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narrow-leaved  G.  Mollugo.  It  is  very  likely  that  original 
hybrids  can  be  fertilised  by  the  pollen  of  either  parent ; 
if  so,  the  great  variability  of  these  more  or  less  inter¬ 
mediate  forms  is  at  once  accounted  for.— E.S.M. 
Asperula  taurina  L.  Wood  near  Abercorn,  Linlith- 
gowsh.,  v.c.  84,  May  28,  1910.  This  has  been  well 
established  here  for  many  years. — McT.  Cowan,  jun. 
Correct.— S.T.D.  Add  the  county  to  the  labels.  Not  on 
record,  so  far  as  I  know,  for  Linlithgow. — A.B. 
Gotula  australis  Hook.  f.  Banks  of  the  Tweed,  near 
Galashiels,  Selkirksh.,  v.c.  79,  Aug.  1910.  A  wool-alien, 
introduced  from  Australia. — Ida  M.  Hayward. 
Gnicus  arvensis  Hoffm.,  hybrid  ?  Waste  ground, 
Redland,  Bristol,  W.  Glos.,  v.c.  34.  July  22,  1910.  I  am 
unable  to  put  any  definite  name  to  this  plant.  No  other 
thistle  grew  near  it.— Ida  M.  Roper.  I  see  nothing  to 
suggest  hybridity.  Is  it  not  Girsium  arvense  Scop.,  var. 
mite  Koch  (“  Synopsis,”  ed.  2,  p.  457),  approaching  var. 
integrifolium  Koch  (C.  setosum  Bieb.,  Gnicus  setosus 
Besser)  ?  I  think  that  Koch  is  wrongly  cited  as  the 
authority  for  this  and  var.  vestitus  (under  Gnicus)  in 
“  Lond.  Cat.” — E.S.M.  The  scanty  full-grown  leaves  on  my 
specimen  appear  to  be  plane,  and  therefore  I  call  this 
G.  setosus  Bess.  (=  Cirsium  setosum  M.  Bieb.,  C.  arvense , 
var.  integrifolium  Koch).  If  better  specimens  show 
undulate  and  more  dentate  leaves,  it  would  be  var.  mite 
Koch,  which  under  Gnicus  would  be  mitis,  and  under 
Carduus  I  believe  var.  latifolius  Bab. — E.F.L. 
Gentaurea  nigra  L.,  var.  radiata  auct.  Wytch 
Heath,  Corfe  Castle,  Dorset,  v.c.  9,  Aug.  7,  1910. _ R.  S. 
Standen.  This  rayed  state  of  nigra  is  quite  the  prevailing 
plant  in  this  district ;  it  seems  to  equal  the  G.  obscura 
Jord.  (=  C.  nigra  auct.  angl.)  sub.  var.  radiata  Coss.  & 
Germ. — C.E.S. 
Hieracium  Auricula  L.  From  roots  found  by  the 
late  Mr.  S.  A.  Stewart  in  1898  on  an  old  quarry  spoil-bank, 
Cave  Hill,  Belfast,  Co.  Antrim.  Cult.  Saintfield,  Co. 
Down,  June  1902.— C.  H.  Waddell.  Apparently  correct, 
though  it  is  considerably  larger  than  my  garden  plant 
(originally  from  a  pasture  at  Keevil,  S.  Wilts.)  has  ever 
