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ence was in the broader leaves and their very coarse lobing. The 
Roundstone thistle, which has also occurred on the coast of North 
Wales, fide Mr. A. Bennett, was thought by Prof. Babington to be 
ivation. ough 
involucres of the Nash Point plant are glabrous; so were our wild 
Trish plants; weather-worn, I think, for they proved cottony in the 
garden. The only possible partner out of the species n: 
of the signs I should expect in that direction o not know 
C. Woodwardii from specimens. If it is a form of that hybrid, it is 
4 E. F. Linton. 
maritima Mill. Lydd, E. Kent, July, 1904. The plant 
with holotrichous calyx, which is much the rarer form so far as m 
n W 
experience goes 1 
; amount of 
hairiness on the calyx in the British Thrifts varies considerably 
even on the same plant, and we do not think affords a sufficient 
character for specific distinction. In the present plant the hairi- 
ness spreads between the ribs in the middle, but above and below 
the grooves appear to be glabrous.—H. & J. Groves. 
Urtica ancustiroti A. Blytt. Open glade, Knighton Spinneys, 
Leicestershire, Sept., 1904. The best angustifolia I have seen in 
Leicestershire ; there are many grades between this and U. dioica 
pe-—W. Brrr. “ U. dioica var. angustifolia Wimm. & Grab.” — 
G. C. Druce. Unless this “variety” has some other character 
than the more or less narrow leaves, it does not seem worth dis- 
tinguishing.—J. G. 
Bervta interwepia Thomas. Ref. No. 2823. Stream-side 
Gar ft.), near Bachnagairn, Clova District, Forfar, 29th June, 
in Journal of Botany for 1901, p. 271) from seed of B. pubescens 
Ehrh., fertilized by pollen of B. nana L., B. alpestris Fr. being 
the surrounding B. pubescens (B. glutinosa Fr.) at a good distance by 
its much darker foliage, thickly interlacing branches, and peculiar 
rounded outline, which resembled that of a giant bush, rather than 
of an ordinary tree.—E. §. Maxsnanz. Also sent by Mr. W. A. 
SHoousreD, from the same locality. 
Cyperus Fuscus L. Peaty ditch near Weston-in-Gordano, 
North Somerset, 10th Sept., 1904. The experience of several 
years has shown that there is nothing to marvel at in the fact 
that this rare plant, in its Somerset locality, eluded observation 
