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grown in a Tewkesbury garden. Fourteen plants were obtained in 

 the first generation, all being uniform except for a slight variation in 

 colour of flowers. Good pollen is produced, and long capsules are 

 formed, these however containing a high proportion of abortive seeds. 

 Doubtless the second and subsequent generations will be very multi- 

 form. — R. H. CoMPTON. " A good intermediate." — E. S. Marshall. 



Circaea lutetiana, L., var. [Ref. No. 4760.] Lacey Green, Bucks., 

 growing in rich deep leaf-mould, in shelter and partial shade, 

 hence its small size is remarkable. Sep. 2, 1912. — G. C. Druce. 

 "A small state of var. ovalifolia, Lasch., in Linnaea^ 2, p. 46 (leaflets 

 truncate or rounded at the base), I suppose. It looks starved." — 

 E. S. Marshall 



Circaea. Lower Faldonside, near Galashiels, alt. 330 feet, v.-c. 79, 

 Aug. 1, 1912.— I. M. Hayward. "Is C. lutetiana, L."— C. H. 

 OsTENFELD. " Leaves dull, thin ; pedicels ebracteate. I think that 

 this, also, is var. ovali folia, Lasch., more luxuriant." — E. S. Marshall. 



Helosciadium nodiflorum, Koch, var. vulgare, F. Schultz. Ditch 

 between Hull Road and Crosby, S. Lanes, v.-c. 59, July 11, 1911. — 

 J. A. Wheldon. " The Apium nodiflorum, Reichb. fil." — G. C. 

 Druce. 



Apium nodijlorum, Reichb. ^\., forma. Ditch, Fairwater, v.-c. 41, 

 Aug. 14 and 20, 1912. It seems very doubtful if any of the characters 

 usually relied upon for the diagnosis of the varieties (A. repens is a 

 good species, as the fruit shows) e.g. length of ped. of umbel, rooting 

 of stem, shape of leaflet, involucre, &c., are of any value for the 

 purpose ; one form changes at once into another according to varia- 

 tion in exposure, and two different forms may come from one root. 

 The present form is very near ochreatum, DC., except in size ; but 

 it is impossible to deny its right to go to vulgare, Schultz, in many 

 respects. — H. J. Riddelsdell. 



Ammi 7najns, L. Cult., Colchester, Aug. 7 and 10, 1912. Grown 

 from seed of wild origin received from Dr E. G. Gilbert in 1911. 

 They are rather drawn out from being sown too thickly. — G. C. 

 Brown. " The var. serratum, Mutel. ^genuinum, Gren. and Godr." — 

 A. Thellung. 



Carum segetum, Benth. and Hook. fil. Great Wymondley Road, 

 Hitchin, Herts, Aug. 24, 1912. — J. E. Little. 



Myrrhis Odorata, Scop. Not knowingly introduced in a wood on 

 limestone hill. Highlands, Amberley, Glos. W., May 16, 1912. — 



