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and in the British Museum List. They cite there Ledebour, Fl. 

 Kossica, iv, p. 465 (lSo3) — not " 1833 " as given by Sehinz & 

 Thellung, — as quoting the name of 1799 among the synonyms of the 

 admitted species, A.fulvus. They could not, however, have referred 

 to the Flora in question, where the " description " of A. ceqimlis con- 

 sists of 3 words — " aristis gluma sequalibus." This is hardly suffi- 

 cient in the absence of authentic specimens to oust a well-established 

 British name associated with a full description and an excellent plate, 

 and the single character given is hardly distinctive. The evidence of 

 its identity with A.fulvus is quite unsatisfactory, and no wonder 

 that Ledebour ignored the name, while admitting in the synonymy 

 Ruprecht's note. It is hoped that botanists will not adopt it in 

 future citations for the correct scientific name of the grass. — F. N. 

 Williams. 



Plantago cERATOPHi'LLA Hoffm. & Link. This is usually 

 named P. Coronopus var. ceratopliyllon Ra])in by British botanists; 

 but I believe that its perennial more or less woody root, and other 

 characters, make its claims to specific distinction rather strong. The 

 leaf-cutting varies considerably, even in the same station. I possess 

 specimens from Charmouth, Dorset {R. P. Murray) ; Newquay, 

 W. Cornwall {Vigurs) ; and Blackpool, W. Lanes {Wheldoii). 

 Mr. Druce also records it from near Dover, E. Kent. I have myself 

 observed it at Parkstone, Dorset; Seaton, S. Devon; Brean Down, 

 N. Somerset (in two forms, one of which has very hairy foliage) ; 

 Tongue, W. Sutherland ; and Greenore Point, Co. Wexford. Decaisne, 

 in DC. Prodromus, made this a synonym of P. macrorrhiza Poiret 

 (P. crifhmoUles Desf.) ; but Mr. E. Gr. Baker points out that it 

 does not agree with the description : and Mr. Lacaita, who knows 

 P. macrorhiza well, on the south coast of Sicily, assures me that the 

 identification cannot stand. P. ccmtopltylla seems, at least in 

 Britain, to be purely a coast-plant, as a rule occurring on rocks, 

 though sometimes it grows in sandy soil. — Edward S. Marshall. 



Carex evoluta Hartni. On May 19 I paid a visit to the 

 Turfmoor near Glastonbury to get a specimen of this hybrid sedge 

 for Mr. Hunnybun to draw, and to examine the plant in an earlier 

 state than in 1915 and 1916. In 1917 the sudden and very serious 

 floods at the end of June, when 9'8l! inches of rain fell in 21) hours 

 near Bruton, prevented me on July 2nd from leaving the raised rail- 

 way which intersects the moor ; but this May, Turfmoor is drier than 

 often in summer, and the vegetation advanced. All the sedges 

 generally found on these moors were already in flower, with the 

 exception of C. Pseudo-Cyperus which showed no sign of Hower-buds, 

 until after two hours' search I came across three immature flowering- 

 spikes. The young leaves of that Carex bear a strong resemblance in 

 colour, width, and texture to those of G. striyosa, the drawing of 

 which in Bentham's Handbook is misleading as to leaves, which are 

 often very broad. It was satisfactory to find not only a greater 

 quantity of C. evoluta growing with 0. lasiocarpa in the original 

 (1915) station, but some fine plants of it in a different enclosure 

 several hundred yards away. It there grows with very robust rlparia 

 and a smaller quantity of lasiocarpa ; whereas in the original station 



