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of the coast form from the inland type, for he adds, after the descrip- 

 tion — " An distincta sp. ? " Its chief distinguishing featm-es are its 

 biennial or perennial root, its general hairiness, its stout simple or 

 little-branched stem, 10-18 cm. high, which is hairy up to the head 

 of llowers and the broad + obtuse hairy exterior involucral scales, 

 hairv calyx and large heads of Howers. Its nearest ally seems var. 

 mnjor Koch, but that is a plant of mountain regions, with stems 

 I'-Uibrous in the upper part, glabrous calyx and the involucral scales 

 ion^'er and more acute and glabrous beneath ; it is also a much taller 

 plant (" caules 2 pedales ") with longer and less Heshy leaves. 



It seems doubtful whether our plant is the same as the Spanish 

 var. maritima described by Willk. & Lange (Prod. Fl. Hisp. ii. 283, 

 1S70) as the diagnosis there would seem to indicate an even more 

 hirsute plant, with woolly involucral scales, pedicels and calyx-teeth, 

 as one might expect in a more southern climate. 



The variety maritima will probably not prove infrequent upon 

 our coasts, chiefly on the south and west; an example in Hb. C. E. S., 

 labelled J. montana L. var. major M. & K., collected by Mr. W. T. 

 J^bickwood at Howth, Ireland, in June 1910, and distributed by 

 Mr. McTaggart Cowan, junr., agrees well with the Anglesey plant. 



Calluna vulgaris Hull. var. incana Keichb. Common, growing 

 with type, on the moorland near Poi-th Kuffydd. T. 



AnagaUis arvensis L. var. carnea (Schrank). Sandy ground 

 near Llyn Maelog. S. Abundant on diy dunes all over the New- 

 borough Warren. T. We consider this species a true native in 

 these localities, and note that the Rev. H. J. Kiddelsdell has satisfied 

 himself (Journ. Bot. 1911, p. 90) it is so on limestone in Glamorgan- 

 shire. We must bear in mind, however, that we have no data as to 

 the time of origin of the Newborough dunes ; they may only have 

 been formed within comparatively modern times and are banked up 

 on old coastal cUffs, from cultivated ground on which the plant may 

 possibly have originally spread to the dunes. On the Lancashire 

 coast, however, this plant certainl}^ shows no tendency to spread from 

 the cultivated margin of the dune tract into the sandhills and it is 

 absent from the dunes j^roper. 



Ryoscyamus niger L. Sandy ground near a farm, Newborough 

 Warren. T. 



Veronica Anagallis-aquatica L. var. *montioides (Boiss.). Damp 

 hollows in the dunes, Newborough Wan-en. T. 



Plantago Coro7iopus L. A short, very hairy form from near 

 Holyhead is said by E. Gr. Baker and Miss Cardew to approach var. 

 hrevifolia DC. 



Plantago maritima L. var. ^linearis Davey (non Syme). In 

 bosses on bare turfy ground, on cliff tops, Holyhead Mountain ; cliff 

 tops. South Stack. T. Determined b}^ Miss Cardew and E. G. Baker. 



Atriplex laciniata L. Sandy coast near Llyn Maelog. S. Sand- 

 hills, Tre-Arddur Bay. T. 



Rumex crispus L. var. *trigranulatus S}Tiie. Very common on 

 the coast of Holy Island. T. 



Euphorbia Faralias L. Abundant on sandy coast near Llyn 

 Maelog. >S'. 



