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Fumaria officinalis L. var. Wirtgeni Haussk. — Quite typical 

 near Wareham Eailway Station. 



Spergularia marginata Kittel. — In the Flora of Bournemouth 

 this is recorded only for Keysworth (near Wareham), but in 

 following the shore of the harbour from Poole to Sandbanks it 

 was found to be nearly as common in the salt-marshes as S. salina 

 Presl. It still occurs on the dry cliffs at Tilly Whim, with Aster 

 Tripoliiwi, as recorded in the Flora of Dorset. 



Astragalus glycyphyllos L. — A single plant of this was observed 

 in 1912 on a grassy roadside between Swanage and Durlstone 

 Head. Its origin there is not easily explained, as it is not a 

 species likely to be introduced ; and it may occur naturally in 

 some of the enclosed ground in that vicinity. It is recorded for 

 Dorset by Pulteney without locality, and the only specific habitat 

 in the Flora is " Between Ashmore and Kushmore " in the north- 

 east of the county. 



Atriplex laciniata L. — The Flora of Dorset remarks of this 

 plant " North and South Haven beaches. Bell Salter ; not con- 

 firmed since Pulteney's time," and the Flora of Bournemouth 

 states " an old record not confirmed of late." Mr. Salmon 

 (Journ. Bot. 1911, 365) notes the species for South Haven, and 

 in 1913 it occurred in fair quantity on the beaches at both North 

 and South Haven. 



Salicornia disarticulata Moss and S. appressa Dum. — Sandy 

 marsh at South Haven. Both confirmed by Dr. Moss. 



Epipactis latifolia All. — A few plants near Durlstone Head. 

 Hitherto recorded only for Creech Grange, in the Isle of Purbeck. 



Juncus compressus Jacq. — A dwarf rush seemingly referable to 

 this species grows with /. Gerardi Lois, in a few spots near 

 Littlesea, and some intermediate individuals of possible hybrid 

 origin were also observed. The plant does not match typical 

 /. compressus, as its ripe capsules, while clearly exceeding the 

 perianth-segments, are shorter and more globular ; and it closely 

 resembles a form collected by Mr. J. W. White at Borrow, 

 Somerset, and described in Journ. Bot. 1889, 49. Buchenau 

 reported Mr. White's plant to be intermediate between /. com- 

 pressiis and /. Gerardi, but it apparently finds no place in his 

 monograph in Engler's Botanischen Jahrbiicher, Band xii. p. 185 

 (1890), or in his subsequent works on Juncus, and would seem to 

 be still an unnamed form. It is intended to deal further with 

 this rush when fresh flowering material can be obtained. J. com- 

 pressus has not been previously recorded for the Isle of Purbeck. 



Deschampsia setacea Eichter — Wet heath near Stoborough. 

 New to the Isle of Purbeck. 



MR. JOHN GILBERT BAKER. 



A PLEASANT function took place at Kew on January 13, when 

 an address of congratulation on the attainment of his eightieth 

 birthday, signed by those who had been associated with him 

 Journal of Botany. — Vol. 52. [February, 1914.] e 



