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albescciis, DC., var. glabra DC.), which I have collected at 

 Golspie in East Sutherland ; Tain, East Ross ; Findhorn, 

 Elgin ; Fifeshire (C. Bailey], etc. It is thus described in 

 the "Fragmente": Laxecsespitosa multiculmis minus glauca 

 humilior saepius solum 10-20 cm. alta, rhizomate interdum 

 prorepenti, foliis radicalibus numerosis angustis convolutis 

 brevibus (3-6 cm.) rigidis glaberrimis saepe curvatis, vaginis 

 infimis pallidis, folio culmeo plerumque unico, lamina brevi 

 recta 1-2 cm. longa, vaginis typice puberulis, culmis glabris 

 hand raro totis pubescentibus, panicula densa contracta pro 

 more haud interrupta circa 3-5 cm. longa, spiculis minoribus 

 solum 4-4.5 mm. longis, glumella obtusiuscula interdum 

 quoque acutata." It occurs, although rarely, on maritime 

 sands in northern and western France, as at Cherbourg, and 

 is said to be frequent in the islands of Borkum, Juist, Romo, 

 etc., on the north and west coast of Friesland. The most 

 interesting plant is, however, the one which for the greater 

 part we have in Britain been calling Kccleria cristata. Dr. 

 Domin says that although a very large mass of material 

 from various localities has been under his observation, he 

 has seen nothing identical with this British plant. On 

 some sheets in the National Herbarium Dr. Domin has 

 marked it as sub-species villosnla. From the wider range 

 of material which I have been able to send him he now 

 thinks it to be a good geographical sub-species, for which 

 he suggests the more appropriate name K. BRITANNICA 

 diagnosed as follows : " Pro more laxiuscule caespitosa 

 rhizomatibus saepe prorepentibus vel tenuibus vaginis siccis 

 pallidis longe involucratis, culmi humilioribus vel altioribus 

 totis pubescentibus fmox, praecipue sub panicula, mani- 

 feste villosulis, mox tantum brevissime tenuiter puberu- 

 lis), fioliis brevioribus vel longioribus semper angustis planis 

 usque setaceo-convolutis molliter hirsutis numquam rigidis, 

 vaginis dense molliter pubescentibus culmum laxe ambientibus 

 vel subpatentibus suprema pro mire minus dense et breviter 

 vestita subinflata, panicula lobata, spiculis bifloris rarissime 

 trifloris c. 4 mm. longis pubescentibus puberulisve raro fere 

 glabris, glumis soepius acutis (nee acuminatis), glumellis 

 haud raro aristulatis, flosculis e glumellis parum ex- 

 cedentibus." I have it in my herbarium from Ballater, S. 



