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Vicia (1) angustifolia, L. Waste ground, Askham, v.-c. 69, Aug.- 

 Oct. 1912. The plants from which these pods were gathered have 

 many of the attributes of Vicia sativa. The seeds, however, are 

 always black, and so far as I have been able to make out, by open- 

 ing pods at different stages, no spotted stage is included in their 

 development. Although named angustifolia, the seeds seem much 

 less spherical than those of that plant ; they are larger, and the hilum 

 is not the same. It is to be hoped that some members will cultivate 

 them and report the results. — D. Lumb. 



Vicia angustifolia, L., var. 1 On old railway bank near 



Hopetown, v.-c. 85, July 1912. I have not met this variety before in 

 which the flowers are solitary, but the calyx is split hy the pods; 

 in the var. segetalis, Koch, the flowers are in pairs. — M'T. Cowan. 

 " Difficult to name, being in fruit only. It seems to be what we 

 reckon as the type ( V. segetalis, Thuill.), though the pods are solitary." 

 — E. S. Marshall. " Is var. segetalis, Koch. The seeds are 3.5 mm. 

 in diameter." — J. A. Wheldon. "Is V. angustifolia, Reich." — 

 A. Thellung. 



Lathyrus tuberosus, L. Askham Ironworks, v.-c. 69, July and 

 Aug. 1912. These plants, like those of Melilotus alba, M. arvensis, 

 Poa compressa, Bromus japonicus, Coronopus didymus, and Lepidium 

 ruder ale no doubt have been directly introduced from the continent. 

 Not one of them is to be found elsewhere in the neighbourhood. — 

 D. Lumb. "Yes, and as an Alien new to 69." — (r. C. Druce. 



Rubus idaeus x sublustris. Lees. " The Moors," Alphamstone, 

 Essex N., v.-c. 19, July 4, 1912. — G. C. Brown. " The one sheet now 

 sent seems to be idaeus x caesius. Another sheet (or sheets '?) for- 

 warded to me some weeks ago by Mr Brown (I suppose with same 

 locality and date) looked like idaeus x sublustris. Possibly both 

 hybrids occur in the locality, and may have been collected by 

 Mr Brown for distribution." — W. M. Rogers. 



Rubus fruticosus, L. Seedlings. Askham Ironworks, v.-c. 69, Aug. 

 16, 1912. — D. Lumb. "I can suggest no segregate name for these 

 little seedlings." — W. M. Rogers. "These seedlings probably belong 

 to group Koehleriani ; as an aggregate, R. rosaceus, Wh. and N., 

 may be suggested, or perhaps rather R. dasyphyllus, Rogers, which 

 is more frequent in that part of England." — E. S. Marshall. 



Rubus pulcherrimus, Neum. [Ref. No. 22.] Lane, Stan way, 

 Essex N., v.-c. 19, July 24, 1912.— G. C. Brown. "Correct."— W. M. 

 Rogers. 



