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lu these western counties the plant was generally of a deeper tint 

 than in the north, but one could separate my variety without much 

 difficulty, which also occurs in woods near Truro. In the Flora of 

 Plymouth Mr. Brign-s remarks that ^[. pratense varies "in tint from 

 white to golden yellow, though usually of a pale yellow." In Kerry 

 and Cork a plant similar to the Devon plant was noticed by me. — 

 G. C. Druce. 



Carex salina Wahl., var. — The receipt of living plants of the 

 Carex I mentioned at p. 283 has proved it to be a salina form, but 

 one that at present I am unable to match. From descriptions it 

 seems to hold a middle place between C. jiavicans Nyl. and C. 

 spiculosa Fr., wanting the serrulate apex of the glumes of the latter; 

 but the comparison of authentic specimens of the plants named by 

 Nylauder in his FL Fennica is not an easy matter, though I hope 

 to achieve it before long. Mr. Duncan found it growing in fair 

 abundance along a stream in a bog in Harris. It is a much smaller 

 plant than the Caithness C. 1,-attei/ateiisis Fr., and forms an interesting 

 addition to the Hebridean Flora. — Arthur Bennett. 



Spartina Townsendi in I. of Wight. — This grass, which has not 

 hitherto been recorded as occurring in the Isle of Wight, grows in 

 little creeks on the west side of the River Medina, at Werrar below 

 Newport, and also near Yarmouth. At Yarmouth Spartina stricta 

 also grows abundantly, but I have not noticed it near the Werrar 

 locality, though it grows in a creek on the opposite side of the 

 Medina. In all the plants of 8. Townsendi which I have examined, 

 I noticed a curious constriction across the leaves, occurring some- 

 times at about a third of the distance from the base to the tip, 

 sometimes half-way, and sometimes nearer the tip. This con- 

 striction is very evident in the growing plant, and is found on 

 every leaf, even the very youngest, but it is less visible in the dried 

 specimens. The plant resembles most S. alterniflora, but is well 

 distinguished by the characters described by Messrs. Henry and 

 James Groves in this Journal for 1879, p. 277, and 1882, p. 1, and 

 in the Fxchange Club Report for 1880, p. 37, and by Mr. Townsend 

 in the Flora of Hampshire, p. 400. — Frederic Stratton. 



Varieties. — Medicago lupuUna var. Willdenowiana Koch. This 

 variety appears to have escaped notice in this country, though it is 

 probably not very uncommon. I first met with it near lieigate 

 some years ago, but so sparingly that I did not record it. I have 

 not looked specially for it since, but this year have met with it 

 about both Worplesdon and Walton-on-Thames, as a garden weed 

 on grassy banks, lawns, lic, and also in grassy places by roadsides, 

 always mixed with the type. In the ordinary form the pod is 

 clothed with adpressed whitish hairs, or is "glabrous"; in the 

 variety the pod is clothed with spreading or erect yellowish gland- 

 tipped hairs, the leaflets of the upper leaves being often ciliated 

 with similar hairs. All the above localities are in Surrey. I do 

 not yet feel quite satisfied that this form is native.— O^^^cena distans 

 var. prostrata Beeby. This Shetland plant maintains its characters 

 very well in cultivation. The very sparse panicle is quite un- 

 altered, and the branches at the lowest whorl are usually only one 



