‘Herb. PL Crit.,’ n. 367; var. maritima , Grisebach, ‘FI.
Rumel.,’ ii. (1844), p. 169. Near Hurley, Berks, 1893. For a
description of this variety, which was rather unaccountably omitted
from the last edition of the ‘London Catalogue,’ since it admitted
colour forms of the violets, see a paper in the ‘Journ. of Botany,’ 1894,
pp. 240-243. — G. Claridge Druce.

Sherardia arvensis , L. Roadside in the gorge of the Clydach
river, between Bryn Mawr and Clydach, Breconshire, nth June 1897.
New county record. — Charles Bailey. “This is the type.” — G. C.
Druce.

Asperula odorata , L. In the crevices of an old wall in the
neighbourhood of Abergavenny, Breconshire, 5th June 1897. Not
recorded for county 42 in ‘Top. Bot.’— Charles Bailey. “The
locality appears suspicious, since A. odorata is so frequently culti-
vated in cottage gardens.” — G. C, Druce.

Valerianella rimosa, Bast, in Desv. ‘Journ. de Bot.,’ iii. (1814), 20.
Plentiful in a field above Headington Wick, Oxfordshire, 1893. — G.
Claridge Druce.

V. dentata, Poll., ‘Hist. PI. Pal.,’ i. (1776). 30; var. dasycaipa,
Stevens, under Fedia\ V. mixta , Duf. ‘Hist. Valer.,’ 58. In a field
above Headington Wick, Oxfordshire, June 1893. — G. Claridge
Druce.

Scabiosa arvensis , L., f. alba. Sandy coast, Milness, West Suther-
land, 31st July 1897. — W. A. Shoolbred.

Solidago Virgaurea , var. angustifolia , Koch ? I send specimens
of the common wood bank and mountain bank forms of Upper Towy
Valley, Carmarthenshire, August 1897. It is probable that some of
these may be the var. angustifolia , but the details do not fit the
description of this variety in ‘ Eng. Bot.,’ ed. iii. — Augustin Ley.
“No; this is the type. Mr. Ley sent true angustifolium from Radnor in
1885.” — W. R. Linton. “The characters given for S. Virga-aurea , L.,

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angustifolia , Koch, are: ‘elatior foliis omnibus lancelolatis obscurius
serratis vel integerrimus.’ ” — E. G. Baker. “See ‘Report’ for 1892,
p. 373, where I have said that the true angustifolia of Gaudin is a
plant with narrow lanceolate leaves, whose margins are entire or
obscurely crenated, with which Mr. Ley’s specimens do not agree.” —
G. Claridge Druce. “ The lower leaves are too broad for angustifolia ;
it is var. (a), vulgaris , Koch.” — J. Freyn.

Aster salignus, Willd. Wicken Fen, 30th August 1892. I have
also since distributed this plant as A. Novi-Belgii. I learn from
Mr. Goode (in a letter to Mr. C. E. Salmon) that it was originally so
named by Mr. A. Bennett, who had it on the authority of Prof. Asa
Gray that our Wicken Fen plant was wrongly named and should be
called A. Novi-Belgii. Mr. Bennett grew specimens received from
Mr. Goode, and no doubt 'his examination of them decided him to
retain the name A. salignus in ‘Lon. Cat.’ Unfortunately Capt. Steuart
died before the question was settled, and as I know he had submitted
the plants to an American authority, I distributed them under the
name I found attached to the packet. I send these specimens as they
are on the list of Desiderata, and also that those members of the Club
who have received specimens named Novi-Belgii from Capt. Steuart
or myself may correct the labels. The specimens were collected by
Mr. G. Goode. — J. A. Wheldon.

Filago apiculata , G. E. Sm. Near Taplow, Bucks. New county
record. — G. C. Druce.

F minima , L. In the open part of the Clydach gorge, between
Bryn Mawr and Clydach, Breconshire, nth June 1897. New county
record. — Charles Bailey.

Gnaphalium undulatum , L. Thoroughly naturalised and abundant
in several localities in Jersey, July 1897. It prefers dry sunny rocks.
The species was first determined, I believe, by Prof. Babington, though
it does not appear in his ‘Flora Sarnica’ of 1839. Liegard (‘Flore
de Bretagne’) says: “Plante originaire du Cap de Bon Esperance et
naturalised aux environs de Brest.” — L. V. Lester. “Agrees per-
fectly with the cultivated specimens of the University Herbarium of
this place (Prag).” — J. Freyn.

Anthemis tinctoria , Linn., ‘Sp. PI.,’ 896 (1753). By the railway
near Maidenhead, Berkshire, on the high embankment, July 1894. —
G. Claridge Druce.

Cotula coro?iopifo!ia , L. Near Leasowe, Cheshire, September
1897. This plant now appears to be thoroughly established, is very
abundant, and has obtained a footing in several ditches a considerable
distance from the original locality.— J. A. Wheldon.

Artemisia Absinthium, Linn., ‘Sp. PI.,’ 848 (1753). Near Cothill,
Berkshire, September 1894. — G. Claridge Druce.

Se?iecio campestris, DC., ‘Prod.,’ vi. (1837), 361. Near the White
Horse Hill, Berks. — G. Claridge Druce.

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Serratula tinctoria , L. Burnham, 1895, and near Bulstrode, 1897,
Bucks. New county record. — G. C. Druce.

Serratula tinctoria , L., form intermediate between type and var.
monticola , Boreau. Foot of Freshwater Downs, Isle of Wight, August
1891. Coll. Capt. Steuart; comm. J. A. Wheldon. “I have gathered
it in the same locality still more reduced as a plant, two inches high,
and with a single capitulum.” — G. C. Druce.

Centaurea nigra , L., var. decipiens , Thuillier. Freshwater Downs,
Isle of Wight, September 1894. Coll. Capt. Steuart; comm. J. A.
Wheldon. “ C. nigra , var. decipiens, Thuill., ‘ FI. Paris,’ ed. ii.,
p. 445 (as a species). A dwarf form of the above. There are
specimens of the same plant in the National Herbarium from near
Torquay, and Freshwater Downs. Dr. Beck, in the ‘Flora von Nieder-
Oesterreich.,’ p. 1263, has two forms of C. decipiens-. (1) typica, lower
leaves lobed ; (2) sub-jacea , leaves unlobed.” — E. G. Baker. “ Is C.
serotina , Boreau, forma. A form probably due to injury of the
terminal bud, or to unfavourable conditions of growth.” — J. Freyn.

Centaurea , sp. Growing in patches here and there on the sand
dunes on both sides of Tongue Bay. Typical Centaurea Scabiosa and
nigra are plentiful on the dunes. M.ilness, and near Coalbackie
26th and 31st July 1897. — E. S. Marshall and W. A. Shoolbred.

“ I have not been able to match this in the general herbarium of the
British Museum. It grew with C. nigra and abundance of C. Scabiosa,
but had no appearance of hybridity. I believe it to be either a
marked variety of the latter, which it resembles in inflorescence, or
a new, distinct, but allied species.” — E. S. Marshall. “ An interesting
variety of C. Scabiosa, L. Dr. Beck in the ‘ Flora von Nieder-
Oesterreich,’ p. 1259, deals at some length with the forms and
varieties of this plant. The primary characters he relies on for
sub-dividing the varieties, are ‘(r) Hautrand und Anhaengel der
Schuppen deren Nagel nicht verdeckend ; (2) Hautrand und Anhaengel
der Huellschuppen sehr breit, schwarz die Nagel verhiillend, die
Huelle daher schwarz ersheinend.’ Under division (1) come var.
typica and badensis, Tratt. (‘Arch.,’ i., 8, t. 50, as species); five forms
of the first being enumerated, some of them having entire lower leaves.
Under division (2) come campestris and Kotschpana, Koch, (‘Synop.,’
ed. ii, 473; Reich, fil. ‘ Icon.,’ xv., 27, t. 44, fig. 1). I see there is a
form of integrifolia, a. typica , but I have not seen specimens of this.” — •
E. G. Baker. “ A very remarkable plant, which has not hitherto
come under my notice. Judging from the character of the heads, it
belongs to the group of forms designated C. Scabiosa, a. vulgaris, by
Koch, in his ‘Synopsis;’ but the branching of the rhizome appears
to be rosular, whereas C. Scabiosa develops terminal stems and has
no rhizomes. This specimen is without the parts which I consider
to be the most important, and a satisfactory decision can only be
arrived at by several specimens. In any case, this Centaurea is highly
interesting.” — J. Freyn.

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Centaurea Solslitialis , Linn., ‘Sp. PL’ (1753), 917. In a field of
clover near Headington, where it was in great plenty and remarkably
luxuriant, plants of the size of gooseberry bushes being scattered over
the field, and presenting a beautiful sight when the sun was shining
on them. It was in full flower in late September of 1895. Plantago
arenaria , Crepis nicceensis, Saponaria Vaccaria , and other casuals
were also present. — G. Claridge Druce.

Hieracium alpimun, Linn. Corrie Etchachan, South Aberdeen,
22nd July 1897 ; and Little Craigindall, South Aberdeen, 26th July
1897. — W. R. Linton, “Yes.” — F. J. Hanbury.

H. holosericeum , Backh. Corrie Etchachan, 22nd July; and Ben
na Bourd, 28th July 1897, South Aberdeenshire. — W. R. Linton.
“Yes.” — F. J. Hanbury.

H. calenduliflorum, Backh. Alpine cliffs, Ben Soraich, 30th
July 1896; vStob Ban, West Inverness, 3rd and 8th August 1896. —
W. A. Shoolbred. “ Yes.” — F. J. Hanbury.

H. globosum , Backh. L. Etchachan, 22nd July — E. F. Linton ;
and Little Craigindall, 28th July 1897, South Aberdeenshire. — W. R.
Linton. “ This species, which a few years ago was exceedingly
scarce, has become plentiful, and was last July almost the most abun-
dant species of the fourteen hawkweeds gathered near this spot (Loch
Etchachan). It extended beyond the boundary, but was not so
plentiful in Banffshire.” — Edward F. Linton. “ Yes.” — F. J. Hanbury.

H. senescens , Backh. Aonach Beg, West Inverness, 1st August
1896 ; and cliffs, head of Glen Falloch, Mid Perth, 7th August 1896. —
W. A. Shoolbred. “The latter only sent to Mr. Hanbury, who says
it is correctly named.” — C. C. Druce.

H. chrysanthum , Backh. Corrie near Aonach Mhor, West Inver-
nessshire, August 1892. — G. Claridge Druce.

H. amplexicaulc , Linn. Near the railway bridge, Stretford, Lanca-
shire; abundant and getting quite established, July 1897. Coll.
H. Hyde ; comm. J. Cosmo Melvill. Also from a field wall near
the viaduct, Saltburn, on the road to Skelton, North-East Yorkshire,
14th July 1897. — Charles Bailey.

H. iricum , Fr. Braemar, South Aberdeen, 27th July 1897. —
W. R. Linton. “Yes; but the ligules are much more ciliate than
usual.” — F. J. Hanbury.

H. clovense , Linton, var. b. Griffithii , F. J. Hanb. Nant Francon,
near Bangor, Carnarvonshire, July 1897. — J. E. Griffith. “The
sheet has two species mixed. The shorter plant is correctly named,
but subsequent examination shows that it must be placed with the
Oreadea, and cannot be a form of H. clovense. I therefore propose to
call it H. Griffithii. The taller specimen is a form to which I have

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as yet given no name. Elfstrand considers it intermediate between
gothicum and sparsifolium\ I regard it as a form of the former.” —
F. J. Hanbury. “ My specimens are all H. Griffithii .” — G. C. Druce.

Hieracium rubicundum , F. J. Hanb. Near Ogwen Lake, July
1897. — J. E. Griffith. “Yes.” — F. J. Hanbury.

H. pseudonosmoides , Dahlst. Near Moffat, Dumfries, 7th August
1897. — W. R. Linton. “Yes.” — F. J. Hanbury.

H argenteum , Fr. Near Moffatt, Dumfries, 7th August 1897. —
\V. R. Linton. “Yes.” — F. J. Hanbury.

H Sommerfeltii , Lindeb. Cultivated June and July 1897 >
root from Nant Francon, Carnarvonshire. — Augustin Lev. “This
is the fine Carnarvonshire form of this species. It differs from the
type in its altogether larger habit, more hairy clothing, and in the
coarse dentation and brilliant blotchings of its leaves. I have for
years thought it must have a distinguishing name, for which I suggest
var. splendensP — F. J. Hanbury.

H. orimeles , F. J. Hanb. Root, Nant Francon; cult. June 1897.
Verified in my garden by Mr. F. J. Hanbury. — Augustin Ley.

“ H. saxifragum , Fr., var. orimeles , F. J. Hanb.” — F. J. Hanbury.

H. aggregation, Backb. Glen Dearg, 22nd July 1897 ; Little
Craigindall, South Aberdeen, 26th July 1897. — W. R. Linton.
“Yes.” — F. J, Hanbury, who only saw the specimen from the latter
locality.

H pollinarium , F. J. Hanb. ; var. platyphyllum. Taren Llwyd,
Breconshire, 1896; from Hatterel Hills, Herefordshire, from cultivated
plants, Sellack, June 1897; and Cwm Tarell, Dan y Craig, Brecon-
shire, June 1896. For a description of this plant see the ‘Journ.
Botany.’ — Augustin Ley. “ These of course are type specimens,
but further examination makes me feel that this plant cannot be
retained as a variety of H. pollinarium at all.” — F. J. Hanbury.

Hieracium , sp. Limestone quarries near Crickhowell, Breconshire,
14th June 1897. — Augustin Ley. “ This appears to approach very
closely to H. murorum , var. pulcherrimum , F. J. Hanb., and may per-
haps be best regarded as a form of this.” — F. J. Hanbury.

H murorum, L., var. pdlucidum, Laestad. Magdalen Water Walks,
Oxford, July 1893. — G. Claridge Druce.

Hieracium, sp. Mountain rocks, Taren-r-Esgob, Breconshire, end
of June and beginning of July 1897. This plant has not been seen
by Mr. Hanbury. I do not know what it is. The phyllaries, in bud,
do not curve tightly in, as in all the forms of H. murorum, L., with
which I am acquainted, but are inclined inwards at a slight angle, with
the tips meeting. Styles slightly darkened. — Augustin Ley. “This
is a form of H. murorum , L., pt. I cannot at present place it under
any of the named varieties, though it does not seem far removed from
the var. pellucidum, Laest.” — F. J. Hanbury.

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Hieracium murorum , L. Bulstrode, Bucks. The old records are
unsatisfactory. — G. C. Druce.

Hieracium murorum , Linn., var. lepistodes, Johanss. Root from
limestone dales near Buxton; cult. 27th May 1897. I have had this
plant from more than one of the limestone dales near Buxton, Derby-
shire ; and (through the kindness of the Rev. W. H. Purchas) from the
neighbourhood of Alstonfield, Staffordshire, for many years. It keeps
all its characteristics remarkably well in cultivation, and under
cultivation stands clearly apart from the plant sent from Dyffryn
Crawnon, Breconshire, to which I think in a wild state it bears con-
siderable resemblance. — Augustin Ley. “ I think correctly named,
though cultivation seems to have developed more ciliation of the tips
of the phyllaries than is found in the wild state.” — F. J. Hanbury.

H. murorum , Linn., var. caliginosum ? Lime rocks, Dyffryn
Crawnon, Breconshire, May and June 1894 and 1896; also cult,
end of May 1897. For the only account as yet given of this plant,
see ‘Rep. Bot. Exchange Club’ 1893, p. 48. {H cinerascens, Jord.)
I have had it under cultivation for some years. Styles yellow. —
Augustin Lev. “ It is impossible to name single specimens
(whether cultivated or otherwise) with any degree of accuracy in such
cases as the present, where so many varieties of a single species
occur. But this is certainly not caliginosum , which has ciliate ligules,
and hardly any (? any on some specimens) floccose down on the
involucres; phyllaries porrect in bud. It is much nearer crebridensP —
F. j. Hanbury

H. murorum , Linn. ; var. pachyphyllum, Purchas. Symonds Yat,
Monmouthshire, and Great Doward. Herefordshire, May 1894. The
plant described by the Rev. W. H. Purchas, ‘ Journ. Bot.’ (1894),
p. 1 14. — Augustin Ley. “Yes.” — F. J. Hanbury.

H. e2iprepes, F. J. Hanb. Taren-r-Esgob, Breconshire, July 1897.
This well-marked species grows abundantly and finely on the old red
sandstone cliffs of the Black Mountain, in Hereford, Brecon, and
Monmouthshires, keeping its characters well. — Augustin Ley.
“Yes.” — F. J. Hanbury.

H. Adlerzii , Almq. Rocky stream side, Llanwrtyd, Breconshire,
13th July 1897. These specimens are far from being good and
typical, the characteristic toothing of the leaves being absent. I send
them, however, being unable this year to send typical specimens,
thinking that some of the members may be glad to possess specimens
of a rare species. — Augustin Ley. “Yes.” — F. J. Hanbury.

H. subanfractum , Marshall. Origin, Corrie Ardran, Mid Perth ;
cult. Shirley, June 1896. — W. R. Linton. “Yes.” — F. J. Hanbury.

IP. sciaphi/um, XJecht. Eddlesborough, Bucks, 1897. New county
record. — G. C. Druce.

556 THE BOTANICAL EXCHANGE CLUB OF THE BRITISH ISLES.

Hieracium sciaphilum , Uechtritz. Small mountain form, mountain
banks, Nantymwyn, Carmarthenshire, 6th August 1897. Verified by
Mr. Hanbury. — Augustin Ley. Also from Benthall, Salop, July 1897.
— W. H. Painter. “Yes.” — F. J. Hanbury. Also from Boars Hill,
Berkshire, and Burnham, Bucks. — G. Claridge Deuce.

Hieracium , sp. This is an interesting plant, common on dry
mountain banks in the neighbourhood of Nantymwyn, Carmarthenshire,
and in the adjoining parts of the counties of Brecon and Cardigan.
Mr. Hanbury, to whom I shewed the dried specimens, was unable to
suggest a name. I have the plant under cultivation, and this may
very probably prove it to belong to some well-known species much
reduced by the dry mountain situations in which it grew. With it
grew a form of H. sciaphilum , Uecht., similarly reduced, of which I
send some specimens. Typical sciaphilum was, however, common in
the neighbourhood, but I found nothing in the neighbourhood of
which the plant at present under notice could be a reduced form.
Style slightly darkened. — Augustin Ley. “Probably abnormally
starved and reduced H. sciaphilum , Uechtr.” — F. J. Hanbury.

H. lapponicum , Fries. Root, Cwm Tarell, Brecon ; cult. 9th
July 1897. I have failed to find this plant as yet elsewhere in
Breconshire but in its one station. I find it to have a considerable
range along the mountain side, and not confined to the one spot
where first discovered. — Augustin Ley. “This is the hairy form
or variety of H. lapponicum .” — F. J. Hanbury.

H. sparsifolium , Lindeb. Roots from Nant Francon and Bethesda,
Carnarvonshire; cult. 9th July 1897. — Augustin Ley. “Yes.” —
F. J. Hanbury.

H. rigidum , Hartrn., var. pullatum, Dahlst. Rocky banks of the
Elan, Radnorshire, nth July 1889. Gathered in company with Mr.
F. J. Hanbury, and subsequently verified in his herbarium by Prof.
Elfstrand. Styles livid. — Augustin Ley. “ Correctly named.” —

F. J. Hanbury.

H. rigidum , Hartm., var. scabrescens , Johanss. Boars Hill, and
near Kintbury, Berks. — G. Claridge Druce.

H. rigidum , Hartm., var. trichocaulon, Dahlst. ? Mountain banks,
Trawsnant, Towy valley, Breconshire, 7 th August 1897. Styles
yellow. — Augustin Ley. “AT. rigidum , var.” — F. J. Hanbury.

H. rigidum , Hartm., var. lrichocaulo>i , Dahlst. Railway bank,
Parkstone, Dorset, 14th October 1897. Pointed out to me by the
Rev. E. F. Linton. In abundance and in beautiful flower at this
date. Styles slightly darkened. — Augustin Ley. “ The specimen
sent to me is H. boreale, Fries.” — F. J. Hanbury. “ So are mine.” —

G. C. Druce.

H dovrense , Fr., var. spectabile , Marshall. Origin, Clova, Forfar;
cult. Shirley, nth and 13th July 1891. — W. R. Linton. “Yes.” —
F. J. Hanbury.

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Hieracium corymbosum , Fr. Banks of the River Rushill, Glen
Artney, Perthshire, August 1891. — J. Cosmo Melvill. “Yes.” —

F. J. Hanbury.

H. Ogiveni , E. F. Linton. Root from slate quarries, Bethesda,
Carnarvonshire; cult. 28th July 1897. I gathered this plant first in
August 1888, and supposed it to be a var. of H. umbellatum , L.
It will be noticed that under cultivation its similarity to H. umbellatum
rather increases than diminishes. — Augustin Lev. “ This is correctly
named, though I am of opinion that it ought not to be regarded as
more than a variety of H. umbellatum , L. ; and it appears to me to
become more like the type when cultivated than in the wild state.”—

F. J. Hanbury. “ I gathered this H. umbellatum , var. Ogweni , in
1878.” — G. C. Druce.

H umbellatum , L., var. Sandhills, Southport, 30th September
1897. This appears to me to differ from the inland Yorkshire form
of the plant as I know it. Mr. Bailey some time ago named it for
me: “A narrow-leaved form of H. umbellatum , which is not var.
filifolium , Backh.” — J. A. Wfieldon. “Yes; a frequent form on
the sandhills.” — F. J. Hanbury.

H. umbellatum , Linn., var. Cliffs on north coast of Jersey, 26th
July 1897. Apparently the only form of this plant in Jersey. It
grows almost exclusively on the granite cliffs, in the north and east of
the island. Is it var. Morale, Lindeb., which is assigned by the
‘London Catalogue’ to the Channel Islands ? The leaves vary much
in breadth. — L. V. Lester. “Yes.” — F. J. Hanbury.

Leontodon hispidum , Linn. Dry field, Old Headington, Oxford-
shire, 1893. — G. Claridge Druce.

Campanula latifolia , L. Woods between Woburn and Aspley,
and at Lillingstone Darrell, Bucks, July 1897. New county record. —

G. C. Druce.

Arctostaphylos alpina, Spreng. Shoulders of An Teallach, West
Rossshire, in considerable quantity, June 1895 — G. Claridge Druce.

Primula scotica , Hook. Coast near Betty Hill, West Sutherland,
July 1897. — W. A. Shoolbred.

Gentiana germanica , Willd. Grassy borders of fields on the chalk
near Watlington, September 1897. Very fine specimens, and an
extention of its westward area in Oxfordshire. — G. Claridge Druce.

Gentiana Amarella x germanica. Chalk pit, Ecchinswell, Hants,
22nd September 1897. See ‘Report’ for 1895, P- 49° i also ‘Flora
of Berkshire,’ p. 345; and ‘Annals of Botany,’ for December 1896.
1 send a few more sheets of this, and regret that the specimens are
not in better condition, and the quantity larger ; but I was unable to
visit the spot until late in the season, when the plant was gone over.

558 THE BOTANICAL EXCHANGE CLUB OF THE BRITISH ISLES.

To see the characters of this plant well, it is necessary to gather it
when the flowers are at their best. — A. B. Jackson. “I do not
quite see why this is considered to be a hybrid. Is it not small-
flowered G. germanicci ? ” — E. G. Baker. “ These are not quite
identical with my x G. Pamplinii — G. C. Druce.

Limnanthemum peltatum , Gmel. In the river Thames above
Oxford, September 1896. — G. Claridge Druce.

Cynoglossum montanmn , Hojerin ‘Linn. Amoen. Acad.,’ iii. (1764),
402 ; C. germanicum , Jacq. Wychwood Forest, Oxfordshire, June
1884. — G. Claridge Druce.

Asperugo procumbens , Linn. Alien, Twerton, Bath, 8th September
1897; vide ‘Journ. Bot.’ (1897), p. 444. — S. T. Dunn.

Myosotis repens , Don. Braemar, South Aberdeen, June 1897. —
G. Claridge Druce.

Myosotis versicolor , Sm., ‘sub. E. B.,’ Reichb., t. 2558; var.
Balbisiana , (Jord.). Swyre Head, Dorsetshire, 25th May 1897. On
this piece of ground there was a quantity of Myosotis growing, and all
had golden-yellow flowers without the smallest shade of blue. —
Charlotte E. Palmer. “ Jordan states M. Balbisiana differs from
M. versicolor , Pers., by ‘racemis minus laxis longius basi nudis, calice
vero clauso sub duplo breviore, corollis fere triplo minoribus, tubo
parum exserto, akeniis conspicue minoribus, foliis tenuioribus, caule
multo graciliore et humiliore.’ Miss Palmer’s specimens agree fairly
well with this.” — E. G. Baker. “The plant remains constant in
cultivation. A much older name for the type is M. arvensis , Hill,
‘Veg. Syst.,’ vii., 55 (1772), of which I should call this var. Balbisiana,
(Jord.).”— G. C. Druce.

Solatium nigrum , Linn., var. miniatum , Bernh. Garden weed at
Milverton, Warwickshire, September 1897. — H. Bromwich. “Cor-
rect.”— E. G. Baker. “Yes; the forma glabrescensP — J. Freyn.

Linaria repens x vulgaris , and L. vulgaris x repens. From chalky
ballast near the Great Western station at Oxford. The extreme plant
in which vulgaris is present to the greatest extent is what I called, in
‘Report Bot. Exchange Club,’ 1893, 421, x L. Baxterii. See ‘Flora
Berkshire,’ p. 368, and ‘Annals of Botany,’ December 1896, 622. —
G. Claridge Druce.

Mimulus Langsdorffii, Donn. = M luteus , Pursh. and auct. Angl.,
not of Linnceus. M. guttatus, DC. See ‘Flora Berkshire,’ p. 374.
Margins of the River Chess between Latimer and Chenies, Bucking-
hamshire, September 1897. In such plenty as to appear like the
marsh-marigolds when seen from a distance of a quarter of a mile —
G. Claridge Druce.

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559

Veronica arvensis, L. Sunny path in the gorge of the Clydach
river, between Bryn Mawr and Clydach, Breconshire, nth June 1897.
New county record. — Charles Bailey.

V. Tournefortii , Gmel. Roadside in the gorge of the Clydach
river, between Bryn Mawr and Clydach, Breconshire, nth June 1897.
New county record. — Charles Bailey.

Euphrasia Rostkoviana , Hayne. Rough pastures, near Bigsweir,
Monmouthshire, 2nd September 1897. — W. A. Shoolbred.

E. borealis , Townsend. Sandhills, Brora, East Sutherland, 9th
August 1897; near Golspie, East Sutherland, 7th August 1897;
sedgy swamp, near Tain, East Ross, 10th August 1897. — E. S.
Marshall. Grassy places by Golspie burn, Dunrobin Glen, East
Sutherland, 7th August 1897. — W.A. Shoolbred and E. S. Marshall.

E. nemorosa, H. Mart. Hightown, Lancashire, July 1897. Sent
because Mr. Townsend gives only one doubtful locality in his
monograph, ‘ Journ. Bot.,’ p. 405 (1897). — J. A. Wheldon.

E. paludosa , Townsend. Peat bog, ascent to Stob Choire an
Easain, West Inverness, 27th July 1896. — W. A. Shoolbred.

E. Foulaensis, Towns. Coast sandhills, Melvich, West Sutherland,
15th July 1897. — W. A. Shoolbred and E. S. Marshall.

E. brevipila , Burnat and Gremli. Coast pastures, Milness, West
Sutherland, 24th July 1897; and Talmin, 31st July 1897. — Coll.
W. A. Shoolbred and E. S. Marshall. Also from hill side above
burn, near Rhi-tongue, West Sutherland, 24th and 26th July 1897. —
W. A. Shoolbred and E. S. Marshall. “ Of this Prof. Wettstein
writes to Rev. E. S. Marshall, ‘ specimina grandifiora sed tarnen a
E. brevipila non specifici di versa.” — W. A Shoolbred. The Rev.
E. S. Marshall also sends specimens of the type, and the large
flowered forms, from Tongue, West Sutherland, 24th and 26th July
1897.

E. Scottica , Wetts. Shore of Loch Mor, near Betty Hill, West
Sutherland, vice-county 108, 20th July 1897. — W. A. Shoolbred and
E. S. Marshall. Also a form (reference number i860) which differs
from the preceding in appearance when growing. Flowers lilac,
usually white. — E. S. Marshall.

E. curt a, Fries., var. glabrescens , Wettstein. In shell sand by coast
near Tain, East Ross, vice-county 106, nth August 1897. — W. A.
Shoolbred and E. S. Marshall. This is the plant referred to by
Mr. Townsend in the appendix to his monograph of the British species
of Euphrasia , in the ‘Journ. of Botany’ for 1897. — E. S. Marshall.

E. latifolia , Pursh. Coast cliffs, Melvich, West Sutherland, vice-
county 108, 15th July 1897, and forma grandifolia (teste Wettstein).
Betty Hill, West Sutherland, 17th July 1897. — W. A. Shoolbred and

560 THE BOTANICAL EXCHANGE CLUB OF THE BRITISH ISLES

E. S. Marshall. All the Scottish specimens distributed by Mr.
Shoolbred and the Rev. E. S. Marshall have been named on the
authority of Dr. Wettstein ; numbered specimens of our joint gather-
ings having been submitted to him by the Rev. E. S. Marshall. — W.
A. Shoolbred.

Bartsia Odontites , Huds., var. divergens, Balb. Near Easthain
Locks, Cheshire, 17th August 1897. This comes very near B.
serotina , and may only be a form of that plant ; but it has a peculiar
and distinct appearance when growing, and sometimes the lower
branches take a direction at right angles to the stem, or are even
reflexed. This appears to be the commonest form of B. Odontites in
the Wirral peninsula, but I have not seen it on the Lancashire side
of the Mersey. — J. A. Wheldon. “I should say verna, Reichb.” —
W. R. Linton. “ The var. divergens , Balb., is generally a much taller
plant.” — E. G. Baker. “Not good Odontites divergens , Jord., which
is a taller plant, with widely divergent branches.” — G. C. Druce. “Is
Odontites verna ( Euphrasia Odontites, L.), Reichb., not O. divergens ,
which has very short bracts.” (Deckblaetter). — J. Freyn.

Bartsia viscosa, L. Pont Harquet, Jersey, 8th July 1897. — L. V.
Lester. Also from the sides and banks of the road from the railway
station to the Gareloch, Shandon, Dumbarton, 29th September and
1st October 1897. — Charles Bailey.

Melampyrum pratense , var. hians , Druce. Shore of Loch Mor,
near Betty Hill, West Sutherland, 20th July 1897. — W. A. Shoolbred.

Orobanche minor, Sm. On clover at Pulverbatch, Salop, July 1897.
— W. H. Painter. “ The O. Trifolii-pratensis, F. Schultz, which is
synonymous with Smith’s minor. Thunberg’s O. minor (‘ Flora
Capensis,’ 1794, 97) is a different plant from Smith’s.” — G. C. Druce.

Utricularia major, Schmid., neglecta, Lehm. Burnham Beeches,
Bucks ; and Hollandridge Common (Russells Water), Oxfordshire.
New county records. — G. C. Druce.

Mentha longifolia, Huds., ‘FI. Angl.,’ 221 (1762), var. Plentiful
along a small stream that flows from Cothill towards Abingdon, and
Frilford, Berks, September 1893. — G. Claridge Druce. “ M.
silvestris, pro var. M villosa, Sole.” — E. Malinvaud.

M. longifolia, Huds., var. nemorosa, Willd. Marston Montgomery,
Derbyshire, 1st August 1897. — H. Bromwich. “ M. silvestris , spuria
hybrid e rotundifolia et silvestris aut viridis. AT. rotundifolia, var.
angustifolia , F. Sch. olim non certe rotundifolia legitima.” — E.
Malinvaud.

M. longifolia, Huds., ‘FI. Angl.,’ 221 (1762). Near Little Brickhill,
Bucks, 1st July 1897. — G. Claridge Druce. “ Mentha hybrida e
rotundifolia certe et silvestris vel viridis .” — E. Malinvaud.

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Mentha piperita , Huds. Near Buckingham, Bucks, New county
record. — G. C. Druce.

M. hirsuta , Huds., forma. Braunton Burrows, North Devon,
14th August 1897. The commonest form on the dunes; quite
prostrate, with its leaves pressed flat on the sand or short turf.
Monsieur Malinvaud remarks upon a specimen submitted to him,
“ M. aquatica , var. hirsuta , minor monocephala, forma reducta.” —
S. T. Dunn. “ M. aquatica is the older name. The form sent by
Mr. Dunn is one of the characteristic plants of the Burrows.” —
G. C. Druce.

M. verticillata, Huds., ‘ FI. Angl.,’ 222 (1762), var. M. sativa,
L. var. Molton, Devonshire, August 1896. — G. Claridge Druce.
“ Corolla intus villosa, e grege sativum , corolla intus glabra, forma
litigiosa.” — E. Malinvaud.

M. cardiaca, Baker, in ‘Journ. Bot.,’ iii. (1865), 245. Probably of
garden origin ; by the road near High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire,
September 1897. — G. Claridge Druce.

Thymus Serpyllu'm , Fries., var. prostrata , Hornemann. Melvich,
West Sutherland, vice-county 108, 16th July 1897. — E. S. Marshall.

Nepeta Glechoma , Benth. Wall top in the neighbourhood of
Abergavenny, Breconshire, 5th June 1897. Sent as a new county
record for 42. — Charles Bailey. “ But this was recorded in the
‘ Report of the Botanical Record Club’ for 1881.” — G. C. Druce.

Lamium hyhridum, Vill, Odiham, North Hants, 12th April 1897.
It is very uncommon in this neighbourhood.— C. E. Palmer.

Z, Galeobdolon , Crantz. Ascent of Skirrid-fach, near Cae-derwen,
in the neighbourhood of Abergavenny, Monmouthshire, 7th June
1897. Sent as a new county record for 35. — Charles Bailey.
“ Already recorded in the ‘Report of Bot. Record Club’ for 1881.” —
G. C. Druce.

Teucrium Botrys , Linn. From the well-known locality near Box
Hill, Surrey, June 1897. — G. Claridge Druce.

Plantago Coronopus , Linn., var. pygmcea , Lange. Holburn Head,
Caithness, 14th July 1897. — W. A. Shoolbred. “Correct.” — E. G.
Baker.

P, Coronopus , L., var. ceratophyllon , Rapin. Beach at Charmouth,
Dorset, 24th June 1897. — R. P. Murray.

Scleranthus perennis , Linn. Near Culford, Sussex, 1882.— G.
Claridge Druce.

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Chenopodium album , L., var. viride, L. Beighton, Derby, nth
August 1897, growing with C. album , and very distinct in habit, colour,
and foliage, so as to look like a distinct species. — W. R. Linton.
“A form of C. album , L., var. (b), cymosum , Koch, ‘Syn.,’ 524, with
very leafy inflorescence.” — J. Freyn. “ C. viride , L., and C. album,
var. cymosum, Koch, are synonymous.” — G. C. Druce.

C. glomerulosum, Reichb. Dust heaps, Twerton, North Somerset,
September 1897. Seen also at Tewkesbury at an earlier date.
Possibly not observed before in Britain. But like C. opulifolium,
which is, with us, always on waste heaps in the west, it is probable
that this new form, when attention has been directed to it, will be
found to occur more frequently than at present appears. The name
has been confirmed by Prof. Sagorski. Undoubtedly a segregate of
the album group, from which it does not differ in any character of
fruit or seeds. But the habit, foliage, and inflorescence are distinctly
marked. Usually a bushy plant of two to two and a half feet, with
long, spreading branches. Stem stout, reddish, striate; foliage dull
dark green ; leaves long-stalked, mostly elliptic, entire, blunt, a few
irregularly angled and toothed. Inflorescence of densely aggregated
glomerules in shortly-branched spiciform panicles, leafy in bud, be-
coming naked in fruit. — Jas. W. White. “Not the plant described
by Reichenbach in the ‘Flora Excursoria’ (‘cinerascens . . . glomerulis
minimis demum remotis’) [? which] must be supposed to be a hybrid
(‘nicht die von Reichenbach . . . die hybrid sein soil.’). Judging by
the ripe seeds, your plant, which is certainly remarkable for its
closely conglobated inflorescence, belongs to the group of forms
known as Ch. album , L., a. spicatum, Koch, ‘Syn.,’ p. 524. It is
perhaps the true Ch. serotinum which Linnaeus records from England.
But it is necessary to have the stem-leaves for comparison, and these
you have not sent me. It is not one of the varieties of Ch. album
which have been recently distinguished by Krasan.” — J. Freyn. (See
‘Journ. Bot.,’ 1898, p. 149.) “Herr Freyn names plants collected
by me near Oxford as long ago as 1892, C. album, L., var. glomeru-
losum (Reichb.), forma viridis, nec cinerasce?is . I should like Herr
Freyn to see more specimens of Mr. White’s plant.” — G. C. Druce.

C. opulifolium , Schrad. in DC., ‘FI. Fr.,’ v. (1815), 372. On
waste ground near the railway, Didcot, Berks, August 1894. — G.
Claridge Druce.

C. hybridum, Linn., ‘Sp. PI.’ (1753), 219. Waste ground, Oxford,
1892. — G. Claridge Druce.

Atriplex sp. Reference No. 1922. Pebbly strand, Loch Fleet,
East Sutherland, vice-county 107, 8th August 1897. — E. S. Marshall.

“ A . angustifolia, Sm., forma.” — E. G. Baker.

Atriplex triangularis, Willd. Mouth of River Alt, Lancashire,
15th August 1897. This form is rather frequent on the Lancashire
coast, and is always quite prostrate, the branches radiating from the

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crown of the root. I think it is A. prostrata, Bab., but do not know
whether that is identical with A. triangularis , Woods, asked for in the
desiderata list. — J. A. Wheldon. 11 A. deltoidea , prostrata , Bab.” — -

W. R. Linton. “Is A. prostata , Bouch., ‘FI. Abbeville,’ in Hartm.

‘ Skand. FI.,’ p. 349. I have exactly the same plant from Liverpool
as A. Babingtonii , but A. Babingtonii is of quite a different appear-
ance.”— J. Freyn.

Atriplex sp. Ref. No. 1923. Golspie, East Sutherland, 6th

August 1897. — E. S. Marshall. “Atriplex calotheca, Fries? Prob-
ably; but I must see more, and more perfect material.”— J. Freyn.

Atriplex sp. Ref. No. 1925. Golspie, East Sutherland, 6th

August 1897. — E. S. Marshall. “A. Babingtonii , var. virescens,
Lange.” — W. R. Linton.

Polygonum Convolvulus , Linn., ‘Sp. PI.,’ 364 (1753), var. subalatum ,

V. Hall. The var . pseudo-dumetorum, H. C. Watson, ‘ Lond. Cat.’
ed. vi. (1861), 19. Near Oxford, July 1893. — G. Claridge Druce.

P. aviculare, Linn., var. microspermum (Jord.). Milverton,
Warwickshire, September 1897. — H. Bromwich. “I hardly think
this is var. microspermum , Jord.”— E. G. Baker. “This is P. aviculare ,
L., var. P. denudatum , Desv. ap. Boreau, ‘ FI. du Centr.’ ” — J. Freyn.
“The following is the description of P. denudatum , Desv., ‘Obs.,’ 98.
See Boreau, ‘FI. du Centr.,’ ed. 3, vol. ii., p. 559 (1857). ‘ Tiges

greles, couchees, k rameaux effiles etales, presque depourvus de
feuilles excepte au sommet des ramuscules ; feuilles sublineaires
etroites ; games laches, roussatres, dechirees au sommet en lobes
blancs scarieux ; fleurs petites, rougeatres, a pedicelles tres courts,
caches dans la game ; fruit petit, brun un peu luisant, finement
chagrine, trigone oblong, attenue aux deux extremites, a faces peu
excavees. Port du P. arenarium , W. K., que Ton distingue a ses
fleurs plus pedicellees.’ This is identical (teste Freyn) with my
Marcham plant distributed through the Club in 1892, which Mr.
J. G. Baker thought, when he saw it growing, was Morale, and which
Mr. Arth. Bennett named agrestinum , and the Rev. E. F. Linton on
a cursory examination ventured to call rurivagum. See ‘Report,’
1892, p. 384, and ‘Flora Berks,’ p. 425. The fact that so many
discordant views were entertained respecting it suggests that it was a
form not described as British. Boreau cites as synonymous P.
aviculare , var . polychnemwji, Reichb.” — G. C. Druce.

Polygonum mite , Schrank. Near Water Eaton, Bucks, 1897.
New county record. — G. C. Druce.

Polygomim Persicaria, Linn., var. ? Near Ford, Derbyshire,
12th August 1897. Growing with P. Persicaria and P. Hydropiper ,
both being in mature fruit, while this was immature ; also the ochrae
of this are pilose, whilst those of the Persicaria were glabrous. —

W. R. Linton. “ Too young.” — E. G. Baker. “ I think this may
prove to be Persicaria x Hydropiper, ” — G. C. Druce. “Too young;
perhaps P. mite.” — J. Freyn.

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Polygonum maculatum , Trim, and Dyer. Taplow, Bucks, 1897.
New county record. — G. C. Druce.

Aristolochia Clematitis , Linn. Godstow Nunnery, Oxford, 1st
July 1892. — G. Claridge Druce.

Euphorbia hiberna , Linn. Near Lynton, Devonshire, August
1896. — G. Claridge Druce.

E. Cyparissias , L. Abundantly in a grassy field, between Lytham
vicarage and the sea, Lytham, West Lancashire, May 1897. Apparently
quite wild, and very abundant. I have not found this plant is
anywhere cultivated in the neighbourhood. — J. Cosmo Melvill.
“ Correct.” — E. G. Baker.

E. exigua , Linn., var. retusa (DC.). Cornfield, Whitnash,
Warwickshire, August 1897. — H. Bromwich. “ Scarcely; I have
gathered much more retuse-leaved plants than this.” — W. R. Linton.

Betula pubescens, Ehrh., var . parviflora, “ Wimm.” Near Tongue,
West Sutherland, vice-county 108, 23rd July 1897.— W. A. Shoolbred.

Salix triandra , L. forma. Orig. Banks of the River Ouse, St.
Neots, Huntingdonshire; hort. Bournemouth, 14th April and 29th
June 1892. The summer-flowering specimens, which are apt to be
misleading, were thought to be, by the late Dr. White, S. triandra x
fragilis. — E. F. Linton.

S. alba , Linn., f. Grown from a plant supplied me by Mr. James
Fingland, from Thornhill, Dumfriesshire; in the garden, Bournemouth,
13th May and 5th July 1897. It had been named S. hexandra , Ehrh.
(S. alba x pentandra , a form on the alba side) by the late Dr. White,
but observation has convinced me that it is a form of A. alba , L., and
it is given a place as such in the ‘Set of British Willows,’ Fasc., No. 79.
— Edward F. Linton.

S. cinerea , Linn. In the gorge of the Clydach River, between
Bryn-Mawr and Clydach, in the neighbourhood of Abergavenny,
Monmouthshire, nth June 1897. — Charles Bailey. “Sent as a
new county record for 35, but already recorded in the ‘Report of the
Botanical Record Club’ for 1881. The specimen is not true S.
cinerea , as in my opinion it is crossed with aurila , as evidenced by
the leaf margin being more cut than in the type, and by the more
prominent auricles.” — G. C. Druce. Also, the type from Gerrard’s
Cross, Bucks. New county record. — G. C. Druce.

S. aurita x Caprea. Edlaston Coppy, Derby, April and June 1894,
Specimens from the same bush were so named in ‘ B. E. C. Report,’

1893, p. 423. — W. R. Linton.

S. aurita x cinerea. Edlaston Coppy, Derby, April and June

1894. This is mainly as above, though there may be a strain of
Caprea in it. — W. R. Linton.

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Salix aurita x cinerea. Shirley, Derby, April and July 1897. — W.
R. Linton.

A. aurita ? x phylicifolia. Origin, Bradoonie, Clova, Forfar ; cult.
May 1896, and July 1897. — W. R. Linton.

A. aurita x repens. Origin, Fortingal, Perth ; cult. May and
June 1895, and May and July 1896. — W. R. Linton.

A. ambigua, Ehrh. Gerrard’s Cross, Bucks. New county record.
— G. C. Druce.

A. cinerea x repens. By design. Shirley, 7th May and 25th June
1897. — W. R. Linton.

A. repens x viminalis. River bank, Strath Brora, East Sutherland,
vice-county 107, 9th August 1897. — W. A. Shoolbred and E. S.
Marshall. “ A very interesting discovery.” — G. Claridge Druce.

5. cinerea x nigricans. (A. strepida (Schleich.), Forbes; S. puberula,
Doell. ; A. vaudensis (Schleich.), Forbes ; A. nigricans x cinerea,
Wimmer). Grown at Shapwick, Dorset, by the Rev. R. P. Murray,
from a stock from Kew Gardens, 14th May 1894. ‘Set of British
Willows ’ No. 93. — Edward F. Linton.

A. Lapponum x phylicifolia. ‘ Set of British Willows ’ No. 85.
Probably a form of the hybrid on the A. phylicifolia side. Glen Doll,
Forfar, from which the hybrid was described (‘Journ. Bot.’ 1892, 362) ;
cult. Bournemouth, 20th May 1896, and 19th June 1895. — Edward
F. Linton,

A. Lapponum x phylicifolia. Hort. Bournemouth, May and June
1895 and 1896. ‘Set of British Willows’ No. 85. A male plant
from Glen Doll, Forfar, from which the hybrid was described (‘Journ.
Bot.’ 1892, 362). Cult. Bournemouth — E. F. Linton.

A. nigricans, Sm., form. Origin, Auchencat Burn, near Moffat,
Dumfries; cult. 6th May and 8th July 1896. This differs considerably
from the type in the smooth green foliage. — W. R. Linton.

A. viminalis x repens , Lasch. Hort. Bournemouth, April and 5th
July 1897. Unknown for Britain at the date of gathering. The plants
from which these specimens are taken were made by design, and the
whole crop, a dozen or more, came true to intention. It is No. 98 in
the ‘ Set of British Willows.’ — Edward F. Linton.

A. aurita x Lapponum. Glen Callater, South Aberdeen, 24th
July 1897 — W. R. Linton.

A. Myrsinites x phylicifolia. Origin, battle Craigindall, South

Aberdeen ; cult. May and July 1897. Marked by the glabrous lurid-
green foliage, and nectaries mostly forked. I think probably the
hybrid. — W. R. Linton.

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Salix Myrsinites x phylicifolia. Origin, Clova, Forfar; cult. May
and July 1897. The anthers are red-tipped, nectaries forked, foliage
yellowish green ; probably this hybrid. — W. R. Linton.

S. Myrsinites (male) x phylicifolia (female). By design, Shirley,
May and June 1897. — W. R. Linton.

S. herbacea x repens. Origin, Little Craigindall, South Aberdeen ;
cult. 17th May 1891, and 31st May 1893. — W. R. Linton.

S. purpurea, Linn. Orig. Holme; hort. Bournemouth, 15 th April
and 26th June 1894. — E. F. Linton.

S. purpurea , L., f., Woolgariana. Orig. Thetford ; hort.
Bournemouth, 7th April and 18th June 1893. Rather narrow in the
leaf for the form, but this is probably due to its having been found
and grown in sandy soil. — Edward F. Linton.

S. cinerea x purpurea , Wimm., A. sordida , Kern. Hort. Bourne-
mouth, 18th March 1896 and 8th July 1897. Origin, Thornhill,
Dumfriesshire, from cuttings supplied me by Mr. J. Fingland. A good
intermediate form, No. 81 in ‘Set of British Willows.’ — Edward F.
Linton.

S. phylicifolia x purpurea , S. secernata , F. B. White. Hort.
Bournemouth, 22nd and 29th April, and 8th and 16th July 1897.
‘Set of British Willows ’ No. 82. From cuttings supplied by Mr.
Jas. Fingland from Thornhill, Dumfriesshire. — E. F. Linton.

Populus canescens, Sm. Burnham, Bucks. New county record. —
G. C. Druce.

Ceretophyllum demersum, Linn. Brecon and Newport Canal, in
the neighbourhood of Abergavenny, Monmouthshire, 10th June 1897.
New county record for 35. — Charles Bailey.

Malaxis paludosa , Swartz. Ballintuim, Braemar, South Aberdeen,
29th July 1897. — W. R. Linton. Also Glen Fee, Clova, Forfar,
20th July 1896. — A. Somerville.

Epipactis media, Babington, (an Fries ?). Cusford, Thursley,
Surrey, vice-county 17, 3rd September 1897. A practically identical
plapt, from Witley, was named for me by Professor Babington, about
10 years ago, as being just his E. media ; and he believed it is
evidently distinct from E. viotacea, but the line between it and
restricted E. latifolia is not easy to draw. — E. S. Marshall. “ E.
media, Bab., not of Fries, from which latter (E. atrorubens , Gaud.) it
is very different. This plant is a form of E. latifolia, All.” — J. Freyn.

Orchis Simia , Lam. Oxfordshire, 1896.— G. Claridge Druce.

Crocus vernus. All. Meadow near Inkpen, Berks, 7th March 1897.
See ‘Journ. Botany,’ 1897, p. 146.— A. B. Jackson. Also collected
on the same day with Mr. Jackson. In the locality where this is found,

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the knowledge of which I owe to Miss Beales, it occurs in consider-
able quantity in a pasture field, which is not near houses, and where,
as I have pointed out on p. 483 of my ‘ Berkshire Flora,’ it has been
known by the village people for nearly a century. In this locality
the Crocus has a wide range of colouring, varying from the darkest
violet-purple to white. But there is also a form not alluded to in our
British text books, in which the inner perianth segments are beautifully
veined with darker lines, the dark primary veins, and a large number
of small secondary ones, crossing one another obliquely from the
margin. This feathered form is figured in Maw’s ‘ Monograph of the
Genus Crocus .’ F)r. Boswell Syme, in ‘ E.B.,’ ix., p. 153, ‘describes
the perianth-segments as being darker towards the base, but all that
I have seen are darker at the apex. — G. Claridge Druce.

Sisyrinchium californicum , Aiton. Rosslare, Co. Wexford, Ireland,
15th June 1897. The specimens sent last year were mostly in fruit.
This season was later, and I found the plant in good flower.— E. S.
Marshall. “See ‘Journ. Bot.,’ 1896, p. 494, for a plate and
description of S. californicum , Dryand., in Aiton’s ‘ Hort. Kew,’ iv.,
136 (1812). It would be an astonishing fact in phyto-geography if
this plant of the western side of America should be native on the
eastern coast of Ireland.” — G. C. Druce.

Gladiolus illyricus , Koch. New Forest, Hants, June 1884.—
G. Claridge Druce.

Simsthis bicolor , Kunth. Branksome Park, Dorset, 24th May
1897. — W. Moyle Rogers.

Allium oleraceum , Linn. Canal side near Long Eaton, Derby,
3rd July 1897. — W. R. Linton.

Lilium pyrenaicum, Gouan. Near Mollond, South Devon,
August 1896. Long over flower. Plentiful in a deep lane on
both sides of the road, and in considerable quantity. The finest
specimens grew among the bushes on the steep bank. There is a
farmhouse within a quarter of a mile, but it is separated by a field
from the lane. Inquiry in the neighbourhood failed to elicit any
evidence to show that it had been introduced; but from its occurrence
by a road, and from its being apparently confined to this one locality,
I am afraid we cannot claim this fine species as a native plant of
Britain. The lily is, I think, extending itself by means of its bulbs.
Unfortunately, just as I got to the locality, a labourer had been
cutting the plant down; but this, I hope, will not injure the plants for
another season. — G. Claridge Druce.

Lilium Marlagon, Linn., ‘ Sp. PI.’ (1753), 303. Near Kingston
Bagpuze, completely naturalised in a small wood not far from the
Manor House, June 1896. In this case I suspect the plant may
have been originally grown in the garden, and either intentionally or
accidentally introduced to the present locality. The wood contains

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some planted trees, but it is fair to say that the lily grows in the
wilder part of the wooded enclosure. It is very abundant, and was
in fine flower in June of 1896. I think it is a native of Gloucester-
shire. See ‘ Flora of Berkshire,’ p. 493. — G. Claridge Druce.

Juncus compressus, Jacq. Near Thame, Bucks. New county
record. — G. C. Druce.

Juncus effusus , Linn., var. Hal ton Reservoir, Bucks, September
1897. — G. Claridge Druce.

J. bulposus , L. ( J . supinus , Moench.). Burnham, Bucks. New
county record. — G. C. Druce.

J diffusus , Hoppe. Linslade, Bucks. New county record. —
G. C. Druce.

J. obtusiflorus , Ehrh. Near Winslow, Bucks. New county
record. — G. C. Druce.

J. castaneus, Sm. Upper valley of the White Water, Glen Dole,
Forfar, 31st July 1896. — A. Somerville.

J. biglumis, Linn. Ben Lawers, north-east side, Mid Perth, 5th
August 1897. — A. Somerville.

J. triglumis, Linn. Ben Lawers, August 1897. — G. Claridge
Druce.

J. capitatus, Weig. The Quenvais, Jersey, June 1897. — G.
Claridge Druce.

Luzula arcuata, Swartz. Cairngorm and Braeriach, Easterness,
August 1890. I should now call it Juncoides arcuatum. — G. Claridge
Druce.

Typha angustifolia , L. Halton, Bucks, September 1897. New
county record. — G. C. Druce.

Sparganium neglectum , Beeby. Burnham, Bucks, 1897. New
county record. — G. C. Druce.

Arum italicum , Mill. St. Heliers, Jersey, 9th May 1S97. —
L. V. Lester.

Potamogeton polygonifolius, Pourr. Burnham, Bucks, 1897. New
county record. — G. C. Druce.

Potamogeton jluitcins , Roth. Pit near Warboys Wood, Huntingdon-
shire, 30th July 1897. Ref. No. 3056. — A. Fryer.

Potamogeton fluitans , Roth,, ‘Tent. FI. Germ.,’ i., 72 (1788)?
P. alpinus x natans or P. alpinus x polygonifolius ? River Loddon,
near Loddon bridge, Berks, June 1893. Members had better destroy
their specimens, as I find some plants of P. alpinus were accidentally
mixed with them. I shall distribute it next year — G. Claridge
Druce.

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Potomageton coloratus , Homem. Dike, Braunton, North Devon,
14th August 1897. — S. T. Dunn. “The typical state of the species.”
— A. Fryer.

P. decipiens , Nolte = P. lucens x P. perfoliatus. Drain by the
Wash Cut, near the Engine, Nepal, Cambridgeshire, 7th September
1897. Ref- No. 3124. — G. F. and A. Fryer.

P. perfoliatus , L. Brecon and Newport Canal, in the neighbourhood
of Abergavenny, Monmouthshire, 8th June 1897. New county

record. — Charles Bailey.

P. crispus, L. Brecon and Newport Canal, in the the neighbourhood
of Abergavenny, Monmouthshire, 8th June 1897. New county

record. — Charles Bailey. “ A state with obtusely-rounded, flat
leaves. A similar form is sometimes found fruiting in the Huntingdon-
shire Fens, where it gradually passes into the more typical state, well
figured in ‘E.B.,’ ed. iii, t. 1413. Botanists often name these states
of P. crispus ‘var. serratus ,’ Huds. Do specimens named by Hudson
exist? The description indicates P. densusP — Alfred Fryer.

P. Cooperi , mihi., P. crispus x P. perfoliatus, P, undulatus , Fryer,
non Wolfgang? Chester, 24th July 1897. Ref. No. 3049. — A. Fryer.
Union Canal above Falkirk, Stirlingshire, 1st September 1897.
Colonel Stirling and R. Kidston. Ref. No. 3118. — A. Fryer.

P. obtusifolius , M. and K. Near Slough, Bucks, July 1897. New
county record. — G. Claridge Druce.

P. trichoides, Cham. Dike between Ingham and Palling, East
Norfolk, nth August 1897.— J. Groves.

P. trichoides, Cham. Near Nepal Engine Drain, Cambridgeshire,
19th September 1897. Ref. No. 3142. — A. Fryer.

Ruppia% rostellata , Koch, var. nana , Boswell. Near Edderton,
East Ross, vice-county 106, 10th August 1897. — E. S. Marshall;
and also from W. A. Shoolbred.

Zannichellia pulustris, L. Brickhill, Bucks, July 1897. New
county record. — G. C. Druce.

Eleocharis uniglumis, Reichb., var. Watsoni (Bab.)? Near
Macmine Junction, Co. Wexford, nth June 1897. Ref. No.
1967. I strongly suspect that this is Babington’s E. Watsoiii,
it has the very dark chocolate-brown glumes mentioned in Hooker’s
‘Students’ Flora’ as belonging to that, but the fruit is not yet formed.
Very peculiar when fresh. — E. S. Marshall. “ E. uniglumis, Link,
probably ; the young nut is very much shorter than the bristles. —
W. R. Linton. “ Certainly not very near E. Watsoni ; of which the
authentic examples in ‘Herb. Kew.’ are three to four inches high, with

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setaceous stems and excessively small heads (a starved plant).
Hc/eocharis uniglwnis, Reich., ‘Ic.,’t. 296, fig. 703, which is I presume
Marshall’s No. 1967, has a 2-fid style; it is reckoned by Bentham
and Boeckeler =palustris , ‘ R. Br.’ It is diagnosed as differing by
the lowest bract sheathing the culm nearly (or quite) all the way round
at base ; an indefinite character that cannot be worked. All the
examples that at all distinctly can be referred to this form u night mis,
come from North Temperate and Sub-Arctic Europe. Marshall’s
No. 1967 may do very well for it. The Scirpus multicaulis, Smith,
had a quantity of Eleoch. palustris mixed with it, which got marked
£< uniglumis S When I first looked through the Eleocharis uniglumis
(both at Kew and the British Museum), one-third of it (I speak from
memory) was E. multicaulis. All the South Europe uniglumis , from
Italian Alps, Spain, and Atlas Mountains, is E. multicaulis ; and the
analyses and full arguments shewing E. uniglumis distinct from
E. palustris are many of them correct — the two are abundantly
distinct — only the uniglumis really treated of is E. multicaulis .” —
C. B. Clarke, 19th March 1898.

Eleocharis uniglwnis, Reichb. f. ? or perhaps only a form of E.
palustris. Coast marsh, Tain, East Ross, nth August 1897. — W. A.
Shoolbred. “E. uniglumis, Link, large form.” — W. R. Linton. “Is
E. palustris, R. Br.” — C. B. Clarke.

Eleocharis multicaulis, Sm. Burnham Beeches, 1892. New county
record. — G. C. Druce. “Eleocharis multicaulis, Smith, ‘Engl. FI.,’
v., 1 (1824), p. 64, diagnosed by stigmas 3. Eleoch. palustris, R. Br.,
Smith, l.c., diagnosed by stigmas 2. These are right. I have never
yet seen E. palustris with 3-fid style, or E. multicaulis with 2-fid.
Scirpus multicaulis, Smith (1800), is not precisely defined in the
diagnosis, nor is any one of the plates cited decisive ; I have reason
to believe that it was (in considerable degree) Eleo. palustris, R. Br.” —
C. B. Clarke.

Scirpus sp. Pool on the sandhills, Birkdale, Lancashire, 20th
August 1897. I gathered this under the impression that it was
a submerged barren form of Eleocharis multicaulis. There is no
indication of the formation of fruit ; although in close proximity
E. uniglumis and Scirpus rufus , which flower about the same time,
had well developed, and in some cases quite ripe nuts. From an
inspection of dried specimens, Mr. J. Groves suggests that it is
Scirhus Savii. It grew in very deep pools on the sandhills, and was
entirely submerged, having the appearance of a very slender Isoetes
at the bottom of the water.— J. A. Wheldon. “ S. Savii, Seb. et
Maur.” — w. R. Linton. “ The example (so far as it goes) agrees
very perfectly with S. cernuus, Vahl.” [i.e. Savii, Seb. et Maur.] —
C. B. Clarke. “S. cernuus is the S. setaceus of the Linnaean Herbarium,
and partly of the ‘Species Plantarum.’ Those botanists who reject
Epilobiwn alpinum for later names, may perhaps feel it necessary,
in order to be consistent, to reject S. setaceus , L.” — G. C. Druce.

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Scirpus setaceus, L. On wet land on the hillside below the railway
station, Shandon, Dumbartonshire, 29th September 1897. New county
record. — Charles Bailey.

Scirpus Car ids, Retz. Southport, Lancashire, June 1896. — G.
Claridge Druce.

S. Caricis , Retz. Chalfont Park, Bucks. New county record. —
G. C. Druce.

rufus , Schrad. Near the Village of Findhorn, June 1896. — G.
Claridge Druce.

S. rufus , Schrad., var. bifolius (Wallr.). Growing with Scirpus rufus
near Findhorn, and showing all gradations in the length of the
bract. — G. Claridge Druce.

Carex rupestris , All. On the cliffs of Cnochan, West Ross,
and also in West Sutherlandshire, June 1895. Growing at an
elevation of about 600 feet. These cliffs are limestone, and on
them this sedge and several other species were added to the Rossshire
flora. — G. Claridge Druce.

Carex disticha , Huds. Linslade, Bucks, 1897. New county
record. — G. C. Druce.

C. chordorrhiza , Ehrhart. Altnaharra, West Sutherland, 4th
August 1897. — E. S. Marshall; and from the same locality, /.<?.,
marsh near head of L. Naver, by W. A. Shoolbred. “See ‘Journ.
Bot.’ 1898, p. 73. Anderson in ‘ Cyperaceae Scandinavia;’ p. 69, cites
C. uliginosa , Linn., ‘Sp. PL’ ed. i., not of ‘ FI. Suec.’ as synonymous,
but the ‘ Kew Index ’ and Richter consider C. uliginosa to be Scirpus
Caricis. The name was published as ‘ C. chordorrhiza , L.,’ by Ehrhart.
This addition to the British Flora is of great interest.” — G. C. Druce.

C. paniculata , L. Near Heath, Bucks. New county record. —
G. C. Druce.

C. axillaris , Good., in Linn. Soc. ‘Trans.,’ ii. (1792), 151. C.
remota x vulpina. Marcham, Berks, 1883. — G. Claridge Druce.

C. helvola , Blytt, in Fries, ‘Bot. Notiser,’ 1849, 58, var. Ben
Lawers, Mid-Perthshire, August 1897. See ‘Journ. Linn. Soc.,’ 1898,
pp. 458-464.— G. Claridge Druce. “This very interesting sedge
looks to me like a hybrid, the parentage of which I should suggest may
be C. curta x echinata. The fruits are apparently quite sterile. Is
not C. helvola now reckoned as a probable hybrid?” — E. S. Marshall.
“ These specimens seem very like C. helvola , Blytt, and also to me to
partake of the characters of C. curta , Good., and C. echinata , Murr.,
the suggested parents of Blytt’s species. On the whole, Mr. Druce’s
plant is nearer C. curta in general appearance, the rather long and
narrow spikelets and their pale colour, and the shortish perigynia,
giving that impression. But the spreading habit of the plant, the

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browner colouring of the spikelets, and the acumination (short but
distinct) of the perigynium give good evidence of being away from
C. curta and about half way towards C. echinata. The nuts are more
undeveloped and smaller than in my Scandinavian specimens, but
both are alike in being flat, with no substance, i.e., sterile; and I infer
from this that they are both probably of hybrid origin.”— E. F. Linton.
“ C. canescens x lagopinaP — G. Kiikenthal. “This combination is
also suggested for the Scandinavian C. helvola by Christ, and Blytt.
In my paper on this sedge read before the Einnean Society,
I have given my reasons for at present being unable to accept it as a
hybrid of C. canescens x echinata. I hope to get more mature
specimens, which may help to elucidate the question. Pfarrer
Kiikenthal’s suggestion is the more likely combination, except for the
fact that up to the present time C. approximata ( lagopina ) has not
been recorded from the Breadalbanes.” — G. C. Druce.

Carex approximata , Hoppe ex. Gaudin, ‘Agrost. Helv.’ ii., p. 107,
(1811); Hoffm. ‘ Deutsch. FI.,’ p. 200. C. lagopina, Wahl, in ‘Vet.
Akad. Nya. Handl.,’ Stockh., 1803, 145. Corrie Sneachda, Easterness,
August 1892. — G. Claridge Druce.

C. canescens , Linn. ‘Sp. PI.’ (1753), 974. Near Sunningdale, Berks,
July 1892. Typical. — G. Claridge Druce.

C. canescens , Linn. ‘Sp. PL,’ 974 (1753), var. In mountain bogs on
Ben Lawers, at about 3600 feet, August 1897. — G. Claridge Druce.

“ I consider that this is the var. robnstior , Blytt, which we have been
wrongly calling alpicola. Is it not better to use the name C. curta ,
Good., which is definite and undoubted ( C. canescens , L., does not appear
to be so) ? ” — E. S. Marshall. “ There is a good deal to be said for
either name, but I prefer C. canescens , and I may quote from Andersson’s
‘Cyperacese Scandinavise,’ p. 58 (1849): ‘ Auctores Anglici Linmeum C.
canescentis nomine C. hrizoidem , v. C. Buxlmumii , intellisse contendunt,
quare nostram C. canescentum, C. curtam dixerunt. Quae transmutatis
nominum e confusione minime insolita speciminum, quae in herbario
Linn, asservantur, evidenter orta est, quare nomen a botanicis suecicis
semper adhibitum heic jure recepimus.’ Such authorities as Richter,
Nyman, the Kew ‘Index,’ the American ‘Check List,’ Christ., and
Kiikenthal are at one in using the name C. canescens , which in my
opinion has clearly priority over C. curta , and without any reason-
able doubt refers to the same plant.” — G. C. Druce.

Carex sp. Ref. No. 1936. Altnaharra, West Sutherland, 4th
August 1897. This is, I believe, a new British form. Pfarrer G.
Kiikenthal, a German specialist on sedges, refers it confidently to
C. gracilis x vulgaris (as we should say, C. acuta x Goodenowii). Mr.
Shoolbred and I did not, however, see C. acuta there, and it does not
appear to be known from North Scotland, nor does the plant seem to
be barren. The following short description was made from it when
fresh : Leaves channelled, rather glaucous ; fruit faintly-veined pale

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green; nut brown, flat, orbicular, punctulate. From C. acuta , which it
approaches in most respects, it is at once distinguishable by its
channelled (semi-cylindric) leaves. It was found abundantly for twenty
to thirty yards along a ditch, growing in rich peaty soil. — E. S.
Marshall. Also sent by W. A. Shoolbred. “When Mr. Marshall
first showed me a specimen of this gathering, it appeared to me
identical with a form I have collected from localities in Hants and
Dorset, and on account of its variation from C. Goodenowii in the
direction of C. acuta , I have had it for some years under the name of
C. Goodenowii, , var. subacuta , ined. The suggestion by Pfarrer
Kiikenthal that the Altnaharra sedge is C. acuta x Goodenowii led me
to re-examine my own series in this light, and as all the Hants and
Dorset plants appear to be sterile, I feel no difficulty in accepting this
solution for them. But Messrs Marshall and Shoolbred’s C. acuta x
Goodenoivii is not sterile. The fruit is fortunately almost mature and
is perfectly well formed. I am not aware of any fertile Carex hybrid,
and in spite of the great likeness between these specimens and my
own, enough at least for two forms of the same hybrid, I find difficulty
in calling this fruiting sedge C. acuta x Goodenowii. The only specimen
in my series of C. Goodenowii , var. subacuta , mihi, which is clearly
fertile, is from the Bog of Lynn, Westmeath; but this is a more doubt-
ful plant, and I do not remember any C. acuta growing with it. A
Carex sent to the Club by Mr. Druce as C. elata , from Sandhurst,
Berks, has been placed with my ‘ subacuta ’ forms, and as it appears to
be sterile, I think it likely to be a hybrid of C. Goodenowii perhaps
rather with C. Hudsonii , Ar. Benn., than with C. acuta , L.” — E. F.
Linton. “ It may be well to state that Dr. Lange considers my Sand-
hurst plant to be C. turfosa , Fries, which most botanists put under
C. elata.” — G. C. Druce.

Carex aquatilis , Wahl., var. elatior , Bab. River bank, Altnaharra,
W. Sutherland, 4th August 1897. — W. A. Shoolbred.

C. Goodenoivii , J. Gay, var. elatior (Lang.), f. angustifolia ,
Kiikenthal. Burn near Rhi-tongue, West Sutherland, 26th July
1897, ref. No. 451. — W. A. Shoolbred; also from E. S. Marshall,
ref. No. 1938. Named by Pfarrer G. Kiikenthal. “Agrees with J.
Gay’s example of C. Goodenowii , in 1 Herb. Kew.,’ so far as I, assisted
by an official, can see.” — C. B. Clarke.

C. Goodenowii , Gay, var. Marsh near Altnaharra, West Suther-
land, August 1897, ref. No. 1937. Leaves involute or channelled.
‘Apparently a stiff form of Carex j micella, Fries.,’ Pfarrer G.
Kiikenthal, in lit. — E. S. Marshall. Also from W. A. Shoolbred,
gathered at the same time and place, ref. No. 450. Mr. C. B.
Clarke also considers it to be var. j uncella.

C. pilulifera, L. Gerrard’s Cross, Bucks. New to ‘Top. Bot.’ —
G. C. Druce.

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Carex pallescens, L. Meadow above the gorge of the Clydach
river, Clydach, Breconshire, nth June 1897. New county record. —
Charles Bailey.

C. capillaris , Linn. Ben Laiogh, Perthshire, 31st July 1891. —
J. Cosmo Melvill.

C. extensa , Good., var. pumilci , Anders. Shore at Southport,
Lancashire, August 1894. — J. A. Wheldon.

C. flava , Linn., var. CEderi , Ehrh., non plur. auct. Walton,
Lancashire, July 1892. This was so named a year or two ago by
Mr. A. Bennett. Is it the same thing as var. minor , Towns. ? and
under which form named in the ‘ London Catalogue ’ should it be
placed?— J. A. Wheldon. “ C. (Ederi, Ehrh.” — G. Kiikenthal.

C. flava , L., var. (Ederi , Retz. ? Strensall Common, York, August
1888. — J. A. Wheldon. “This is C. CEderi of Koch, Syme, etc.,
and I believe the true C. (Ederi , Retz ( C . divisa, Oeder in ‘Flora
Danica,’ non Hudson). It is not the ‘ var. (Ederi, Retz.’ of ‘ Lond.
Cat.,’ ed. 9, which is var. minor, Townsend.” — E. S. Marshall.

“ C. (Ederi, Ehrh.” — G. Kiikenthal.

C. flava, L., var. cyperoides ; Marsson, teste A. Bennett. Southport,
Lancashire, July 1893. — J. A. Wheldon. “ I think not CEderi , var.
cyperoides, Marsson. It appears to me as subnormal C. CEderi,
Retz., partially sterile.” — E. S. Marshall. “ C. CEderi, Ehrh.” — G
Kiikenthal.

C. saxatilis, Linn., ‘ Sp. PI.,’ 976 (1753). Ben Lawers, August
1897. — G. C. Druce.

Leers ia oryzoides, Sw. Homalocenchrus oryzoides, Mieg. Wareham,
Dorset, 24th September 1897, where it was discovered by Mr. W.
Mitten, by whose direction I easily found it. This is an addition to
the Dorset Flora. Though I searched carefully numerous similar
ditches in the meadows adjoining both the R. Frome and the R.
Puddle, there was none to be seen, except along some 30 or 40 yards
of the ditch where Mr. Mitten (who was making a special search for
this grass) detected it. It appeared to be well established, and is no
doubt native. — Edward F. Linton.

Phalaris minor, Retz. {P. aquatica, L., according to Reichb.

‘ FI. Germ. Exc.’). This plant was growing in abundance beside the
railway, just out of St. Heliers, in sandy waste ground. Liegard
(‘ Flore de Bretagne’) makes a separate genus of it, with an apparently
French name ‘ alpiste ’ ( - Phalaris, part), and gives “ champs sablon-
neux de la zone maritime” as its habitat. Reichenbach only says, “Am
sudlichen Litorale, zurschen Fiume und Laurana.” — L. V. Lester.

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“ Correctly named.” — E. Hackel. “ In answer to my question as to
whether Phalans minor , Retz., is synonymous with Phalaris aquatica ,
Linn., which I doubted, Professor Hackel says that ‘ Phalaris aquatica ,
Linn., is quite another plant. Linnaeus cites Barrelier, who describes
the bulbous stem; Linnaeus adds, ‘ culmus arundinaceus.’ ” — G. C.
Druce.

Anthoxanthum odoratum , Linn. ‘ Sp. PL’ (1753), 28, form. A
weak, decumbent branching plant, which grew by one of the ponds
at Burnham Beeches, Bucks, June 1897. I pointed it out to Mr.
Holmes as A. PueliiP — G. Claridge Druce. 11 A. aristatum , Boiss.,
= A. Puelii . Lee. et Lam.” — E. Hackel.

Alopecurus fulvus, Sm. Halton Reservoir, Bucks, 1896. New
county record. — G. Claridge Druce.

Phleum pratense, Linn., var. stoloniferum , Bab. Whitnash,
Warwickshire, August 1897; — H. Bromwich. “Certainly the P.
stoloniferum , Host., ‘ Gram. Austr.’ I cannot say whether it is a some-
what constant variety or a mere state.” — E. Hackel.

P. pratense , L., var. Cultivated ground, Milverton, Warwickshire,
26th June 1897. Would this come under Sinclair’s variety majus as
described in the ‘Flora of Warwickshire’? — A. B. Jackson. “Only
a state common on cultivated ground.” — E. Hackel.

Agrostis canina, Linn., ‘ Sp. PI.’ (1753), 62, var. scotica , Hack. ex.
Ben Eay, West Ross, August 1892. — G. Claridge Druce.

A. alba, L., var. Sandhills, near Ainsdale, Lancashire, 15th
August 1897. — J. A. Wheldon. “ Perhaps coarctataP — W. R. Linton.
“ Var. coarctataP — E. Hackel.

Agrostis pumila , L. Brickhill, Bucks, 1897. New county record.
G. Claridge Druce.

Calamagrostis epigeios, L. Hell Copse, Bucks, 1897. New
county record. — G. Claridge Druce

Apera interrupta , Beauv., ‘Agrost,’ 31 (1812). Culford Heath
and Lakenheath, Suffolk.— G. Claridge Druce.

Lagurus ovatus, L. L’Ancresse Common, Guernsey; col. E. A.
Rogers, 2nd July 1897. Comm. — W. Moyle Rogers.

Deschampsia ccespitosa , Beauv., ‘Agrost.’ (1812), 91, var. alpina ,
Gaud. ‘FI. Helv.’ Little Craigindal, South Aberdeen, June 1896. —
G. Claridge Druce.

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Deschampsia alpina , Roem. and Schultes, ‘Syst.’ ii. (1817), 686.
Plentiful in the ‘spout’ of Loch-na-gar, June 1896. — G. Claridge
Druce. Also one specimen sent as Aira alpina , L., from the summit
of the same hill, July 1878, by J. Cosmo Melvill.

D. discolor , Roem. and Schultes, l.c. In a boggy place on the
north side of the Dee near Braemar, South Aberdeen, June 1896. —
G. Claridge Druce.

Molinia varia , Schrank, var. major , Bab.? Simmonswood Moss,
Lancashire, 18th August 1897; var .breviramosa, Parn.? Simmons-
wood Moss, Lancashire, 18th August 1897. These two plants grew
together almost to the exclusion of all other vegetation. The smaller
compact form is not due to difference in situation, as it was scattered
about amongst the taller plants and was easily distinguished by its
greener colour, and denser, darker panicles, but it was much less
plentiful. — J. A. Wheldon. “Professor Hackel marks both as
correctly named. Parnell named his variety under M. coerulea. I
named the latter plant M. varia , var. breviramosa (Parnell), in ‘Journ.
Bot.,’ 1888, p. 25.” — G. Claridge Druce.

Catabrosa aquaiica, Beauv., var. littoralis, Parn. Lag, Arran, vice-
county 100, in moist shore sand, 23rd July 1897. — A. Somerville.
Professor Hackel does not consider it to be a distinct variety.

Poa nemoralis , L. var. Mountain rocks, Taren-r’-Esgob, Brecon-
shire, July 1897. I believe this to be the same form as that sent from
the Brecon Beacon in 1896. — Augustin Ley. “ Is var. Parnellii,
Hook.”— E. Hackel.

Poa compressa, L. Castlethorpe, Bucks. New to ‘Top. Bot’ —
G. C. Druce.

P. Chaixii, Vill. Abundant in a small copse, Leek Wootton,
Warwick, 26th June 1897. I send this plant because I wish to draw
attention to the fact of its having been found in several more or less
wild localities during the past few years, and therefore seems worthy
of a better position in our flora than has hitherto been accorded it.
The plant occurs in great abundance in the above locality, to which
I was kindly directed by my friend Mr. H. Bromwich, who has
observed it here for many years. In the ‘Flora of Warwickshire ’ it
is stated that the plant is only of casual occurrence here at Leek
Wootton, but I see no reason for this supposition, as there is nothing
suspicious about its habitat. This grass is placed in the list of
excluded species in ‘ English Botany,’ where it is recorded from Kew
grounds on the authority of Dr. Hooker, and from Warwick by Mr.
Kirk, Comp. ‘ Cyb. Brit.,’ p. 594. Syme also states that he gathered
the grass in Battersea fields in 1853, on mud dredged from the
Thames, and in the same year he found it in the grounds of Chelsea

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Hospital. See also ‘Botanical Exchange Club Reports ’ for 1876,

1896. — A. B. Jackson. Sent also from a wood near Inkpen, Berk-
shire. On p. 579 of the 4 Flora of Berkshire’ I have discussed the
probability of this plant being native in some localities in Britain.
Professor Hackel, to whom I described the Berkshire locality, thinks
it may be native there. I think the early notices of it in Britain, which
were localities in which it was evidently only of casual occurrence,
may have unfairly prejudiced its claims to be considered as a native
plant. Unless it can be proved to have been intentionally planted in
the Border counties, its wide distribution there appears to give it
great claims to be called native. — G. Claridge Druce.

Poa angustifolia, Linn. Railway bank, Rugby, 10th June 1897. —
S. T. Dunn. “Correctly named.” — E. Hackel.

Panicularia plicata (Glycerio). Castlethorpe, Bucks. New county
record. — G. C. Druce.

Glyceria distans , Wahl. Waste sandy ground, Milverton, War-
wickshire, 26th June 1897. Mr. H. Bromwich pointed me out this
grass in this locality, where he has observed it for a number of years.
I send a few sheets of it, thinking that some members may like to
have it from an inland locality. — A. B. Jackson. “The type.” —
E. Hackel. “Th e Panicularia distans, Kuntze.”— G. Claridge Druce.

Festuca rubra , L. Conmon, Slough, Bucks. New county record.
— G. C. Druce.

F. fallax, Thuill. Prince Risborough, Bucks. New county
record. — G. C. Druce.

Festuca loliacea , Huds. Margin of Fetcham Millpond, near
Leatherhead, Surrey, 26th June 1897. Occurring with F pratensis
and Lolium perenne. In the specimens I examined all the spikelets
were solitary.— J. Groves. “ This is the Festuca elatior x Lolium
perenne of the ‘London Catalogue/ of which I send a few examples
from the Thames side, near Godstow, Berkshire, 1896. — G. Claridge
Druce. “Correctly named.” — E. Hackel.

Bromus interruptus , Druce, in ‘ Pharm. Soc. Journ. Suppl./ 5th
October 1895. See ‘Linn. Soc. Journal’ (1896), 426-430. Near
Upton, Berks, 1895. — G. Claridge Druce.

B. unioloides , Kunth. Ballast heaps, Aintree, Liverpool, September

1897. This is a frequently occurring casual on ballast heaps on both
sides of the Mersey. — J. A. Wheldon. Also from hillside above St.
Aubyns, Jersey, 8th June 1897. An American species so well estab-
lished in this locality as to look like a native. Unknown to Mr.
Piquet, and perhaps therefore of recent introduction. But so many

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unexpected finds are reported from the Islands, Cheddar Pink for
example, and many of the best Jersey plants are so difficult to
discover unassisted, that it seems advisable to put this alien on record
for the guidance of other botanists. — Jas. W. White. “Correctly
named.” — E. Hackel.

Brachypodium pinnatum , Beauv., var. pubescens, Syme ? Field
near Chesterton Wood, Warwickshire, 18th July 1897. This series of
specimens exhibits considerable variability as regards the pubescence
of the spikelets. In a former report Professor Hackel remarks that
in the true variety the glumes are hairy all over. In some of these
examples now sent, the pubescence does not extend much beyond
the margins of the glumes. — H. Bromwich and A. B. Jackson.
“The specimen sent to Professor Hackel he says is correctly named.
There is a B . pinnatum, var. pubescens, S. F. Gray, ‘Nat. Arr. Brit. PL,’
ii., 1 12 (1821), which is earlier than Syme.” — G. Claridge Druce.

Agropyron sp. Immediately above the shore, Lag, Arran, vice-
county 100, 24th August 1897. — A. Somerville. “ Seems to be
A. junceum , Beauv.” — W. R. Linton. “ Triticum acutum is more
correctly named T. laxum , Fries ; though this name applies to a form
with more distant spikelets. But Triticum acutum, DC., from
Southern France, is not quite the same as T. acutum of northern
botanists, and therefore I should prefer the name of T. laxum , Fries;
or write Agropyron acutum, Roem. and Schult., var. laxum (Fries sp.),
forma densior, or the like. It is very difficult to give a short and good
name for this form.” — E. Hackel. See ‘Annals of Scot. Nat. Hist.,’
April 1898.

A. junceum , Beauv. On the sandhills between Marske and
Saltburn, North-East Yorkshire, 7th July 1897. — Charles Bailev.

Lastrea Thelypteris , Presl. Marshy thicket, Shirenewton, Mon-
mouth, 15th June 1897. Previously recorded for Monmouthshire by the
Rev. A. Ley, in the ‘ Flora of Herefordshire,’ from a single station on
the border of the two counties, with a note that in 1884 it was nearly
exterminated. — W. A. Shoolbred.

L. Filix-mas , Presl., var. abbreviata , Bab. Ingleborough
(at about 1500 feet), West Yorkshire, 25th August 1897.— J. A.
Wheldon. “ Correct.” — E. G. Baker. “ The Dryopteris Filix-mas,
Schott, var. abbreviataP — G. Claridge Druce.

Equisetum sylvaticum , L., var. capillare (Hoffmann). Dunphail,
county 95, Elgin, 12th August 1897.— E. S. Marshall.

Isoetes echinospora, Dur. Loch Mor, near Betty Hill, West
Sutherlandshire, vice-county 108, 20th July 1897. — W. A. Shoolbred.

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Pilularia globulifera , L. Holmesley, New Forest, Hants, June

1896. — J. Cosmo Melvill.

Chara connivens , Braun. In a ditch near Kessingland, East Suffolk,
6th July 1897, — G. R. Bullock-Webster.

C. vulgaris , L., var. papillata , Wallr. (teste H. Groves). Pond,
near Hightown, Lancashire, August 1897. — J. A. Wheldon.

Tolypella prolifera , Leonh., ‘Lotos’ (1863), 57, nomen. Canal
between Woodstock and Wolvercote, August 1896. Discovered there
by the Rev. G. R. Bullock-Webster. — G. Claridge Druce. In the
old West River at Stretham Ferry, Cambridgeshire, 26th June 1897.
— G. R. Bullock-Webster.

T. intricata, Leonh. (1863), 32. Marston, Oxfordshire, May 1897.
Reappeared, after an absence of eleven years, in the ditch where I
originally found it. In each instance the ditch had been cleared out
the previous year. Each intervening year I had searched the ditch
unsuccessfully. — G. Claridge Druce.

Niiella mucronata , Coss. and Germ., ‘FI. Env. Paris,’ ed. i. (1845),
683. Godstow, Oxfordshire, July 1892. — G. Claridge Druce.

Nitella translucens , Agardh. Burnham, Bucks, 1897. New
county record. — G. C. Druce.

A7! fiexilis , Agardh. Wildmoor Pool, Longmynd, Salop, July

1897. — W. H. Painter.

JV. fiexilis , Agardh. Brickhill, Bucks, 1897. New county
record. — G. C. Druce.

N. capitata, Agardh. In a fen ditch at Sutton Gault, Cam-
bridgeshire, 24th May 1897. — G R. Bullock-Webster.

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