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Romney, 15 Hast Kent, Sept. 17, 1891, is probably what Dr. 
Moss has seen; it was pro woe an metimes triangular- 
eenabes, — had the green hue and shen. spikes (seldom as 
. long) of the neil plant. This was issued as 
ae auriiin Bemor t. 
S. DISARTICULATA (Var. HUMIFUSA) X SMITHIANA, n. hybr.— 
Prostrata, sed apice ramorum sepius aliquantum ascendens. 
Flores soltarii ternatique intermixti. Spice craasiusteli, longi- 
tudine (1-2-5 cm.) sat variabiles. Planta ramosissima, pro more 
subtriangulari- flabellata, quam in S. Smithiana laxior. Color 
in autumno lateritius vel sanguineus. Segmenta quam in 
th nches it eefo : 
rier dot, aan cons iderably in length (1-2:5 cm.). Plant 
very much branched, as a rule subtriangular-fanshaped, laxer 
than in S. Smithiana. Colour in stain brick-red or blood-red. 
Segments shedding considerably, though less freely than in 
S. . sa pias ulata 
iccata.—Herb. Marshall, No. 4214. 
— and very local on sandy mud-flats, with the parents; 
i ses 
from three to six in greatest breadth. S. Smithiana is rather 
uncommon, here, and was not seen in any great quantity. 
RUMEX MARITIMUS L. 
By E. Aprian Wooprurrs-Peacock, F.L.S. 
N working out my forty years’ ecological as for the ee 
of Lincolnshire many curious facts are coming to light. Thos 
have collected in reference to the “ Golden Dock” may be nei 
as an example. The plant is recorded for the Watsonian eet 
counties 27, 28, 29, or me 56, 61, 63; the so-called RB. limo 
for 27, 28, 29, 56, 61: the Lincolnshire natural history divi. 
sions R. maritimus ri 9, 3, 5, 6, 7, 10, 11, 12, 18, 14, 16, 17, 18, 
and #. limosus for 2, 3, 13, 13, 14; 16, 17, 18. 
R. conglomeratus is practically all over the vice-counties and 
our local Laeailifthirs divisions, except on peaty soils. 1 have 
also full proof that maritimus is carried by wind, water, and 
birds, 2. e. wild ducks. 
. maritimus—inland at least—is an unstable species. It 
spreads on damp, sandy, gravelly, and peaty soils in a series of 
wet seasons, like those before 1893, and retires in dry ones like 
those of 1893-1900. More can be seen in this fact than at 
first sight appears. FR. maritimus is the plant always first found 
in a fresh locality, as Bowied s and Lee’s notes sear” ope n two 
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