386 THE JOURNAL OF BOTANY 
The locality, which Pryor does not give, is near Limerick, Aug. 
1848”; this considerably extends its range, which is “ confined, 
as at present known, to a few miles of the course of the Liffey 
(Cyb. Hibern. 234).—James BritTEn. 
ORCHIS MILITARIS IN Essex.—It may be worth while to supple- 
ment the reference to “the only record of its occurrence in Essex, 
given (Journ. Bot. 1883, 230) from a specimen gathered by Dale 
in 1738, by the following from the herbarium of J oseph Andrews, 
who showed Dale the plant in that year, and had previously sent 
it to him in 1729, as a letter from Dale to Andrews shows. 
Andrews writes: “This pretty Orchis I found in a little field on 
the left hand of the Gate that opens on to Water [Walter] Bel- 
champ Causey from Bulmer: the corner of the field comes up to 
the Gate—May 27, 1729.” Later he adds on the same slip of 
paper: “The place where I found this Orchis is ploughed up 
and sowen with Oats this 9th of May 1746, so I fear it is lost.” — 
JAMES BrirTen. 
Hypocu2ris GLABRA IN Lancasuire (p. 355).—This plant has 
not hitherto been found in West Lancashire, although it may yet 
Malvern. Both of these, like so many of our hill and common- 
land plants, are very much stunted. Specimens of Sagina Reutert 
x apetala have been gathered by Mr. Spencer H. Bickham and 
myself at Malvern. Juncus articulatus x sylvaticus was collected 
by me at Interfields, Malvern Link, in the year 1886.—Ricuarp F. 
TownpDRow. 
CamPanuLa TRACHELIUM x LATIFOLIA.—I gathered one plant 
of this hybrid in the parish of Cradley, Herefordshire, in July, 
1908.—Ricuarp F. Townprow. 
‘FOLLOWERS oF Man” (p. 270).—Sola nobilitas virtus, I reply 
to Mr. E. 8. Marshall, with every desire to make the amende 
honorable for any unconscious brusqueness of style. I value his 
work far too highly not to set a just estimate on his opinion. I 
