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In height they vary from 2$ in. to 10 in. One 10 in. high hag 

 3 bracts; one 5 in. high has 8 bracts; one 2^ in. high has 5 bracts. 

 Two stems on the same root (10 in. high) have respectively 4 and 



5 bracts. One specimen 3 in. nigh has only 1 flower, and 6 bracts. 

 This one looks as though it were a later flower than most of the 

 others, the bracts being greenish white, most of the others being 

 from brownish orange to a deep brown, tinged at the base with 

 black. I am inclined to think the colour of these bracts changes 

 very rapidly after gathering. The above gives an average of about 



6 bracts, but if the 1-11 is left out, an average of 5 is obtained. 

 Th* calyx-segments seem pretty regularly to be broader (nearly 

 ovate or ovate) than the type plant. The pedicels in the upper 

 flowers, when in bud, are shorter than the bracts, which are bent 

 back as the flower expands, and, especially when the fruit begins to 

 swell, the bracts become subequal ; or, if longer, are generally 

 partly twisted to shorten them. In the taller specimens the pedicels 

 of the lower flowers are longer than the calyx, but, taking the whole 

 number of specimens, they are fairly described as "about as long as 

 the calyx." The leaves are smaller, and certainly are not con- 

 tracted into the petiole so abruptly as in the type ; but, as I before 

 remarked, this varies greatly when looking at the species in its 

 world-distribution. I should have liked to grow them, but I fear 

 there are none of the specimens with sufficient roots to have a 

 chance of succeeding. There certainly is a different look about 

 these specimens from those of the Grande Mare (Guernsey), when 

 fresh, although each small character, when taken separately, seems 



West Gloucester and Monmouth Plants (p. 263). — Since 

 sending my paper, I have been able to add the following species to 

 the list : — Rubus Borreri. 35. Rough ground below Chepstow Park 

 Wood. — Bupleurum tenuissimum. 35. Mud banks, Magor Pill.— 

 I'ewedanum sativum. 35. Caldicot Moor and Magor Pill. — Qna- 

 phalium sylvaticum. 84. Wooded hill, Hudnalls, near Bigsweir.— 

 C„i,-m aiophorm. 34. Hewellsfield.— Cichorium Intybus. 85. Very 

 sparingly near Moulton and Dinham. — Samoins Y-thrawli. 85. 

 Banks of reens near St. Pierre. — Potamogeton pectinatus. 85. Reens 

 between Roggiett and Magor. — Ru/,j>i<( r-st.Hot.i. 35. Koons between 

 Undy and Magor. — Carex Pseudo-cyperus. 35. Small pond near 

 Chepstow and ditches at St. Pierre.— Lycopodium clavatum. 84. 

 Tidenham Chase. In the list published last month Euphorbia < )/- 

 parissias was by some error given as occurring in v.-c. 35 ; it should 

 have been E. Lathyris. The vice-comital number for Rubus pUntho- 

 stylus (Genev.) should have been 34, not 85.— W. A. Shoolbeed. 



TaifoLiUM ochroleucum in Sussex. — Whilst botanising in 

 Sussex, I was fortunate to find Trifolium ochroleucum on the 

 wayside by the road between Lower Beeding and Horsham. This 

 plant has not been recorded for Sussex. — C. S. Nicholson. 



Juncus tenuis in Cornwall. — In July last I found several plants 

 of Juncus tenuis growing on a strip of waste land by the high road 

 near here. It was also found growing in the same spot two years 

 ago by Mrs. W. J. Graham, of Fowey, Cornwall. — Jas. N. Graham. 



