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Silene  Cucubalus,  Wibel,  var.  puberula,  Syme.  Near 
Hathern  Stn.,  Notts.,  v.c.  56,  Aug.  4,  1906.  This  has  been 
mentioned  as  var.  puberula.  Certainly  some  of  the  branches 
of  the  same  plant  are  more  puberulous  than  these,  but 
they  do  not  seem  quite  enough  so  for  the  var.  It  is 
strange  that  there  are  no  specimens  of  it  in  the  County 
Herb.,  Leicester,  nor  have  I  seen  living  plants  in  the 
County,  yet  Prof.  Carr  states  that  the  var.  is  as  plentiful 
as  the  type  in  Notts. — W.  Bell.  The  clothing  is  rather 
weak  for  var.  puberula  (Jord.)  but  it  may  pass.  I  see  no 
justification  for  “calyx  downy”  of  Bab.  Man.  ed.  ix.,  either 
in  specimens  or  French  descriptions. — E.F.L.  I  should 
certainly  put  this  under  var.  puberula  (the  name  really 
means  rather  weak  pubescence)  though  it  is  often  much 
more  hairy. — E.S.M.  Yes. — A.  Ley. 
Cerastium  arcticum,  Lange.  Clogwyn  d’yr  Arddu, 
Carnarvonsh.,  v.c.  49,  Aug.  11,  1906.— A.  H.  Wolley-Dod. 
Yes,  I  have  gathered  it  there. — A.  Ley.  Right ;  beautiful 
specimens. — E.S.M. 
Stellaria  nemorum,  L.  Watersmeet,  N.  Devon,  v.c.  4, 
June  14,  1906.  I  send  a  few  specimens  of  this,  which  may 
be  acceptable,  since  the  plant  is,  I  believe,  a  new  record 
for  the  Peninsula. — Augustin  Ley.  Very  interesting :  new 
to  v.c.  4,  although  I  see  in  Top.  Bot.  that  “  FI.  Dev.”  had 
it  for  v.c.  3 — a  record  H.  C.  Watson  wished  verified 
apparently. — C.E.S. 
S.  neglecta,  Weihe.  S.  Croxton,  Leics.,  v.c.  55, 
May  30,  1906.— A.  R.  Horwood.  This  has  the  seeds 
acutely  tubercled,  and  therefore  is  not  the  S.  neglecta  of 
Babington,  which  I  have  called  S.  umbrosa,  var.  decipiens. 
By  the  law  of  priority,  S.  umbrosa ,  Opiz,  must,  apparently, 
rank  as  a  variety  of  S.  neglecta ,  Weihe ;  and  I  believe  that 
this  Croxton  plant  is  type  neglecta.  Var.  decipiens ,  which 
is  certainly  worth  distinguishing,  has  bluntly  tubercled 
seeds,  in  that  respect  coming  nearer  to  S.  media  Vill.  It 
should  be  called  S.  neglecta ,  Weihe,  var.  decipiens ,  mihi. 
—Edward  S.  Marshall.  Tubercles  acute.  Pedicels  and 
calyx  hairy.  Pedicels  longer  than  flowering -calyx.  I 
quite  think  true  umbrosa — habit  etc.  right.  I  am  no 
nomenclaturist,  so  do  not  pretend  to  say  the  correct  name 
it  should  bear.  Mr.  Marshall  says  that  this  is,  he  believes, 
