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Viola lepida, Jord. (I) Rocky limestone woodland near Carnforth, 

 W. Lanes., v.-c. 60, Sep. 1912. Coll. J. W. Hartley and H.J. 

 Wheldon ; Comm. J. A. Wheldon. " Probably right ; the perennial 

 root is not shown in my plant." — E. S. Marshall. "Only part of a 

 plant has been sent, but this appears to be V. Lejeunii, Jord." — E. 

 Drabble. 



Viola Curtisii, Forster, var. Fesneaui, Lloyd and Fouc. Sand- 

 hills, Walney Island, North Lancashire, v.-c. 69, Sep. 1912. — J. Comber. 

 "Yes."— E. Drabble. 



"It must be understood clearly that the determinations of the 

 pansies refer only to the actual specimens seen. Gatherings in the past 

 have frequently been mixtures, and I have often found myself con- 

 fronted in looking through herbaria with specimens bearing an 

 Exchange Club determination which certainly was never given for the 

 plant on the sheet." — E. Drabble. 



Polygala 1 Steep stony slope of Cranham Common, Pains- 

 wick, v.-c. 33, July 1912. Leaves on barren branches remarkably 

 broad. Perhaps P. calcarea, F. Schultz, which I have not gathered, 

 however, so late in the year as this. — H. J. Riddelsdell. " F. vul- 

 garis, forma. My specimen is very imperfect, most of the flowers 

 having fallen, and the plant appears as if strangled by herbage, but 

 the leaves are not opposite as in serpyllacea forms. — G. C. Druce 

 and J. Cryer. " Material scrappy ; I think that it is a straggling, 

 few-flowered P. serpyllacea, but no fruit is present." — E. S. Marshall. 

 " It looks like P. vulgaris, but my specimens only boast of one poor 

 head of flowers, two buds, and no fruit ! So what ca7i one say 1 " — 

 C. E. Salmon. 



Dianthus deltoides, L. Limestone rocks, near Deganwy Castle, 

 Carnarvonshire, v.-c. 49, July 9, 1912. — W. A. Shoolbred. Also 

 sent from same place by E. S. Marshall. 



Silene maritima, With., forma. Chesil Beach, v.-c. 9, July 1912. 

 A form with pale yellowish calyx, mentioned in Pleydell's Flora of 

 Dorset. There are also intermediates there between this and the 

 ordinary form. — H. J. Riddelsdell. 



Lychnis Preslii, Sekera. Plant from Tantallon Castle, Hadding- 

 ton, June 12, 1910. — Miss A. Trower. " Yes ; and I think a distinct 

 species, the occurrence of which in this locality is remarkable. Late 

 in August T visited the spot and saw a single plant on the edge of 

 a cornfield. L. dioica was abundant in the vicinity, and although 

 out of flower varied greatly in degrees of pubescence. Perhaps Miss 

 Trower will grow Preslii from seed. I have a quite glabrous form 



