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SHORT NOTES. ' . 



Erythr^a capitata Willd. on the mainland of Hants. — Ever 

 since the discovery of this interesting Centaury in the Isle of Wight 

 by the late Mr. Frederick Townsend, I have been annually search- 

 ing for it in the more southerly parts of the contiguous Hampshire 

 mainland, with no success till last July, when I found, in a locality 

 so restricted that it is more prudent, at present at all events, not 

 to expatiate upon it in detail, a dozen or more fine plants. Though 

 recognizable almost at a glance by the stamens proceeding from the 

 base of the corolla-tube, I thought it well to call in the expert 

 opinion of the Eev. Edward F. Linton, who confirms my views, and 

 informs me that it has been found to occur, as an extreme rarity, 

 in Dorset. It has previously been recorded from Cornwall in the 

 west to Sussex in the east, and will probably now be discovered in 

 intermediate spots, but the greatest care must be exercised, as 

 E. Centaurium L. seems protean in form, and a dwarf, broad-leaved 

 state of this species is common along the coast and very deceptive. 

 I am hoping, this ensuing summer, to make more extended observa- 

 tions, and expect to be able to record h\ capitata Willd. eventually 

 as quite plentiful, if local, in this new habitat. — J. Cosmo Melvill. 



Caermarthenshire Plants. — James Motley's herbarium, at the 

 Royal Institution of South Wales (Swansea), contains a great many 

 plants from v.-c. 44, many of which confirm and illustrate his Caer- 

 marthenshire list which Watson used for Top. Bot. The follow- 

 ing, however, are additional to the list, and must go down as new 

 county records for v.-c. 44, viz., Hypericum humifusum L., Trifolium 

 glomeratum L., Myrrhis odorata Scop., Galium anglicum L. (Watson 

 clearly had not seen the specimen), Gnaphalium sylvaticam L., 

 Lamium amplexicaule L., Atriplex angustifolia Sm., Lemna trisulca 

 L., Carex vulgaris x acuta (teste E. F. Linton), Arena fatua L. 

 (confirmed, but doubtfully native), Bromus commutatus Schrad. 

 Other plants of interest are the glandular form of Sagina nodosa 

 Fenzl., Spiraa Ulmaria var. denudata Boenn., Rubus jissus Lindl., 

 R. plicatus Weihe & Nees, Oenothera biennis L. (" Pembrey Burrows, 

 extremely abundant and more scabrous than usual" — a remark 

 which holds good after sixty years), Artemisia vulgaris L. var. 

 coarctata Forcell. (the commoner form, apparently, in S. Wales), 

 Senecio aquatic tts Huds. (discoid form), Mentha gentilis L. (not sepa- 

 rated in Top. Bot.), Polygonum aviculare L. var. arenastrum Bor., 

 Salix repens L., apparently var. asce7idens Sm. {fide E. F. Linton), 

 Phleum pratense var. nodosum L., Agrostis palustris var. maritima 

 Mey., Lastrea spinulosa Presl, Poly podium vulgar e L. var. proliferum, 

 Chara aspera Willd. — H. J. Riddelsdell. 



Cystopteris fraoilis im Suffolk (p. 33), — Moore gives D. Stock 

 as the authority for this plant at Bungay, In a parcel now in my 

 possession, which formerly belonged to the late Ellen Wright, of 

 Buxton, Norfolk, is a specimen of C. fragiiis labelled : — " On the 

 garden wall of Lord Manners, Yoxford Grove, Suffolk ; found by a 

 botanist, Sept., 1840." — Alice M. Geldart. 



