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imbricated than in the type. This variety has much the aspect of 

 Festiica 2)rocuinhens, from its rigid subunilateral panicle, with acute 

 spikelets ; but tlie latter are distinctly pedicellate, and the pales are 

 faintly ribbed; the panicle also is laxer. The superficial resemblance 

 to that species is so strong that I am much disposed to think the 

 above is a hybrid of it, this supposition being supported by the 

 apparent absence of fruit. Prof. Hackel doubts the hybrid origin, 

 though he cannot come to any definite decision without fruiting 

 panicles, which I failed to obtain ; so, in deference to his opinion, 

 I have described it as a variety. Should, however, its hybridity be 

 confirmed, the varietal name should be dropped. I suggest the 

 plant being a hybrid partly from its intermediate characters and 

 appearance, and partly from the apparent absence of fruit ; though 

 most of the other Glycerias growing with it were past flowering, 

 and I found abundant fruit on them. Much of the plant which 

 I am now describing was quite dead, and, as I thought, past 

 flowering ; but no fruit was forthcoming. I committed an error, 

 however, in not drying any of the panicles in this condition, and 

 fear that personally I shall not be able to remove the doubt for the 

 present, as I am leaving Woolwich in the spring. I hope that any 

 botanist who may be in the neighbourhood in the early autumn 

 will set this point at rest. I found the variety abundantly by the 

 edge of the towing-path of the canal between Higham, near 

 Gravesend, and the bridge where the Port Victoria railway crosses 

 it; also (more sparingly) by two or three ditches in Plumstead 

 Marshes, always with G. distans and F. procwDbens. I have sent 

 specimens for distribution to the Botanical Exchange Club. My 

 thanks are due to Prof. Hackel for valuable suggestions as to the 

 above description and notes. — A. H. Wolley Dod. 



Kent Records. — The undermentioned plants observed by me in 

 1894 do not appear in Topographical Botany for vice-county 16, 

 West Kent ; but Mr. Marshall has notes, either of his own observa- 

 tion or of that of others, for all except plants marked with an 

 asterisk: — '^'Stellaria umbrosa Opiz. Plentiful at Darenth. — Sagina 

 apetala L. Darenth. — Primus insititia L. Plumstead Marshes. — 

 '^•Rubus carpinifoHns W. & N. Chislehurst Common, plentiful. — 

 */^u. villicaaUs Koehl. var. Selmeri (Lmdeh.). Dartford Heath. — *R. 

 gratus Focke. Plumstead Common, — '^-R. pyramidaiis Kalt. East 

 Wickham. — *R. podophyUus P. J. M. Plumstead Common. — *A'. 

 niucronatus Blox. (a glandular and hairy form). Near Eltham. — 

 *R. anglosaxonicus var. raduloides Rogers. Dartford Heath. — *R. 

 Radiila var. echinatoides Rogers. Shooter's Hill. — ^'R. fuscus var. 

 nutans Rogers. Bostall Heath. — "^'R. pallidm W. & N. East 

 Wickham. — */?. ericetonim. Lefvr. [R. Lejeunei W. & N. ?). Near 

 Eltham. — ^'R. rosaceus var. infecundns Rogers. Shooter's Hill. — 

 Hi(ipuris vulgaris L. Northfleet. — Arctium viajus Sch. Higham. — 

 Vaccinium Myrtillus L. Ightham Common. — ^Teucmim Botrys L. 

 A small but dense patch on the slopes over Upper HalUng, but 

 growing in rough ground ; one might easily pass within a few yards 

 of it, as I must have done two or three times, without noticing it. 

 This is by far the most interesting addition to the county flora 



