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Silence mitans, Linn. Don's Bridge, Jersey. May 25, 1897. 

 — D. T. Playfair. As some doubt was felt about this plant, 

 it was sent to Rev. E. S. Marshall for his opinion. His 

 determination was "clearly S. italica.'' This species is likely 

 to occur, as a native, in many localities in Great Britain, and 

 is probably often confounded with .9. nutans. Syme points out 

 (in E.B.) that italica differs from nutans by the gynophore being 

 as long as the capsule {mmiitans about one-third as long), and 

 the claw of the petals auricled ai the summit (which is not so 

 in nutans). In the flowevs, too, we have examined of S. italica 

 this greater length of gynophore can be seen although it isless 

 noticeable than in fruiting specimens. The figure of the 

 capsule of S. italica given in E.B. is somewhat misleading, 

 as the capsule is represented as greatly exceeding the calyx 

 in length. In reality, in both nutans and italica, the calyx 

 about equals the capsule, and it is probable that the figure 

 above referred to was drawn from a capsule of which the 

 calyx (as frequently happens in age) has split asunder and 

 broken away at the top. We have lately examined specimens 

 of S. italica from Sussex (T. Hilton), Kincardine (W. Gardiner), 

 and Kent (Dungeness), where we gathered it in 1888 ; in 

 each instance it has been labelled nutans. Perhaps many of 

 the Channel Islands records of nutans may really be those 

 of italica, but the two species sometimes grow together, as 

 at Dover. It would be interesting if botanists visiting the 

 Channel Islands would investigate the matter. E.S. and 

 C.E.S. 



Stellavia media, Cyr. v. major, Koch. Nr. Sutton-on-Hull, 

 E. Yorks. v.c. 61. June, 1897.— C. ^Waterfall. Rightly 

 named. New to v.c. 61. E.S. and C.E.S. 



Lepigonum salinuni^sYr. Criccieth, Caernarvon. July, 

 1890. — ^W. H. Painter. L. marginatum. A. Bennett." The 

 above note appears in Watson B.E.C. Report, 1890-91. 

 Recently, however, examining a specimen so named and 



