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tata to the Society ; and among the specimens were many examples 

 of the fern since named L. uliginosa. All were labelled alike, by 

 name of cristata, and with printed labels. But observing the differ- 

 ence of character, I made a large mark of interrogation " ? " on the 

 labels of the uliginosa form, with pen and ink ; and I presume that 

 they have been thus distributed from Bedford Street. See ' Phytolo- 

 gist,' iii. 677, for Mr. Newman's description of L. uliginosa. 



Cystopterisfragilis var. Dickeana (Moore). Mr. Thomas Moore 

 has likewise sent a dozen cultivated examples of this peculiar form, 

 which will assist in making it known to members. On seeing 

 them, botanists will be almost induced to pronounce the plant dis- 

 tinct from C. fragilis, polymorphous as that species (if not group of 

 species) is known to be. The reference is to Mr. Moore's work for 

 description. 



" Hieracium sylvaticum c. pic turn (Hook.)." Plants thus label- 

 led are sent by Mr. Thomas Kirk from Arbury Hall, Warwick. I do 

 not myself know the plant so named by Sir William Hooker. Mr. 

 Kirk's specimens appear to me one of the connecting links between 

 H. sylvaticum and H. maculatum of Smith ; rather less spotted and 

 rigid than the state in which the latter is usually found. 



" Poly gala depressa (Wender.)." Dr. Mateer has sent several good 

 examples of a Polygala thus labelled. But I do not see how it can 

 be described by written characters, so as to distinguish it from our 

 ordinary P. vulgaris. The " five-flowered raceme," on which Koch 

 puts an emphasis, is clearly inadequate if these specimens are rightly 

 labelled ; the number of flowers being very variable, and " ten " 

 would likely be nearer the average than " five." 



" Atriplex patula deltoidea (Bab. ?)." Mrs. W. Jones has sent 

 specimens of an Atriplex thus named, from Eastbourne, in Sussex, 

 and from Woolwich, in Kent. I know Mr. Babington's A. deltoidea 

 only from a standing and indifferent Guernsey specimen, which he 

 kindly took some pains to obtain for me. Putting that one specimen 

 beside the luxuriant plants of Mrs. Jones, there is considerable dis- 

 similarity ; but I can readily conceive that mere luxuriance of growth 

 might cause differences as wide between examples of a single species 

 of Atriplex. Those of Mrs. W. Jones are probably to be referred to 

 the same species with the common Atriplex of Surrey, which Mr. 

 Babington declined to name ; as mentioned in the ' Cybele Britan- 

 nica,' ii. 325. 



" Bromus pseudo-velufinus." This is sent by Miss Barnard, from 

 a field at Odsey, in Hertfordshire (or Cambridgeshire ?). It much 



