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stock, Penruddorke ; Compton. 10. Harnhani. — Trar/opor/on porri- 

 folium L. (W.) 7. Established for many years on railway-bank 

 at Salisbury, Tnchcr d Miles. — Mentha officinalis Hull (W.). 9. 

 Anstey and Dinton, llo<jers. — M. hirsuta forma capitata (W.). 

 10. Britford. — M. rubra Sm. 10. Britford. — Polygonum minus 

 Huds. (W.) 7. Stratford. 8. S. Newton. — Alli\im vineule var. 

 bulbi/erum (W.). 5. W. Dean. — PotamDyeton interruptus Kit. 8. 

 River Wily at Wishford. — Lastrea Filix-mas var. paleacea (W.). 

 9. Swallowcliffe, Rogers. — Char a fragilis Desv. (W.) 5. Hampt- 

 wortli. 7. Amesbury, Groves. Of aliens and casuals : — Lepidium 

 perfoliatum (W.). 9. Dinton, Mrs. Audland. — Trigonella Fcenum- 

 grcecum L. (W.) 7. Turnip-field at Stratford, R. R. S^nith. — 

 Spircea salicifolia L. (W.) 11. Sedgehill, Mrs. Oldjield. — Poly- 

 gonum tataricuvi . 5. Farley, Henderson. 10. Britford. — Edward 

 J. Tatum. 



S. Hants Records. — Rosa stylosa Desv. Mottisfont. — Crepis 

 taraxacifolia Thuill. Fordingbridge. — Edward J. Tatum. 



Exchange Club for Mosses and Hepatic^ (p. 88). — The Rev. 

 C. H. Waddell's suggestion will, I believe, be welcomed by bryolo- 

 gists, and would, if carried out, I have no doubt, serve a very 

 useful purpose. There is one thing, however, which ought very 

 carefully to be avoided, viz. the danger lest such a club tend 

 towards the extermination of our rarer species. I need only quote 

 the following sentence from the report of the committee appointed 

 by the British Association to investigate the disappearance of our 

 native plants, to show that the danger is not a fancied one : — 

 "Most of the correspondents agree, however, that the injudicious 

 action of botanists themselves, and of botanical exchange clubs, 

 have been a potent factor in the changes which have taken place " 

 [Brit. Ass. Rep, 1889, 435). I think it would be necessary so to 

 frame the rules that the avoidance of such results should be care- 

 fully provided for, and not left to chance. If this is possible, and 

 is carried into effect, I should be very glad to add my name to Mr. 

 Waddell's supporters. — H. N. Dixon. 



Epilobium lanceolatum in Yorkshire. — In looking through the 

 willow-herbs of the Boswell-Syme Herbarium at Upper Clapton, 

 I have found two good specimens of this plant, labelled " Epilobium 

 rosewn? Thirsk, Yorkshire. Augt. 1865. W. W. Newbould." This 

 (if native) is a great extension of its known occurrence in England, 

 and the specimens do not look at all as if they had been cultivated, 

 besides which such a careful worker as Mr. Newbould would scarcely 

 have failed to note anything suspicious about the station. — Edward 

 S. Marshall. 



Cheshire Plants. — The following brambles, not previously 

 recorded for this county, have been named by Mr. Moyle Rogers : — 

 Ridnis nitidus Wh. & N. Wybunbury Moss, in some plenty. — R. 

 plicatus W. & N., var. Bertramii (G. Braun). Thicket, S.E, end 

 of Wybunbury Moss; a very erect plant, with few prickles, leaflets 

 quite flat, large white petals, and stamens far exceeding the styles. 

 — R. Lindleianus x pulcherrimus. Near Bollington ; a very pretty 



