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formed l\v folds in the thin wall ; placentation free-central. All the 

 Howers of the plant were similar : the particular interest of the speci- 

 men seems to be the bi-lobed stigjna, occurring in a phmt which is 

 usually considered to have 5 carpels. The foliage-leaves and general 

 growth of the plant showed no special peculiarities, but since Penzig 

 makes no mention of this abnormality, the fact seems worthy of 

 record. — L. Batten. 



An Early Hudson's Bat Collector. In the Banksian 

 Herbarium are a considerable number of sheets endorsed in Banks's 

 hand " Hudson's Bay, 1773." We had always assumed that these 

 were of Banks's own collecting, and it was only latel}^ tliat, the matter 

 havnig attracted notice, it became evident that he never went to 

 Hudson's Bay, nor does his correspondence throw any light on their 

 acquisition. One of the species collected — Pulmonaria (now J/er- 

 tensia) paniculata — is described in Hort. Kew. i. 182 (1789) from 

 Solander's MSS., with the information : " Introd. 1778 bv Daniel 

 Charles Solander " ; Solander (MSS.) localises the plant: "Habitat ad 

 Sinum Hudsoni American septentrionalis," but says nothing as to the 

 collector; he himself was never at Hudson's Bay. Sims (Bot. Mao-. 

 2680 (1826) says: "Originally introduced to the Kew Garden by the 

 late Dr. Solander, in 1778." The Banksian specimen and the plant 

 introduced to the Kew Garden doubtless had a common origin ; but 

 who collected in Hudson's Bay in 1773 ? — James Britten. 



JuNCUS cONGLOMERATus L. This is put down in most Floras and 

 in Pryor's Fl. of Herts as " common." But I believe it much scarcer 

 here, at any rate, than is supposed : and at Midhurst, Sussex, last week, 

 for hundreds of J. effmus there was, perhaps, one of conglomeratus. 

 There is the compact, early-flowering form of J. effusus, which in a 

 general view simulates it so closely as to be easily mistaken for it, 

 especially as the capsule darkens to nearly the same colour, and it often 

 possesses at the tip of the capsule a slight point (noticed by Sturm, 

 Beutsclilands Flora). This misleads one into thinking one has found 

 the apiculate capsule of some authors, more properly diagnosed for 

 J. conglomeratus by Babington : — "The mucro in the hollowed top 

 of the capsule resembles a little hill beai-ing the style." In the 

 Hitchin district in 1921, I am not sure that I found more than 

 a single plant of J. conglomeratus for thousands of J. efusus. I was 

 studying the areas closely for J. dijfusus Hoppe, which I found 

 in two. I should be interested to learn if J, conglomeratus has 

 large areas where it is common or dominant. 



There is one point which I cannot quite clear uj3 : Babinp-ton 

 speaks of the sheaths at the base as " inflated " ; I can only find them 

 rather loose, not larger in the centre than elsewhere. — J. E. Little. 



Kanunculus Lingua in E. Gloucester. A specimen of Ranun- 

 culus Lingua L. has just been sent me from East Gloucestershire : 

 the first trustworthy record for v. c. 33. From the same county a 

 golden-yellow flowered privet has been forwarded to me, the nature of 

 which I cannot yet determine : later I hope to grow it on in the 

 garden for the purposes of comparison. — H. J. Eiddelsdell. 



