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not invariably so. The sepals of the Brighton plant are narrower 

 than in the Lebel specimens — an important point — as he says, ' la 

 largeur^ des ailes Pen distinguent parfaitement,' so I think it 

 must be referred to P. ciliata as a form. I notice P. ciliata, Lebel, 

 non Linn, is the P. blepharoptera, of Borbas (Oest. Bot. 

 Zeit. 1890, 177), which has got changed to ptepharoptera 

 in Hallier and Wolfarth's edition Koch's Synopsis, 251, and that 

 M. M. Houy and Foucaud in their recently published work follow 

 M. Cobiere in reducing ciUata to a variety of P. dunensis 

 Damortier. Since winting the above, I have received the follow- 

 ing from Professor Chodat, who has kindly examined the plant : — 

 * This is a form of Polygala ciliata, auct. (P. vulgaris var. 

 intermedia, ciliata mihi). The true P. ciliata, Lebel, has much 

 broader wings and more slender shoots, but some forms, as P. 

 dunensis, Dum. and P. dunensis Corbiere, agree in all parts with 

 your plant. The characters however, shown by these varieties 

 are but slight, and due only to the station, so you may call your 

 plant, if you will hold P. ciliata, as a species, P. ciliata, Lebel, 

 var. dunensis (Dum.) For me this plant is only one of the 

 numerous varieties of P. vulgaris, its name would be (P. vulgaris 

 var. intermedia) ciliata, forma alis acutis, caulibus minus, 

 tenuioribus, etc. (vide Monogr. Polyg. 452, 82 (tab xxxiii. fig. 



It may interest the Members who have not already been 

 informed to know that the Brighton Museum has been enriched 

 by a very large collection of plants gathered by the late Mr. 

 Roper, F.L.S., of Eastbourne, and bequeathed by him to the 

 Corporation. Many rare Sussex plants are well represented. 

 Of course they are open for inspection and reference to any 

 inhabitant. 



