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this would be the sub-var. polycephahis mentioned (under Cnicns 

 pratensis) in Druce's Fl. Berks. On reference to the original 

 description in Cosson & Germain's Flore de Paris (1845) one 

 finds the plant called sub-var. polycephakim under Cirsitm 

 anglicutn, Lam., with the description — " Tige moins elevee, 

 2-3 cephale." The form I am sending is remarkable for its 

 cut leaves, tall stem, non-solitary heads, and numerous stem- 

 leaves ; it will not do, I think, for Cosson and Germain's plant. 

 It is not a hybrid, I believe ; at any rate not with pa/ustris 

 (Forsteri) as I have seen it in Sussex. — C.E.S. Is not this the 

 var. pseiido-Forstni, Hook ? I have seen just similar plants 

 <;'rowing in rank vegetation on the sides of watery ditches. 

 Such drawn up examples seem to be usually associated with 

 more polycephalous stems, and more cut leaves. — -A.H.W.-D. 

 It is a curious fact that the majority of continental Floras call 

 the leaves of C. pratensis "entire," so it has become usual to so 

 look on them. This a luxuriant pratensis form, near Watson's 

 pseiido -Forsteri. — A. Bennett. Maybe pseiido-Forstevi but surely 

 not deserving of a varietal name, merely rather luxuriant. — 

 E. S. Marshall. 



Centaurea nigra L. var. decipiens, Thuill. (1) Sea cliffs, 

 near Hunmanby, v.c. 61, E. Yorks. (2) Old quarries, 

 Cloughton ; and (3) Dry hilly field, near Seamer, Scarborough, 

 v.c. 62, N.E. Yorks., Aug., 1901.— C. Waterfall. The smaller 

 specimens on the sheets from Seamer have paler pectinse than 

 usual, otherwise I see nothing but starved nigra in any of the 

 specimens. ^ — A.H.W.-D. As you say, only starved nigra. — 

 A. Bennett. 



Crepis foetida, Linn. Field by the Ditchling Road, 

 Brighton, v.c. 14, E. Sussex, June, 1901. — T. Hilton. 



C. setosa, Hall, fil. Field of saintfoin, Newmarket Hill, 

 near Brighton, v.c. 14, E. Sussex, June, 1901. — ^T. Hilton. 

 A single specimen only. — A.H.W.-D. 



Hieracium pratense, Tausch. Cult. Orig. old quarry spoil 

 bank. Cave Hill, Belfast, Co. Antrim, June, 1901. — C. H. 

 Waddell. 



H. caledoniacm, F. J. Hanb. ? Railway embankment near 

 Rubery, v.c. 37, Worcester, June 16, 1901. — H. S. Thompson. 

 H. vulgatuni Fr. near var. dcBdalolepium^ Dahlst. That var. 

 should have a larger, more branched sub-umbellate panicle, 

 but states similar to the present plant are common. — A. Ley. 



H. flocculosiitn , Backh. (fide Hanbury) styles yellow. On 

 Ordovician rocks by the river, ToUeymore Park, Co. Down, 

 June 18, 1901.— C. H. Waddell. 



