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East Gloucester Eecords (p. 315). — I have just received 

 specimens of the following from Mr. H. H. Knight : they supply 

 new records (I believe) for v.-c. 33. Viola canina L., Ulex Gallii 

 Planch., Erica Tetralix L., Juncus squarrosus L., Potamogeton 

 polygonifolms Pourr., Nardus stricta L. ; all from Lower Leming- 

 ton, in a wet moory field on the Cotteswolds, near Moreton-in-the 

 Marsh. Also Glyceria distans Wahlb. from a rubbish-heap near 

 Cheltenham (introduced). Moreover, the following plants, rare 

 in v.-c. 33, have been sent from new localities : — CratcEgus Oxy- 

 acantha L. (Lemington), Peplis Portula L. (Lemington), Valeri- 

 anella carinata Lois (Alderton Hill), Luzula multiflora DC, 

 (Lemington). — H. J. Riddelsdell. 



Lobelia urens L. — In company with the President of the 

 Cotteswold Club (the Rev. Walter Butt) and two other members, I 

 saw this species growing near the old locality, close to Axminster, 

 in July last. It occupied a considerable area, some hundreds of 

 yards long, but only a few yards wide, in great quantity. As we 

 gathered it, it forms a large luxuriant plant, profusely branching, 

 and easily reaching twenty-seven inches in the early stages of 

 flowering. It overtopped all the surrounding herbage : there 

 were no shrubs immediately around it. Its habit was to grow in 

 clumps about a foot across. Locally it is called " the Flower of 

 the Axe." The area covered by it had, we gathered, been recently 

 reduced by grazing. — H. J. Riddelsdell. 



Cynoglossum montanum L. — In the herbarium of the Rev. A. 

 Ley is a specimen of Cynoglossum montanum L. from Hereford- 

 shire, gathered by Mr. Ley himself. It constitutes a first record 

 for v.-c. 36. Mr. Ley had some doubt of its identity and did not 

 record it ; but it is correctly named as above. There is also in 

 the same herbarium a specimen of Scrojjhularia nodosa L. var. 

 bracteata Druce, from Bicknor Woods, v.-c. 34, West Glos. ; and 

 in Hb. W. H. Purchas the same form from near Ross, v.-c. 36. — 

 H. J. Riddelsdell. 



Boston Dock Aliens. — During a recent visit to Mr. S. J. 

 Hurst at Boston we visited the waste ground about the dock and 

 noted the following casuals: — Sisymbrium Columnce', Alyssum 

 incanum ; Cicer arietinum ; Trigonella ccerulea ; Falcaria Bivini ; 

 Anacyclus radiaUis ; Centaur ia solstitialis ; Echinospermum Lap- 

 pula ; Plantago Lagopus ; Setaria glauca ; Hordeum hexastichon. 

 — Bernard Reynolds. 



Medicago tribuloides Desv. — I have received from Mr. 

 Guermonprez, of Bognor, specimens of Medicago tribuloides, which 

 he found growing close to Trifolium stellatum at Shoreham this 

 year. It is in some quantity, and has evidently been overlooked 

 by the numerous botanists who must have visited the spot. It 

 could easily be passed as M. maculata or M. denticulata, both of 

 which are found here. — Bernard Reynolds. 



Orchis hircina in Kent (p. 259). — This comes up every year in 

 the neighbourhood of one of the old stations, in varying numbers 



