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day  we  went  to  another  part  of  the  Fen,  about  a  mile 
distant,  and  there  found  plenty  of  erectum ,  verum  and 
many  intermediates  in  colour,  the  most  beautiful  being  a 
very  soft  yellow,  quite  different  from  the  rank  yellow  of 
verum.  Last  year  I  found  that  verum ,  erectum  and  the 
intermediates  cover  a  large  space  in  the  rough  Fen — 80 
acres  or  more. — E.W.H. 
G.  asperum  Schreb.  Downs  above  Reigate,  Surrey, 
v.c.  17,  June  6,  1909.  According  to  Dr.  Williams  (Prod. 
FI.  Brit.,  part  5,  p.  219),  this  Reigate  plant  should  be 
labelled  G.  austriacum  Jacq.,  leaving  G.  asperum  to 
represent  the  scarcer  plant  with  small  fruits  (1  mm. 
broad),  densely  hispid  lower  leaves  and  lower  part  of 
stem.  The  Reigate  plant,  on  the  other  hand,  has  fruits 
2  mm.  broad,  and  non-pubescent  (or  only  ciliate)  lower 
leaves  and  lower  part  of  stem.  Certainly  it  is  no  form  of 
G.  erectum  Huds.  which  has  different  petals,  etc., 
and  grows  close  by  the  Reigate  plant.  The  fruits  of 
“  sylvestre  ”  and  Mollugo  (including  erectum)  seem  almost 
identical.  Coste  says  of  sylvestre  “  fruits . finement 
chagrines,” —  of  Mollugo  “fruits . chagrines.” —  C.  E. 
Salmon.  I  think  this  is  G.  asperum  Schreb.  (=  G.  sylvestre 
Poll.),  but  I  have  seen  a  reduced  state  of  G.  erectum  Huds. 
very  like  this  on  the  downs  above  Paddlesworth,  E.  Kent, 
at  600  feet.— E.S.M. 
Sherardia  arvensis  L.,  var.  hirsuta  Baguet.  Near 
Churston,  S.  Devon,  v.c.  8,  Aug.  23,  1909. — A.  H.  Wollev- 
Dod. 
Valeriana  pyrenaica  L.  Carlowrie  Woods,  Linlith- 
gowsh.,  v.c.  84,  July  2,  1904.— McT.  Cowan,  jun. 
Aster  Novi-Belgii  L.  North  Bank  of  Tay  below 
Perth,  East  Perthsh.,  v.c.  89,  Sept.  11,  1909.  This 
American  Aster  is  very  abundant  in  marshy  spots  on 
both  banks  of  the  river  below  Perth.  Nos.  1  and  3  are 
very  different  in  appearance,  but  many  years  ago  when 
I  sent  specimens  of  the  different  forms  to  Mr.  Baker  at 
Kew,  he  determined  them  all  as  forms  of  that  “  poly¬ 
morphous  plant  Aster  Novi-Belgii  L.”  In  No.  2  the 
flowers  were  either  white  or  very  slightly  coloured. _ 
W.  Barclay. 
