149 THE JOURNAL OF BOTANY 
Cystopterts fragilis Bernh. var. dentata Hook. Not uncommon 
about ; seen. 
astrea Filix-mas Presl var. paleacea T. Moore. Abundant 
and characteristic over a limited area near Garve. 
Chara fragilis Desv. Near Loch Bhreach, Garve; probably 
var. delicatula Braun, but in shabby condition. 
SHORT NOTES. 
CAREX DIVULSA X VULPINA. — On page 101, Mr. Druce 
writes :—‘It seems that for the present we must question the 
occurrence of C. divulsa x vulpina for Britain.” I can decidedly 
apparently sterile. I have a sheet of Mr. Towndrow’s collecting, 
from Newland, near Malvern, gathered on June 29th, 1885, and 
comprising two specimens, which are quite different from one 
he first and more advanced one has four large, broad, 
_large-fruited spikelets, and I believe it to be C. vulpina L. var. 
os n he second (in flower only) is much more 
slender ; it has eight small spikelets, and, though less advanced, 
closely resembles the Portskewett gathering. Evidently a 
mixture was collected, which included the true hybrid.— 
Epwarp S. MarsHatu. 
ZANNICHELLIA GIBBEROSA IN SouTH-West Surrey. — Mr. 
Druce kindly confirms my su ted naming, as above, for a 
; ZANNICHELLIA GIBBEROSA Reichb. as a British Puant.—In 
this Journal for February (p. 55) Mr. Druce reports this plant 
