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Surrey, 1888 (E. S. Marshall).— A. Bennett. In the Eeport of the 

 Phytogeogra])hical Excursion in the Brit. Isles (New Phytol. 1911), 

 Mr. G. C. Druce published [x. 313] var. dentata nov. var. from 

 Co. Kerry and Cornwall (first seen in 1875), which " differs from the 

 type in having much longer teeth to the calyx, and may be described 

 ' Dentibus calycis capsula (1 mm. vel ultra) longioribus.' It forms a 

 passage to the Mediterranean and Western variety long Identata 

 J. Gay, and is especially interesting as affording another link with the 

 Iberian flora." Granted this is most interesting, but surely the 

 giving of names to all such " passages " can only lead to chaos. The 

 writer's own specimens of PepUs confirm this tendency for the calyx- 

 teeth to become longer in the West. From near Penzance (1888) he 

 has longidejitata, together with what Mr. Druce would call dentata; 

 the same two forms from a stream on Quantock (West Somerset) ; 

 " dentata " from two places in Warwickshire ; and the type only 

 from Skipwith Common, E. Yorks. — H. S. T. 



[We note with satisfaction this protest and others elsewhere in 

 the Eeport against what seems to us an unnecessary multiplication of 

 names. — Ed. Journ. Bot.] 



Peticedanum sativum Benth. & Hook. [Benth.]. Variety with 

 dissected leaves. Norton Common, Letchworth, Herts., v.c. 20, 

 July 4 and Sept, 1916. Mr. Westell writes regarding this : " My 

 attention was first attracted to this interesting variety of Peucedanum 

 in June 1915, when about half a score of plants, confined to a radius 

 of a few square yards, came under my observation on Norton Common, 

 Letchworth. Early in the spring of 191G I again visited the station, 

 and found, to my delight, that several plants were ah-eady showing 

 well; the deeply-cut, parsley-like, leaves seeming to be more pro- 

 nounced than ever. A search elsewhere was also rewarded with the 

 discovery of, perhaps, twenty more plants. These, I am inclined to 

 think, I had overlooked in' 1915. On July 4th, 1916, I gathered a 

 number of the best specimens, and again in September I procured 

 a further collection of leaves from individual plants, and it is from 

 these July and September gatherings that the specimens submitted 

 have been made up. I would point out that each set of specimens 

 exhibited is from one individual plant, and that I discovered indi- 

 vidual plants of sativum, bearing leaves in a bewildering variety of 

 form, from the type P, sativum to the extreme forms I have pleasure 

 in submitting." — J. E. Little. 



Atriplex hastata L., var. genitina Godron, forma salina Moss & 

 Wilmott. Ref. No. 213. On mud in Newton saltpans, I. of Wight, 

 v.c. 10, Sept. 7, 1916. Closely prostrate, leaves thick and fleshy ; 

 plant often turning red { = A. deltoidea, var. salina Bab.). _ I under- 

 stand that seedlings from prostrate plants like these carefully self- 

 fertilized came up in Mr. Wilraott's garden indistinguishable from 

 upright hastata. — W. C. Barton. This is so named since natural 

 seedlings from plants similar to it developed in garden soil into 

 A. hastata var. genuina 2\ feet high. Self-fertilized seeds, obtained 

 to test for hybridity, were unfortunately sown in j)ots and kept ratlier 

 dry. They came up fairly uniform, 9-12 in. tall, stiff erect, and 

 very like var. ofpositifolia ! Opportunity to confirm these remark- 

 able results has not occurred. — A. J. Wilmott. 



