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= M. Imsuta, L , and the plant here under consideration stands 

 as sub. sp. puhescens, Willd. In the 1st ed. of the Sp. Plantarum 

 (1753) Linneeus has M. aquatica, but he says (p. 576) " planta 

 non hirta." Mr. Jackson (Fl. Herts. 1887) has M. Mrsuta, Huds. 

 n. Angl. ed. 1 (1762). In his 1st ed. Linnseus has no Mrsuta. 

 All this is very puzzling for amateur botanists, and it is much to 

 be wished that some definite meaning should attach to one of 

 these names, and that our Floras should designate what they 

 mean by " L." after a name in the case of such plants as "if. 

 aquatica"' and '* Jf. Mrsuta.'" — A. B. 



M. sp. ? Nutfield Marsh, Surrey, Sept., 1892.— G. E. Salmon. 

 Is M. rulra, Sm. (Engl. Bot., 3rd. ed ). The corolla in this is 

 " glabrous without and within," in sativa hairy. Mr. Salmon's 

 plant is a small form of rubra. — A. B. 



.If. sp.? Pasture, Kilmore, Co. Down, Sept. 1892.— 0. H. 

 Waddell. M. arvensis. — L. A. B. 



M. sp. ? Meghera hamlet, Co. Down, Aug. 1892.— C. H. 

 V/ addell. M. arvensis form. In arvensis the very different form 

 of the calyx to sativa is not always well observable unless the 

 plants have flowered for some time ; then the campanulate calyx 

 with triangular teeth is generally well shown ; though there are 

 forms that simulate sativa closely. — A, B. 



Plantago lanceolata, L., b. Timlali. lord. Near Madresfield, 

 Wore, Aug., 1892. — J. H. A. Steuart. Correct, but Jordan 

 called it a species. — A. B. 



Sumda fruticosa. Forsk., Ashford, N. Devon, Aug., 1892. — 

 W. H. Painter. S. maritima, Dum. — A. B. 



Folygonum Convolvulus, L., var. pseudo-dumetorum. H. C. Wats. 

 Nearer this than type, but not so characteristic as Watson's 

 specimens. The proper name of this variety is probably var. 

 suhalatum, Yan Hall, in Bijdragen Nat. Wetenschaffen, &c., 

 vol. 6. p. 165 (1832). It was issued in a set of plants called 

 " Choix de pi. de le Helge," No. 263, by Lejeune and Oourtois, 

 but I have not seen specimens. — A. B. 



P. maculatum, D. and T. Guernsey, Aug., 1892. — M, E. 

 Dawber. I am in doubt what to name this ; it has the sepals 

 shorter than the fruit, glands very few, but the peduncles are 

 rough. I think it may be a glandular form of P. Persicaria. — 

 A. B. 



