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plant of peaty situations; whereas the type prefers the trough of 
valleys on clay soils, although able like other hydrophytes to 
flourish on the impervious beds of the chalk hills. Rarely in the 
new variety there is a dot or two of colour near the base of the 
labellum.”’ 
Festuca MaAriTIMA L, in Kent.—In Journ. Bot. 1903, 314, 
the discovery of the above plant was recorded. It was found by 
Rev. Adrian Woodruffe-Peacock at Carlby, in Lincolnshire, near 
the junction of the Cornbrash and the great Oolite ne Here, 
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coasts. In May last Mrs. Davy, of Copyhold, Sussex, an acute 
and clever botanist, sent me a Festuca from Littlestone-on-Sea, 
which I felt certain was this rpeirdl and Prof. Hackel has con- 
firmed the name. The plant grew, Mrs. Davy tells me, with 
Festuca rigida and Desmazeria loliacea in dry sandy soil not far 
from the railway, but she was not inclined to think it owed its 
origin to the iron horse. Considerable planting has gone on in 
the neighbourhood, and it is possible it may have been introduced. 
in — way. But its discovery here gives it a better claim to 
ing a native species than the Lincolnshire record. cha 
Ritinists will bear it in mind next spring and summer. Nyma 
puts it in a distinct genus—Nardurus—as N. tenellus Gite 
although in facies it is something like weak Festuca rigida.— 
G. CuaripGeE Drvce. 
TILIA PLATYPHYLLOS Scop. In Brecon.—I gathered this on 
Craig Cille, Brecon, in 1898, and showed Mr. Elwes it early this 
year, as he was a little sceptical about it being indigenous. On 
the oliffs of Cille it looked absolutely native, and there I think it 
seeds, but I was unable to reach a young plant in order to pull it 
up to prove that it was not a sucker-plant. In August it was 
oa freely, and, although not ripe, the fruits appeared well 
med. This plant is recorded for the Principality—. e. for 
Had —in Top. Bot., on Mr. Ley’s authority.—G. CLARIDGE 
Berceri Bland. in Carruness.—I observed large 
fruiting cushions near the Dubh Lochaus on Killimster Moss, 
Caithness, June, 1908. A specimen was confirmed by Mr. H. N. 
Dixon; it is new to the north of Scotland. Mr. D. Lillie, of 
Watlin, reports = —— = —s at the same locality, May 12, 
1909.—Crcin B 
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of to-day, as here exhibited, differs entirely from 
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