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through  spring  and  summer,  and  green  with  the  mossy 
foliage  through  autumn  and  winter. — E.S.G.  Correct,  but 
probably  planted.  This  was  once  claimed  as  a  native 
(“Phytologist;”  New  Series,  Vol.  5,  1861),  on  even  more 
slender  grounds  ! — E.S.M. 
Spergula  sativa,  Boenn.  Leasowe,  Cheshire,  v.c.  58, 
Sept.,  1907. — E.  and  H.  Drabble. 
Alsine  rupicola  (Hiern).  Sea  coast,  Portaferry,  Co. 
Down,  Sept.,  1905. — C.  H.  Waddell. 
Claytonia  perfoliata ,  Linn.  (1)  Leasowe,  Cheshire, 
v.c.  58,  May,  1907.  This  plant  is  very  abundant  at 
Leasowe,  near  the  golf  links.  In  this  situation  it  has 
been  known  since  1887  (R.  H.  Day).  It  is  now  spreading 
in  all  directions,  and  has  reached  Hoylake  on  the  one  side 
and  New  Brighton  on  the  other. — E.  and  H.  Drabble. 
(2)  Roadside,  Ampthill,  Beds.,  v.c.  80,  May  21,  1907. — 
D.  M.  Higgins. 
Alth&a  officinalis ,  Linn.  Between  Winchelsea  and 
Rye,  E.  Sussex,  v.c.  14,  Aug.  22,  1907.— Coll.  R.  H.  Goode. 
Comm.  G.  Goode.  Very  fine  and  well-pressed  specimens. 
— F.H.D. 
A.  hirsuta,  Linn.  Orig.  Chalk  Downs  near  Reigate, 
Surrey,  v.c.  17.  Hort.  Reigate,  Aug.,  1907.  See  J.  of  B. 
1902,  p.  409.  It  is  satisfactory  to  be  able  to  state  that 
this  plant  still  occurred  in  1907.  It  may,  also,  not  be  out 
of  place  here  to  mention  that  since  writing  the  note  in 
1902  upon  A.  hirsuta ,  three  more  scattered  plants  of  Salvia 
pratensis  have  been  found  upon  the  Downs — recalling 
strongly  the  Kent  station  for  the  two  species  mentioned. 
— C.  E.  Salmon. 
Malva  mosehata ,  Linn.,  var.  heterophylla ,  Lej. 
Buckland  Hill,  Surrey,  v.c.  17,  Sept.  1,  1907.  This  appears 
to  be  a  smaller  and  more  slender  plant  than  var.  laciniata, 
Lej.,  (the  common  British  form).  French  floras  would 
call  this  var.  intermedia ,  Gren.  and  Godr.,  I  understand. _ 
C.  E.  Salmon. 
Tilia  platyphyllos,  Scop.  Laneside,  Buckland  Hill, 
Surrey,  v.c.  17,  Sept.  14,  1907.  May  well  be  native  here 
and  in  woods  along  the  chalk  downs  (where  it  should  be 
