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corolla and stamens are wanting. I find no reference to this form, which — 
e 
the plants found “in pago Sainct Prix," Erica scoparia flosculis herba 
traliz, var. anandra ?* Chevallier (* Flore des Environs de Paris,’ ii. 517, 
1836) describes it thus :—“ F. 7 alix, var. a; E. parviflora, N. ; floribus 
profundius lobatis albis omnibus femineis, stylo valde exserto;" he adds 
cimens answering to the above description in Herb. Mus. Brit., collected 
in 1868 by M. Edmond Mouillefarine. Dr. Masters (op. cit. p. 405) 
states that ** in 1860 M. Parquet discovered it in peaty woods near Nangis 
(Seine-et- Marne) ;” but he has seen no examples.—JAwrs BRITTEN. 
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Winter FERTILIZATION BY AGENCY or IxsEcTs.—Mr. W. E. 
Hart, in his interesting note (p. 25) on the winter-flowering of Geranium 
Robertianum, remarks :—“ it would, however, be a mistake to assume 
to visit, in pursuit of 
them, the plants which are then in bloom, many of which are of unisexual 
species." Allowing that pollen is collected from one flower to another, 
even 1n winter, by insect-agency, I think that Mr. Hart is scarcely correct 
in saying that many moths assume the imago state at this season alone. 
No doubt a few do so, but t ey are species that probably seldom visit 
flowers. Some few (under a dozen) other species emerge in autumn and 
hibernate, and probably do visit, in mild weather, such flowers as appear 
aud bear nectar in wi I am not aware that any flowers are visited by 
buds, nor fruit in 
may seen covered 
BucnaNaN Warre, 
