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calyce  guadrilobo,  and  it  is  pointed  out  that  the  flowers 
are  larger  than  those  of  M.  Melis sophy Hum  and  parti¬ 
coloured,  yellowish  and  violet.  M.  Melissophyllum  he 
describes  as  “  M.  calyce  trilobo ,”  with  flowers  more  or  less 
unicoioured,  flesh  colour  with  spots  of  crimson.  In  his 
“  English  Flora,”  III.,  1825,  p.  112,  Smith  still  keeps  M. 
grandiflora  as  a  species,  with  the  characters  given  above 
and  adds  that  the  leaves  are  “  rather  broader  and  more 
acutely  serrated.”  Rouy  (FI.  France,  XI.,  1909,  p.  278) 
places  M.  grandiflora  as  a  variety  of  Melissophyllum  and 
mentions  that,  besides  the  colouring  of  corolla  alluded  to 
above,  its  leaves  are  more  or  less  attenuated  at  the  base. 
In  Bab.  “Manual,”  ed.  9,  1904,  p.  331,  one  reads  “  M. 
grandiflora  (Sm.  E.B.  636)  is  only  a  slight  variety,”  whilst 
in  Davey’s  “FI.  Cornwall,”  1909,  363,  it  is  wholly  ignored. 
The  specimen  sent  me,  gathered  by  Mr.  Fox,  is  not  in 
flower,  so  it  is  impossible  to  say  anything  as  regards 
corolla ;  by  the  look  of  the  calyces  remaining  I  do  not 
think  they  can  ever  have  answered  to  the  description 
“  quadrilobus,  lobis  utrinque  duobus  lateralibus,  subequali- 
bus,  interdum  erosis  ”  of  the  variety  grandiflora. — C.E.S. 
Plantago  lanceolata  L.,  var.  splicer ostachy a  Rohl. 
Black  Head,  W.  Cornwall,  v.c.  1,  July  11,  1910.— H.  E.  Fox. 
Starved  plants,  which  have  the  round  heads  of  this  alleged 
variety.  It  seems  to  be  quite  unworthy  of  distinction, 
and  would  probably  revert  at  once  to  type,  if  cultivated. — 
E.S.M. 
Amuranthus  sylvestris  Desf.  Waste  ground,  Lindfield, 
E.  Sussex,  v.c.  14,  Sept.  16,  1910. — R.  S.  Standen.  Correct. 
An  excellent  specimen,  showing  the  characteristic  circum- 
scissile  dehiscence  of  the  capsule, — S.T.D. 
Chenopodium  album  L.,  var.  viride  (L.).  Potato 
field,  Itchington,  W.  Glos.,  v.c.  34,  Sept.  12,  1910.  I 
consider  these  to  be  excellent  examples  of  the  variety.— 
Ida  M.  Roper.  Yes,  typical,  I  should  say A.B.J. 
Correctly  named _ A.B. 
C.  album  L.,  var.  paganum  (Reichb.).  Allotment, 
Kingswood,  Bristol,  W.  Glos.,  v.c.  34,  Sept.  26,  1910.— 
Ida  M.  Roper.  I  agree  to  this  naming,  but  the  varieties 
of  C.  album  seem  to  be  connected  by  intermediates.— 
A.B.J. 
