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Sagina nodosa (L.) Fenzl, var. glandulosa Bess. [Ref. No. 76]. 

 Pamp part of over year hay field, Tottington, v.-c. 28, July 23, 1914. 

 — F. Robinson. nodosa, vai-. viscidula Coss. &> Germ." — J. A. 



Wheldon. " Apparently correct; Rouy and Foucaud make it a sub- 

 variety, perhaps riglitly. Corbiere seems to be the authority, under 

 Sagina.'' — E. S, Marshall. Also [Ref. No. 77] from shore of Lake, 

 Westmere, Tottington, v.-c. 28, July 24, 1914. — F. Robinson. "A 

 different and much more leafy form." — E. S. Marshall. 



Sagina nodosa Fenzl, var. glandulosa Bess. [Ref. No. 115]. 

 Avebury Down, N. Wilts, v -c. 7, August 28, 1914. Has this been 

 tested by cultivation'? I have distinctly glandular forms from Guern- 

 sey and Dog's Bay, Galway, and plants from Glencar, Sligo, which I 

 thought to be quite glabrous, show one or two glandular hairs under a 

 strong glass. It seems probable that the glandular hairs are developed 

 only on sandy soil or in exposed situations. Similarly var. moniliformis 

 Lange, to which these plants might be referred, appears to be a state 

 of poor soil. — W. C. Barton. " I believe so." — E. S. Marshall. 

 " Yes, the Avebury Down plant and Mr Eobinson's No. 76 would 

 doubtless develop into the so-called var. moniliformis.'' — G. C. Druce. 



Sagina ciliata Fr. Sandy cart ruts, Shouldham, W. Norfolk, v.-c. 

 28, June 24, 1914. — J. E. Littlk. "The Sagina is rather puzzling, 

 and S. Reuteri must always nowadays be reckoned with ! However, 

 I think you are right in calling your plant >S'. ciliata. I see the 

 awned sepals present, which I believe are never found in aS'. Reuteri. 

 The capsule, when over ripe, does not seem to open ultimately in the 

 form of a cross, so S. apetala is ruled out."— C. E. Salmon in 

 lit. " Exactly >S'. ciliata Fr., as described by Babington in 

 the Manual, which has the outer sepals more acuminate and re- 

 curved, and the plant is nearly glabrous. It is according to S. 

 Reuteri Lojac, but not of Boissier. This typical S. ciliata is very rare, 

 if found at all, in Lancashire, and I believe the restricted plant has a 

 south and easterly range. Dr Moss refers nearly all the plants we 

 call aS'. Reuteri Boiss. to S. ciliata, and I believe favours the reduction 

 of S. ciliata to the status of a variety under S. apetala. Whatever 

 view is taken, 1 feel sure ciliata and Reuteri represent two frequently 

 recurring extremes usually readily separable, and I think both are 

 distinct from S. apetala." — J. A. Wheldon. "I believe so." — E. S. 

 Marshall. 



Sagina ciliata Yv., forma. [Ref. No. 52]. Cliffs near Arbroath, 

 v.-c. 90, August 15, 1914. Outer sepals have a very short mucro, but 

 all the sepals are obtuse and incurved at the tip like Reuteri ; also 

 they are much shorter than the capsule. The valves of the capsule 

 are truncate at the tip. — R. (fe M. Corstorphine. " A difficult plant. 

 Very like S. Reuteri in habit, but I see that the outer sepals are mostly 



