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base of the normal spike ; sc of the lateral spikes being about 
half the size of the central one. There was no trace of fasciation 
in the stem itself. I had not Aiiess to search the bank, but I saw 
in passing one other stem with a single lateral spike at the base 
of the normal one, and there would probably be more found if 
It is not referred to by Masters. tote ha tere Teratologie, 
Bd. ii. p. 480) has * Hordewm murinu Bei Modena fand a 
eine in der Mitte gabeltheilige dpords viikete Prof. Caaitis hat 
ebenda auch eine Zwillings Aehre auf einfachem Stiel besehrieben 
(Camus, Anomalie e varieta nella Flora del Modenese, terza con 
trib., 1886). Branched spikes occur in Loliwm, and in cultivated 
forms of Triticum, &c., but they do not appear to a common 
ec The specimen has been placed in the Kew radi: 
iF 
Linaria arENARIA DC.—Mr. F. J. Hanbury kindly showed 
me this on September 11th in its station at the Saunton end of 
Braunton Burrows, N. Devon (see Journ. Bot. 1914, pp. 276, 310). 
Tt was still in flower, and appeared to be confined to one or two 
contiguous sandy hillocks; but it is evidently spreading. Several 
years ago i. Godden, of Tunbridge Wells, sent ved a Specimen 
; had it bee 
nearer to the aouctusen iaieions end. The assertion that, as a 
native, it is restricted to the neighbourhood of Cherbourg is in- 
correct; Lloyd notes it as being common on maritime sands from 
the Gironde to the Cétes du Nord, and it was observed in more 
than one station in Charente-Inférieure (July, 1884) by the Rey. 
. Murray and ma i plentiful at Pointe de Fouras.— 
Epwarp 8. Marsa 
WOLFFIA iad (p. 311).—By way of supplement to Mrs. 
Sandwith’s note on the invasion of North Somerset by Wolfia 
Michelit I may say that on September 23rd I found the plant in 
a fifth locality—a pond and a connected rhine—east of Burnham 
towards Edithmead. It seems to me that the rapid dispersal of 
this duckweed in the Bristol district may be accounted for by the 
moyements of aquatic birds, wild duck in particular being quite 
common in our lowlands.—Ipa M. Rorsr. 
B Yau ERANDI 1.—In Britain couse plant is usually, though 
P wice 
Gestiias iit in the Aig of Central Europe (it is rare in Switzerland) ; 
and at Beau Rivage, in the Var, on the low sea-cliffs, cre fresh 
water sometimes trickles to the beach below. But until this 
autumn I never saw it growing in woods. It is luxuriant, and 
