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lected in Surrey by us has quite glabrous leaves, but not the 

 sub-solitary flowers of Andrewsii. — E.S. and C.E.S. 



Stellaria media var. neglecta, Weihe. Wet ground at 

 Rednall, Worcestershire.— May 26, 19Q0. Stamens 10— 

 H. S. Thompson. Yes. The name neglecta is replaced by 

 major, Koch. — E.S. and C.E.S. 



S. media, Cyr. var. 7mjor Koch. (1) Lane side, West 

 Moor, near Doncaster, v.c. 63, May, 1898. (2) Waste ground,. 

 West Dock Reservation, Hull, E. Yorks., v.c, 61, Sept., 1900. 



(3) Garden weed, De Grey Street, Hull, E. Yorks, v.c. 61,, 

 July, 1900. — C. Waterfall. None of these specimens, even 

 the largest, seem to possess 10 stamens, hence we should call 

 them all 5. media type. It would save much time if members 

 would note number of stamens when collecting S. media 

 forms. ^ — E.S. and C.E.S. 



S. umbvosa, Opiz. Shirley, Derbyshire, May, 1900.— 

 D. T. Playfair. 



Montia fontana, L. (1) Duncansby, Caithness, July 6, 

 1899. Coll. A. M. Geldart.— H. D. Geldart. (2) Stroma, 

 Caithness, July 20, 1899. Coll. A. M. Geldart.— H. D. 

 Geldart. (3) var. erecta, Pers. ? Bog on Charnwood Forest,, 

 alt. 800 feet, Leicestershire, June 9, 1900. Fide F. H. 

 Davey. — H. S. Thompson. (4) var. erecta, Pers.? Spring 

 near Liskeard, alt. 900 feet, Cornwall, v.c. 2, Sept. 16, 1900- 

 Fide F. H. Davey. — H. S. Thompson. (5) var. repens, Pers. 

 Sandy shore of L. Coron, Bodorgan, Anglesea, v.c. 52, 

 June 30, 1900.— C. Waterfall. (6) var. repens, Pers. Chailey 

 Common, E. Sussex, May, 1900. — T. Hilton. 



(1) var. erecta, Pers. (2) var. erecta, Pers. (3) var. repens, 

 Pers. ; tubercles of seeds prominent, or flattened and indistinct^ 



(4) var. erecta, Pers. (5) var. repens, Pers., but seeds often 

 with the indistinct flattened tubercles described as character- 

 istic of the var. erecta. (6) var. erecta, Pers. ; a very interesting 

 form, with the conically tuberculated seeds described by some 

 authors as found only in var. repens. Babington (Man. ed. 8,, 

 p. 139) gives the character "seeds netted-asperous" for " M.. 

 fontana (L) a. M. minor (Gm.)" and " seeds netted " for M. 

 nvidaris (Gm.)." Hooker (Stud. Fl.ed. 3, p. 69) says M .fontana^. 

 L., var. M. minor Gmel., tubercles of seed conical. — var. M.. 

 rivulavis, Gmel., tubercles of seed flattened." As noted above, we 

 do not find these distinguishing characters to hold good, and it 

 seems that the varieties are best separated by habit and by the 

 position of the cymes. Neither Allioni (Fl. Ped. L, p. 79 

 [1785] ), Persoon (Syn. PL I., Ill [1805] ), nor Gmelin (FL 



