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overlooking its original habitat, if, indeed, he was not misled by its 

 superficial resemblance to the Lizard plant, wliich has the pods as 

 described. I have so far been unable to re-discover it at Naseby, but 

 all the Northamptonshire plants, including those now distributed, 

 have glabrous pods. G. humifusa Dickson cannot stand, there being 

 already a Linnean species of the same name. — G. C. Druce. 



Genista tinctoria L., var. East Pentire, Newquay, July 7, 1913, 

 and Aug. 2, 1912. In Cornwall we generally call this prostrate form 

 var. humifusa Dicks., but I have never seen any hairs on the back of 

 the valves, so have some doubt about it. — C. C. Vigurs. " Dr 

 Yigurs does not mention on the label any remarks as to habit, but 

 this looks to me to be var. ])Tostrata^ Bah. Man. p. 70, 1843 (non 

 Lamk.), altered in the second edition (1847) to var. humifusa Dicks. 

 Rouy and Foucaud {Fl. Fr.) seem, somewhat unnecessarily, to adopt 

 the name var. littoralis Corb. Fl. Norm. p. 144 (1893) for this plant, 

 apparently because there is a G. humifusa L. already existing, but it 

 has nothing to do with this variety or its species." — C. E. Salmon. 

 " This is not var. humifusa Bab., as the fruit is quite glabrous." — G. C. 

 Druce. " Cf. var. littoralis Corbiere."— A. Thellung. " Only a 

 reduced state, I think ; pods glabrous." — E. S. Marshall. " Agrees 

 with the description of the var. littoralis Corbiere." — Ed. 



O^ionis reclinata L. Dry limestone soil facing sea, Daddy Hole 

 Plain, Torquay, S. Devon, June 6, 1913. — C. Waterfall. 



Ononis spinosa Ij.,fore albo. Avebury Down, N. Wilts., v.-c. 7, 

 August 5, 1913.— W. C. Barton. 



Medicago ^ Canal bank. Ford, S. Lanes., v.-c. 59, Sept. 20, 



1913. — J. A. Wheldon. Medicago polycarpa Willd.^ (M. hispida 

 Gaertn.) {M. denticulata auct.)." — C. E. Britton. " iJf . hispida 

 Gaertn., var. apiculata (Willd.) Burnat." — A. Thellung. 



Medicago arahica Huds. [Ref. No. 378.] Kingsbridge, S. Devon, 

 June 7, 1913. Am sending these to show that the plant is not 

 glabrous. I should describe it as " nearly glabrous, petioles pilose.'^ 

 Mr Druce has amended his description in this particular. — W. H. 

 Pearsall. 



Medicago lupulina L. Seedlings, Greenseer, Dalton, v.-c. 69, 

 May 9, 1913.— D. Lumb. 



Melilotus altissima Thuill. Chalk pit, Grove Mill, Hitchin, Herts, 

 v.-c. 20, Oct. 8, 1912.- J. E. Lfttle. 



