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that  is  to  say  its  sepals  at  this  date  were  mostly  reflexed 
or  only  spreading.  A  very  few  were  spreading  erect.  A 
fortnight  afterwards  they  were  practically  in  the  same 
position  and  even  when  fully  ripe  were  scarcely  to  be 
called  more  than  spreading.  It  should  be  noted  that  the 
reddening  of  the  fruits  took  place  in  the  drying,  as  some¬ 
times  happens,  and  that  the  pressure  of  the  paper  gives 
the  sepals  the  air  of  being  more  erect  than  they  actually 
were.  W.  Barclay.  I  can  make  nothing  of  this  with  so 
e  Ion  gate -obo  void  a  fruit.  It  seems  nearest  var.  pseudo- 
jalcata  Kell.  (Asch.  and  Graebn.  Syn.  mitteleur.  FI.,  VI.  1, 
p-lQD.tho  leaflets  being  too  biserrate  for  R.  falcata  Pug.’ 
which  has  a  similar  fruit.  It  is,  I  think,  incorrect  to 
assign  plants  with  biserrate  leaflets  to  var.  subcanina  Chr. 
His  variety  was  not  well  defined,  but  certainly  did  not 
include  biserration  nor  hispid  peduncles.  If  such  a  name 
be  used  it  must  be  R.  subcanina  Kell.  (Bot.  Centralbl. 
XLVII.  (1891),  p.  821),  non  Christ.  But  as  Mr.  Barclay 
points  out,  this  plant  only  approaches  that  group ;  its 
sepals  should  be  more  fully  reflexed  before  it  can  be  placed 
t  erem.  It  cannot  possibly  be  called  good  typical  glauca 
on  account  of  its  fruit  and  its  biserration. — A.H.W.-D. 
R.  glauca  Vill.,  of  group  subcristata  Baker.  (No.  17). 
Buckie  Braes,  Mid  Perth,  v.c.  88,  Aug.  14,  1908.  This 
seems  to  me  pretty  typical,  but  is  very  curious  in  its  short, 
stout,  unequal  prickles.  The  sepals,  on  the  whole,  were 
quite  erect  at  this  date. — W.  Barclay.  R,  complicata 
(Gren.),  which  has  its  sepals  usually  less  strongly  erect; 
less  persistent  than  R.  subcristata.  From  the  appearance 
ot  the  dried  specimens  this  makes  just  as  near  an  approach 
to  R.  subcanina  Kell,  as  No.  19. — A.H.W.-D. 
R.  coriifolia  Fr.,  of  group  Lintoni  Scheutz.  (No.  8). 
Buckie  Braes,  Mid  Perth,  v.c.  88,  Aug.  14,  1908.  In  this 
group  I  include  forms  of  R.  coriifolia  Fr.,  with  leaves 
more  or  less  glandular  beneath,  and  with  peduncles  and 
backs  of  sepals  eglandular.— W.  Barclay.  Yes,  var. 
Lintoni,  but  there  are  older  and  more  comprehensive 
names  which  would  cover  such  a  group  as  is.  defined  by 
Mr.  Barclay,  e.g.,  R.  tristis  Kerner  (1881).  I  have  no 
specimens  named  var.  Lintoni  from  the  continent,  where 
the  variety  appears  to  be  unknown.— A.H.W.-D. 
