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bright yellow. The leaves of montana are long, broad, and un- 

 symmetrical in outline ; those of canina are thick and punctate, 

 with a cordate base ; those of stagnina are long, narrow, and 

 pointed. — E. S. Gregory. 



Tunica Saxifraga Scop. At the foot of a land cliff on ground 

 adjoining a pubhc path near the railway station, Tenby, Pembroke- 

 shire, v.-c. 45, Sept. 2, 1909. First sent to me for naming in the 

 summer of 1908 by Mr. G. Ginger, a Manchester botanist. I 

 visited the spot in the summer of the following year, and found 

 the plant in great plenty. It had evidently been established there 

 for many years, and had most likely escaped from a garden at the 

 top of the cliff. Mr. S. H. Bickham tells me he saw the plant in 

 this station about three years ago, and that it occurs elsewhere in 

 the same neighbourhood. — C. Bailey. 



Lotus corniculatus L. var. crassifolius Pers. (1) Sandhills, 

 New Brighton, Cheshire, v.-c. 58, May and June, 1908.— E. & H. 

 Drabble. Yes. — A. Ley. Seems right.— E. E. Linton. Appa- 

 rently correct. — E. S. Marshall. (2) Heme Bay, E. Kent, 

 v.-c. 15, July, 1909. — W. R. Sherrin. Probably correct. — A. L. 

 Quite likely. — E. F. L. Right, I believe ; but I suspect that the 

 alleged variety is no more than a " state," the thickened foliage 

 being due to its habitat. — E. S. M. This does not appear to be so 

 extreme as the plants I have collected on the Cheshire and Lin- 

 colnshire coasts. In addition to its fleshy leaves, crassifolius, as I 

 know it, has larger and brighter yellow flowers than the thin- 

 leaved inland form. I quite agree with Mr. Marshall in regarding 

 crassifolius as a mere " state." — E. D. 



Pyrus latifolia Syme {Sorbus latifolia Pers.). (Ref. No. 3370.) 

 By the Conan River, about a mile above the bridges, near Conan, 

 E. Ross, v.-c. 106, July 16, 1909. Dr. Hedlund has determined 

 this, which I first found there in 1892, as Sorbus latifolia. A fine 

 old tree, fully forty feet high, and fruiting profusely. Although 

 not obviously planted, I consider it a very doubtful native ; but I 

 am not aware of its being grown in the neighbourhood, nor is it 

 very ornamental when living, as the upper surface of the leaves is 

 rather dull green. The known area of this species, however, 

 makes its occurrence as a truly wild plant in N. Scotland yrima 

 facie improbable ; and we saw some aliens near at hand, more or 

 less well established, which may have been derived from the gar- 

 dens at Brahan Castle, higher up the stream. — E. S. Marshall. 



Galium erectum x veruvi. In June, 1908, Mr. James Groves 

 went with me to Woodwalton Fen. In the rough part where 

 Luzula pallescens Bess, grows he called attention to a Galium 

 which we both at first thought was a cream-coloured form of 

 erectum. As we could not find any verum, we concluded that our 

 sense of colour was at fault. Later on in the year Mr. Druce 

 went with me to the same part of the fen, and at once called my 

 attention to what he, too, thought was a cream-coloured form of 

 erectum. At this time the Galium was in full flower, and we were 

 soon convinced that many of the plants were positively cream- 

 coloured. We could not find any verum. Later in the day we 



