316 REPOBT OF THE BOTANICAL EXCnANGE CLUB. 



Cardum arvensis, var. ** This is the same thistle noticed by Dr. 

 Buchanan White and Col. Drummond-Hay on Ben Lawers two years 

 ago, of which a specimen was sent by me to the Club. It occupies a 

 narrow zone near the foot, reaching for some considerable extent, and 

 was not noticed elsewhere." — H. W. D.-Hay, 1874. " I believe this 

 to be the Cirsium arvense, var. Jiorridum, of Koch's * Synopsis.' It 

 differs from the ordinary form in being more slender, and with the 

 leaves extremely undulated and spiny. I have seen it in abundance 

 above the Free Church Manse at Orphir, Orkney, certainly, and I 

 fancy in some other places. In [a letter Dr. Buchanan White (who 

 calls it C. arve?ise, var. elegans) says it occurs in several other places 

 on the banks of the Tay, near Perth. — J. T. Boswell, 1875. 



Arctmm intermedium. " Waste ground by an old limestone quarry, 

 between Hay Farm and Elburton, S. Devon," August 14, 1872. — 

 T. E,. Aechee Bbiggs. *' A. ititermedium, without doubt. The 

 elongate peduncles of the anthodes are, as far as I can see, the only 

 constant marks of distinction between this and eu-mitius,''^ — J. T. 

 Boswell, 1875. 



Arctium nemorosmn, Lej. ** Damp Woods, Honington, Warwick- 

 shire," August, 1872. — Col. and Com. Feede. Towi^send. **I do not 

 pretend to know A. nemorosiim. Prof. Babington, to whom I sent a 

 specimen, says he thinks it is J[. minus {eu-minus) ; but the specimen 

 appeared to be a side branch, and was not enough to enable him to be 

 sure of the name." — J. T. Boswell, 1875. 



Senecio vulgaris^ L., var. hilernica, mihi. *' Mr. A. G. More in 

 1873 sent a fragment of a Senecio from Cork, sent] him by Mr. 

 Carroll. This plant is mentioned in the * Cybele Hibernica,' p. 158, 

 as * a Senecio^ allied to S. squalidus, but with much smaller flowers ; 

 it may be a hybrid.' In the First Supplement to the * Cybele 

 Hibernica,' p. 20, ]\Ir. More says, * The supposed hybrid between 

 this [S. squalidus, Linn.) and S. vulgaris, Linn., proves to be the rare 

 variety with ligulate florets, w^hich has also been found by Mr. N. 

 Moore, at Lough-on-Nare, Donegal.' The scrap sent was insufficient 

 to enable me to come to any decision about it ; but as there were some 

 ripe seeds, I sowed them and raised some plants. I think they 

 must be referred to S. vulgaris, but are not the same as the Channel 

 Island rayed variety. In the Irish plant the rays are much longer 

 and broader, and are at first flat, but afterwards become revolute. In 

 the Sarnian plant the ray is minute and revolute from the first, as in 

 S. sylvaticus. In all other respects the Irish plant is like ordinary 

 vulgaris.'' John T. Boswell, June, 1875. 



Crepis, sp. — " Species of an introduced Crepis, found in consider- 

 able quantity with sown grass in a field at Buckland Monachorum, S. 

 Devon, in June, 1874." — T. K. Abcher Briggs. *' This is C. nicmensis^ 

 Balb., of which a specimen is also sent from the neighbourhood of 

 Kelso, by Mr. A. Brotherston."— John T. Boswell. 



{To he continued.) 



