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been  detected. — A.L.  Later,  on  July  11,  Mr.  Ley  again 
wrote,  “  I  have  to-day  compared  living  specimens  of  the 
Lindfield  (Sussex)  Hieracium  with  living  and  dried 
specimens  of  the  Carnarvonshire  (Nant  Francon)  H.  Som- 
merfeltii,  var.  splendens.  The  comparison  shews  the 
Sussex  plant  to  be  considerably  less  hairy,  and  to  have 
the  hair  less  coarse  and  stiff  than  the  Carnarvonshire  one. 
The  leaves  of  the  former  are  thinner  than  those  of  the 
latter  when  wild,  but  under  cultivation  the  Carnarvonshire 
plant  approximates  to  the  Sussex.  In  general  character 
and  aspect  the  two  plants  are  very  near  each  other.  I 
cannot  see  in  the  Sussex  plant  any  resemblance,  except 
the  most  superficial,  to  H.  maculatum  Sm.” — A.L.  This 
does  not  agree  at  all  with  my  specimens  of  H.  maculatum 
Sm.,  and  has  the  characters  of  the  section  Oreadea ;  being 
fairly  intermediate  between  Rev.  W.  R.  Linton’s  wild  and 
cultivated  H.  Sommerfeltii ,  var.  splendens ,  from  Nant 
Francon,  v.c.  49,  Carnarvon,  but  more  “  drawn  out,” 
probably  owing  to  a  shady  situation.  Extremely  interest¬ 
ing. — E.S.M.  With  regard  to  the  Lindfield  H.  macu¬ 
latum ,  and  the  suggested  naming  H.  Sommerfeltii ,  var. 
splendens ,  I  note  that  the  clothing  of  the  heads  in 
the  specimens  varies  a  good  deal  and  that  some  are  much 
less  glandular  than  others,  and  so  approach  var.  splendens 
in  this  respect.  But  the  heads  of  fresh  specimens  sent 
me,  which  are  not  weather-worn,  are  glandular  enough 
for  H.  maculatum  :  the  styles  are  livid :  the  stem-leaves 
are  2 — 4;  agreeing  with  important  features  in  the 
description  of  H.  maculatum ,  as  distinguished  from  the 
Sommerfeltii  variety ;  which  has  style  yellow,  stem -leaf  0 
or  reduced  to  a  bract  or  a  leaf  low  down  (description),  or 
two  rarely  on  a  strong  plant.  Some  Lindfield  specimens 
were  seen  and  named  maculatum  by  the  late  W.  R.  Linton, 
and  I  endorse  the  name  for  the  present  gathering. — E.F.L. 
H.  sciaphilum  Uechtr.,  var.  strumosum  Ley.  Steep 
limestone  bank  to  the  south  of  Stroud,  W.  Glos.,  v.c.  34, 
Aug.  3,  1909.  I  at  first  thought  this  plant  to  be  H.  dia- 
phanoides  Lindeb.,  var.  divisum  Jord.,  from  which, 
however,  it  differs  in  having  5-6  instead  of  i-2  stem 
leaves. — A.  Ley. 
H.  sciaphilum  Uechtr.,  var.  transiens  Ley.  Wooded 
bank,  near  saw  mill,  on  light  soil  on  the  borders  of 
