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Museum; we understand that the latter included it in ed. 9 of 
the Manual on the faith of an annotation 2 Babington. The 
subject is of some general interest; and if any botanist can throw 
light upon it, Dr. Thellung in particular ilk be extremely glad to 
hear from him at Dufourstrasse 73, Zurich.—Cepric BuckNaLL 
and JAMEs W. War 
CaREX DIVULSA X VULPINA (pp. 100, 140).—The Newland plant 
was observed pl Lergam in 1884 and 1885 and I think dis- 
appeared a year or so later. My object in this note is to state 
that what different spikes were certainly gathered from 
the same root, the smaller and simpler spikes with shorter stems 
ontnainbering considerably the larger and more compound spikes 
with ginoe varnct This difference was quite noticeable upon the 
living plant, and in my own specimens and in some, at least, of 
those r have distributed, I have endeavoured to show examples of 
each. I have seen a somewhat similar variation upon a root of 
C. vulpina x remota (axillaris Sled jee and think it is not very 
unusual with hybrids. If the larger spikes, which are said to 
represent C. vulpina var. nemorosa, really agree with that plant 
(upon which I am unable to give an opinion, having seen no 
peci 
spikes the vulpina side of its parentage? Neither the late Mr 
William Mathews, who saw the plant growing, nor myself, had any 
doubt of its hybrid origin, and under date July 4, 1885, Mr. Arthur 
ennett wrote: ‘It really does seem to be a hybrid. I am very 
chary of accepting such, but fabs 3 Shire seems no help. The top 
of the spike is very like vulpina, and I am inclined to agree with 
you in calling it vulpina x divulsa.”—Ricuarp F. TowNnpRow. 
Some New County Recorps or Spnaena. - Mr. J. A. Wheldon 
and Mr. W. Ingham have kindly Mi pa me with names and 
cens W., S. teres, Angstr., S. compac m DC. var. ‘gub- 
and : 4 
: icatum 
TERNESS (96), September, 1909: Curr Moss, = subnitens 
R. & W. var. obscurum = = inundatum W.; by Loch Mor, 
S. teres Angstr. var. imbri 
Berks (22), June, 1907, pei Common: S. rubellum Wils. 
var. rubrum Grav. f. robusta Warnst. 
Rapnor (43), Rhos Goch, July, 1906: S. subnitens R. & W. var. 
versicolor W., S. recurvum (P. B.) W. var. mucronatum (Russ.) W. 
WEsTMORLAND (69), May, 1907, Fairfield, 2500 ft.: S. compactum 
DC. var. imbricatum pee Rydal Head, S. rubellum Wils. var. 
purpurascens W.; Eased al, 8: subnitens R. & W. var. obscurum W.— 
ELEoNoRA ARMITA AGE 
Viota Fouprast Jord. rs Somerset.—In 1908 I gathered 
this violet near Clevedon, N. Somerset, on limestone ; and also a 
