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E.F.L.  A  straggling  state  of  P.  serpyllacea  Weihe.— 
E.S.M, 
Silene  dichotoma  Ehrh.  Ash  Farm,  Bridstow  Here- 
fordsh,  y.c.  86,  July,  1905.— Coll.  Miss  E.  Armitage. 
Comm.  S.  H.  Bickham.  Correct.  Presumably  a  weed  in 
fields  of  sown  grass,  in  which  role  it  is  sometimes  abundant 
on  sandy  fields  in  Surrey. — S.T.D. 
Lychnis  Viscaria  L.,  var.  Blackford  Hill,  Edinburgh 
v.c.  88,  June  8,  1910.  This  form  or  variety  grows  in  fair 
quantity  over  the  same  area  as  the  type  and  is  noticeable 
even  from  some  distance  away.  The  whole  plant  is  a 
paler  yellower  green,  with  rather  softer  leaves  and  paler 
flowers;  the  calyx  and  stem  just  below  the  nodes  are  not 
tinged  with  red.  I  send  some  specimens  of  the  type  from 
the  same  locality.— McT.  Cowan.  Panicle  a  little  more 
compact  than  usual,  but  surely  not  enough  difference  to 
constitute  a  variety.  I  have  an  exactly  similar  plant 
collected  by  W.  Brand  in  1841  on  Arthur’s  Seat.— C.E.S. 
Stellaria  neglecta  Weihe,  var.  umbrosa  (Opiz).  Hedge 
bank,  near  Sandplace,  E.  Cornwall,  v.c.  2,  May  19,  1910. 
— H.  Boyden.  No;  S.  umbrosa  (Opiz)  has  the  pedicels 
and  calyces  glabrous ;  here  the  former  are  hairy,  and  the 
latter  are  clothed  with  long-stalked  glands.  It  appears  to 
come  under  type  neglecta,  and  is  identical  with  a  plant 
which  I  find  not  uncommonly  in  the  neighbourhood  of 
iaunton ;  for  this  I  have  suggested  the  name  “forma 
glandulosa."  The  acute  papilla?  of  the  seeds  distinguish 
it  from  my  var.  decipiens  ( S .  neglecta  Bab.,  non  Weihe). 
"  Our  Cornish  Stellaria  neglecta,  var.  umbrosa 
is  somewhat  variable.  One  could  easily  gather  from 
different  localities  specimens  which  would  show  connecting 
links  from  the  variety  to  the  species,  and  it  seems  to  me 
that  these  specimens  could  better  be  placed  under  umbrosa 
than  under  neglecta  proper. — F.H.D. 
Sagina  procumbens  L.  [var.  spinosa  Gibs.l .  Near 
Killin,  Mid  Perthsh.,  v.c.  88,  Sept.  24,  1910.  In  the  fresh 
state  distinct  ciliae  are  seen  under  the  lens,  but  in  many 
specimens  these  almost  entirely  disappeared  upon  drying. 
Mc.T.  Cowan.  I  ha.rdly  think  these  are  referable  to  the 
variety  spinosa,  as  the  specimens  are  almost  glabrous 
while  in  spinosa  the  leaves  are  quite  obviously  spinose- 
