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THE BOTANICAL EXCHANGE CLUB OF THE BRITlStl ISLES. 



W. G. Travis and J. A. Wheldon. " Townsend described his var. 

 in Report for 1894, p. 438. This agrees in its prostrate habit, 

 and glabrous dark green leaves. The leaves, however, are not conspicu- 

 ously blunt, and the calyx is not closed in fruit. Townsend's specimen 

 is young." — G. C. Druce. 



Spergularia salina Presl, var. c. neglecta (Syme). Edge of pool, 

 Lihou Island, Guernsey, August 13, 1912. Growing at the 

 water's edge ; upright and bright green. In the living state a 

 beautiful little plant, and different from any other neglecta I have 

 seen. — W. 0. Barton. " Very young, but probably correct." — 

 G. C. Druce. " There seems to be confusion in the nomen- 

 clature of these forms. Kindberg Syn. Framst ap. Vaxt 

 Lepigonum (quoted by Syme as Symb. ad Syn. Gen. Lep.), Upsala 

 1856, describes Lepigonum neglectum as nova species ; but in his 

 Monographia generis Lepigoni^ Upsala 1863, he describes Lepigonum 

 salinum (Presl), and gives as synonyms Spergularia salina Presl, 

 Lepigonum neglectum Kindb., Lepigonum salinum Fries, Lepigonum 

 medium Garcke ; and adds that Presl, in describing Spergularia 

 salina, expresses verbis adnotat " semina tuberculata esse." Can 

 S. salina Presl stand with seeds not papillate, and can var. neglecta 

 (Syme) or neglecta (Kindberg) be distinguished by papillate seeds 1 

 Again in his Monograph Kindberg writes of Lepigonum salinum 

 (Presl) " caules humiles saepissime ramosissimi valde divaricati 

 prostrati rarius simplices erecti compressi glabrescentes v. superne 

 glanduloso pubescentes." Can Hooker's distinction {Stud. Fl.) 

 " Lepigonum neglectum Kindb. glandular above " and Babington's 

 [Manual Ed. IX) " L. neglectum (Kindb.) is glandular " be justified % 

 Syme E. B. shows little confidence in his varieties, and I am inclined 

 to think the character of seeds papillate or smooth, of length of 

 pedicel, and of glabrescence or glandulosity may be combined in any 

 way ; and that these characters are of less than varietal value." — 

 W. C. Barton. 



Spergularia salina Presl, var. neglecta (Syme). Sea shore, 

 Keyhaven, S. Hants, v.-c. 11, Aug 1913. — J. Comber. "Yes, so I 

 should say. Townsend reported it from the same station, Fl. 

 Hants'' — C. E. Salmon. " Yes, but the authority is not Syme but 

 Kindberg." — G. C. Druce. " S. neglecta Syme ; but see above." — 

 W. C. Barton. 



Spergularia salina Presl, var. b. m^edia (Syme). Salt marshes, Kev- 

 haven, S. Hants, July 1913. — J. C. Melvill. " Is this not rather the 

 var. neglecta\ The seeds are papillate." — G. C. Druce. "This surely is 

 neglecta Syme exactly. His var. media has all pedicels shorter than 

 the leaf-like bracts, and scarcely as long as the capsule, and seeds 

 without distinct papillae." — W. C. Barton. 



