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forms  of  tetrasperma  by  the  hilum  and  funiculus 
characters,  and  I  noticed  last  year  when  gathering  both 
near  Billingshurst,  Sussex,  that  in  the  former  the  standard 
and  wings  are  clear  lilac  in  colour,  not  striate  or  very 
faintly  so,  whilst  in  tetrasperma  both  are  strongly  veined 
with  purple.  I  noted,  too,  that  the  upper  calyx-teeth  of 
gracilis  are  lanceolate  and  those  of  tetrasperma  triangular- 
acute. — C.E.S. 
Primus  spinosa  L.,  var.  macrocarpa  Wallr.  Park- 
stone,  Dorset,  v.c.  9,  April  11,  1910.— Ida  M.  Roper. 
Probably  correct,  from  the  large  flowers  and  the  early 
foliage  (=  P.  fruticans  Weihe).  Fruit  is,  perhaps,  needed 
for  complete  certainty. — E.S.M. 
Rubus.  The  Rev.  W.  Moyle  Rogers  has  seen  all 
the  brambles  and,  unless  otherwise  stated,  confirms  the 
names. 
Rubus  nitidus  Wh.  &  N.,  var.  opacus  Focke.  Very 
abundant  on  the  peat  moor,  Shapwick,  N.  Somerset,  v.c,  6, 
Sept.  14,  1910.— A.  Ley. 
R.  nemoralis  P.  J.  Muell,  var.  glabratus  Bab.  Kerne 
Bridge,  Herefordsh.,  v.c.  86,  Aug.  7,  1909. — A.  Ley. 
R.  Godroni  L.  &  L.,  var.  robustus  P.  J.  Muell.  (1) 
Thickets  west  of  Bridestowe  Railway  Station,  N.  Devon, 
v.c.  4,  July  30,  1910.  (2)  Brentor,  S.  Devon,  v.c.  8,  July 
28  and  Aug.  2,  1910.  (See  “  Journ.  Bot.”  1910,  p.  317). 
Frequent  and  remarkably  uniform  ;  just  opening  into 
flower  (and  usually  with  imperfectly  developed  stem)  two 
or  three  weeks  later  than  most  species. — W.  Moyle  Rogers. 
R.  iricus  Rogers,  forma  minor.  (1)  Western  Border 
of  Dartmoor,  from  Bridestowe,  N.  Devon,  to  Bickleigh 
Vale,  S.  Devon,  in  great  quantity;  July  and  Aug.,  1910. 
(See  “Journ.  Bot.”  1910,  pp.  318,  319).  Less  robust  than 
the  Irish  type,  with  narrower  and  less  straggling  panicles 
and  stem  more  densely  hairy  with  its  leaves  narrower 
more  deeply  incised  and  of  a  deeper  green. — W.  Moyle 
Rogers.  (2)  Abundant  in  open  woodland  on  Tidenham 
Chase,  W.  Glos.,  v.c.  34,  Aug.  31,  1910.  New  County 
record. — A.  Ley. 
