982, THE JOURNAL OF BOTANY 
to star the section Offcrnales; but Rev. R. P. Murray in £7. 
omerset mentions that seeds of F’. officinalis occur in pre-glacial 
deposits, so they were given the benefit of the doubt. 
94. Arapis nirsuTa Scop. c. Rerzrana (Beurling). A plant 
somewhat resembling A. ciliata var. hispida was found several 
var. hispida. I have similar forms from W. Suth erland, ‘Uist, 
Coll, and Tiree ; so it is probably “ very rare. T have not seen 
hispida ; but the continental 08 as is (fide R ouy) A. arcuata 
Shuttleworth, true A. ciliata being apparently confined to the 
British I 
ISYMBRIUM POLYCERATIUM L, is omitted; it has long been 
nen at Bury St. Edmunds, and only occurs elsewhere as a 
sual, I believe. 
135. Brassica Rapa L. It would have been better to write 
a. sylvestris Wats. as representing the type; this is a native, and 
doubtless the original form of the species. I consider c. Briggsit 
be indigenous in some of its stations. 
145. CAPSELLA Bursa-pastoris Medic. Our named 
“varieties” are not satisfactory; var. cwneata Mott may be an 
exception, as it ge pe occurs in poor sandy ground, abundant 
or greats Tam satisfied that the species is native. 
. Vioua oporaTa L. b. mvBerBis Leight. I do not know 
this: ; Pe is not, I fancy, ar a the forma pony (Lange) “4 
.9. Our white pea pense violet is locally abundant and 
well-marked in several catia ig 
80. V. canina L. “The application of such an indefinite 
me to a eo RS — like V. ericetorwm Schrad. is of very 
qasiticn eles advan 
wine ANGLICA L. b. Scotia gi oe PS Rae ae 
recent spec ns from a chalk-down in the south of En 
where it cael to be ety wild. Mr. a8 ruce keeps it up eer 
species, and I incline to agree with him 
211. S. rrauica Pers. Syme spblrouths thought this native 
near Dartford, and Mr. Williams accepts it as such from near 
Hythe, E. Kent; but the distinctly southern distribution in 
Europe is adve rse. Some of the reputed stations belong to 
S. dubia Harbich, which seems to me quite distinct from S. nutans 
L.; their area coincides in E. Kent, the latter being a much 
coarser plant. 
. CERASTIUM vuLGATUM L. d. ronranum (Baumg.). Rouy 
and Foucaud, Fl. de France iii. 207-8, identify Baumgarten’s 
