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crossing in Mr. Andrews’ garden, and was erroneously supposed by 
him to have been brought from Glen Curragh. The only apparent 
alternative to suggest is wilful imposition.—K. 5. ears 
Gentiana lingulata Agardh, yar. pracox Towns. Plentiful on 
Warminster Downs, v.-c. 8. Wilts. Growing side by side with 
G. Amarella L., this contrasted greatly with it in size, and in 
colour of its herbage; being also in full bloom, while the other was 
not yet even in bud. The corolla- lobes are et 5, though 4 
is the preponderating eafibnkes . S. Marswa 
Scirpus maritimus L. var. monostachys Babe. Oxwich Bay, 
Glamorganshire, v.-c, 41, July, 1903. This is only one extreme of 
a series of forms ranging up to the var. compactus of Koch (as I 
type maritimus Was present on the same pot in abundance, so that 
every step might be traced which leads from the extremely de- 
pauperate state now sent to the ordinary luxuriant-looking S. mari- 
timus of our salt-marshes. Among these specimens one or ‘two show 
my rae upwards to a more *juxuriant form.—H. J. Rippens- 
patir fusea All. From the locality at Arisaig, in West Inver- 
ness. In very fair quantity and good condition, and its situation 
is happily of such a nature as to make it improbable that other 
agencies than ier of the ordinary strug gle for existence will help 
to reduce the quantity.— 
C. Goodenowii J. Gay, var. From a swamp near Liwydcoed, by 
Aberdare, Glamorgan, iJ uly, 1908. Also in several spots in the 
neighbourhood. A densely cwspitose form, the barren stems of 
ft. o 
are therefore produced only on the outside of the tufts; and as the 
long slender barren stems overhang to a noticeable extent, the im- 
. J. RippenspEtn. Carex Goodenowit var. 7“ # (Picieees): Mire] 
ga Referable a var. juncella, i belie S. MarsHann 
a Good. From the tidal mud my hres Cliffs Bay, in 
Cowes! “Glauongunshie, July, 1 his is a more Juxuriant 
form than usual, and I suppose only that. Sowerby allows for 2-4 
fertile spies ne st specimens show five or six as a rule; they often 
have a spike near the middle of ” wil and the lowermost of the 
upper sessile spikes is sometimes compound. The stem is erect, 
and the bracts of great len ih even reaching 10 in. in extreme 
Soaosk The contrast with specimens I possess from Scotland (? var. 
minor of Syme, and pumila of Anders.) is most marked ; even in the 
latter the bract is on the average longer than is rye E. BK— 
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Bromus. This grass grew on a steep, uncultivated down near 
Warminster, v.-c, 8, 5. Wilts, facing nearly due south, on exposed 
