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mucronate, which is a character of >S'. ciliata. It seems to be therefore 

 a small glandular var. of the latter." — E. S. Marshall. "I cannot 

 separate this from S. Reuteri Boiss. The mucronate outer sepals do 

 not recurve, and are very different in outline from the narrow 

 acuminate ones of typical ciliata, as shown in Mr Little's specimens 

 referred to above." — J. A. Wheldon. " This interesting ciliata form 

 will come, I think, under var. minor Rouy and Fouc. {Fl. Fr. iii,, p. 

 289, 1896). The whole plant is more or less glandular, but the leaves 

 are scarcely strongly enough ciliate to agree well with Corbiere's 

 description of var. filicaulis Jord." — C. E. Salmon. " Nearest to 

 S. apetala, var. ciliata Garcke ( = >S'. ciliata Fries). Benekin [Bot. 

 Zeit. iii., p. 7:^1, 1845) maintained that the restricted >S'. apetala and 

 S. ciliata were mere habitat states. His views were combated by 

 Babington {Bot. Gaz. i., pp. 174-177, 1849), and supported by Henfrey 

 {Bot. Gaz. ii., p. 182, 1850). So far as I can judge, both S. apetala, 

 var. ciliata, and S. apetala, var. reuteri H. & J. Groves, have glandular 

 and eglandular forms." — C. E. Moss. 



Sagina apetala Ard., b. prostrata Gibs. St Ippolyts, Hitchin, 

 Herts, v.-c. 20, May 29, 1913. Det. S. H. Bickham.— J. E. Little. 

 "Yes." — E. S. Marshall. "Mr Little's Herts specimens are apetala, 

 but are very lax and large ior prostrata (see Fhyt. i., p. 178)." — G. C. 

 Druce. 



Sagina apetala Ard., var. prostrata Gibs. With the type, on the 

 mud path of a newly made road near the sea, Penarth, v.-c. 41, July 

 7, 1913. I suppose this is correct, but it may be S. Reuteri Boiss., a 

 plant which I do not know. The relative length of sepal and capsule 

 varies C? entirely according to age) from about 3 — 4 to 1 — 2. — H. J. 

 RiDDELSDELL. " Is not this S. Rcuteri Boiss.1 Flowers small ; sepals 

 appressed in fruit; pedicels short, or shortish." — E. S. Marshall. 

 " Why not S. ciliata Fries, var. ambigua Corbiere. Most of the 

 peduncles are glabrous. The sepals are not spreading as in apetala.^^ — 

 G. C. Druce. 



Sagina apetala Ard., var. harhata Fenzl. Sand dunes, Ainsdale, 

 S. Lanes, v.-c. 59, July 20, 1914. — J. A. Wheldon. "Correctly 

 named, I believe." — C. E. Salmon. "Yes, what we regard as type, I 

 think." — E. S. Marshall. " Yes, I look upon this as the type with 

 var. h. glaberrima Koch, = iw6er6i^s Fenzl, as the rarer form." — G. C. 

 Druce. 



Sagina 1 Cliffs at Boddin, near Arbroath, v.-c. 90, June 9, 



1914. This plant does not agree with any of the described forms 

 of S. maritima or S. apetala. It grows on limestone, associated 

 with S. maritima (type) and Cochlearia groenlandica ] but it is 

 distinguished at a glance from the former by its glaucous-grey colour. 



