A NEW VARIETY OF SAGINA REUTERI 109 
e following account of the ne of B. stricta in 
Britain i 4 contributed by Mr. A. 
don and Blisworth, Northants. In the latter county it appears to 
occurred only as a casual. Speci mens from the original 
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localities about York, and later, by the same botanist, ap the 
Thames i j i 
interesting to note that the two species also grow together in 
Yorkshire and Harefon chine A consultation of local floras and 
specimens at the British Museum and Kew shows the following 
distribution of B. stricta in Britain:—Surrey*, Essex, Middlesex*, 
uffolk, Northampton* (casual), Gloucester, Hereford* a 
Warenck (casual), Lincoln*, Cheshire, North-east Yorkshire 
Stirling*, It is not possible now to test the accuracy of all aes 
ore but I have seen authentic specimens from the counties 
starr 
‘‘ Watson and others waco sgartarsriae the claims of B. stricta 
to be conailayea ai indigenous plant in Britain, scree from 
the fact that it occurs by sO and riversides where ballast may 
wn; but after going carefully into the question of 
its distribution on the Continent, where its habitats are much the 
same as in England, I can see no good reason why it should not 
be given the same status as B. vulgaris, which is found under 
similar conditions. There is no definite evidence of its introduc- 
tion in many of the stations from which it has been recorded in 
Britain, and, until such evidence is forthcoming, it — be held 
that the case ~~ a ——s as a native species has been satis- 
factorily made o 
EXPLANATION OF Prats 489c.—1. Barbarea vulgaris, flower and petal; 
2. B. stricta, flower, flower- bud, and petal. 
A NEW VARIETY OF SAGINA REUTERI. 
By W. Incuam, B.A.; & J. A. WHetpon, F.L.S. 
(PuaTe 489 p.) 
Sagina Reutert has been hitherto regarded as a native of So 
and when first detected in Britain, owing to the suspicious 
ft rted, ° 
