88 SHORT NOTES. 
var. capitata, Rem. & Sch. One of the most marked features in 
FE. capitata, Willd., is the nearly free filaments, which, instead of 
th e in di sm. I do not believe it to be a 
monstrosity, because the plant is abundant on the downs through- 
t a able ar extending over three or fonr miles in 
throughout this area are constant. Nor can the plant be a 
hybrid, for the only species occurring on the sam und are 
E. Centaurium and EF. pulchella, neither of which exhibit cha- 
racters which approach those which I have described as peculiar 
to our plant. 
SHORT NOTES. 
ontanus purpureus elegans. Mr. Vernon was a Fellow of Peter- 
house at that time, and the record of this fern rests wholly upon 
an 
much altered until recently. I have examined all the possible 
places frequently, and so did the late Prof. Henslow, who marks it 
that they made a mistake. But I do not know what was to extir- 
pate the plant between Vernon and Relhan’s time, as ferns were 
not then systematically transplanted as is now unfortunately the 
case.—C. C. Basineron, 
