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conspicuous  form  which  we  have  observed  in  the  N.W. 
Himalaya.  This  may  however  be  a  good  species,  as  it 
differs  from  all  the  others  of  this  series  by  the  spreading 
pedicels,  combined  with  the  comparatively  short,  often 
somewhat  curved  subulate  pods,  and  tipped  by  a  pro¬ 
portionately  long  and  slender  style.  From  B.  plantaginea 
and  B.  arcuata  this  plant  is  distinguished  by  its  much 
shorter  pods  with  fewer  seeds;  by  the  denser  cymes  of 
bright  golden-coloured  flowers;  and  also  by  the  foliage. 
The  range  of  B.  taurica  is  from  Central  and  South 
Eastern  Europe  (in  the  Balkans)  through  the  Caucasus 
to  the  mountains  of  Afghanistan,  to  the  extreme  N.W.  of 
India.  The  poverty  of  seed  in  the  introduced  plant  is 
doubtless  due  to  unsuitability  of  climate.  At  the  opposite 
end  of  its  area,  i.e.,  in  Kashmir  (at  about  9000  feet  above 
the  sea)  it  is  often  partly  sterile,  the  stamens  being 
converted  into  petals. — J.  R.  Drummond. 
Arabis  petrcea  Lam.  Beinn  Laoigh,  Mid  Perthsh., 
v.c.  88,  Aug.,  1908. — P.  Ewing.  The  var.  ambigua  Fr.;  so 
far  as  I  know,  the  only  form  which  occurs  on  this  moun¬ 
tain,  which  is  its  head  quarters  in  Britain. — E.S.M. 
Alyssum  maritimum  Linn.  On  a  damp  sandy  flat  in 
sandhills  at  the  corner  of  St.  Andrew’s  Road  South,  and 
St.  Leonard’s  Road,  St.  Anne’s-on-the-Sea,  W.  Lancs., 
v.c.  60,  Aug.  1,  1908. — Charles  Bailey.  An  alien,  used  for 
carpet-bedding,  which,  when  thrown  out  with  garden 
rubbish  on  sandy  ground  near  the  sea,  becomes  persistent, 
at  least  on  the  south  coast. — E.F.L. 
Erophila - (ref.  No.  2286).  Sandy  ground, 
Milford,  Surrey,  v.c.  17,  April  17,  1899.  A  very  distinct 
looking  plant,  for  which  I  have  been  unable  to  get  a 
definite  name.  Leaves  yellowish-green,  narrow,  gradually 
tapering  into  the  rather  long  petiole,  with  many  bifurcate 
and  trifurcate  hairs. — E.  S.  Marshall. 
E.  virescens  Jord.  (ref.  No.  1216).  Sandy  ground,  Mil¬ 
ford,  Surrey,  v.c.  17,  March  20,  1894.  This  plant  prefers 
somewhat  bare  grassy  ground;  I  have  not  seen  it  in 
cultivated  land.  Leaves  in  a  flattened  rosette,  rather 
bright  green,  fleshy,  glabrescent;  thus  differing  greatly 
from  all  our  other  British  forms.  Jordan’s  figure  of 
E.  virescens  represents  a  more  luxuriant  plant,  with 
