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agreeing  well  with  specimens  so  named  for  me  by  Pfarrer 
Kukenthal _ Edward  S.  Marshall. 
C.  aquatilis  Wahl.  Mr.  Arthur  Bennett  has  identified 
as  his  var.  rigida,  the  “  Carex  aquatilis  Wahl.,  var. 
virescens  Anders.  Kenmure  Holms,  Loch  Ken,  Kirkcud¬ 
brightshire,  Aug.  8,  1899 — D.  T.  Playfair”  mentioned  on 
p.  32  of  the  Watson  B.E.C.  Report,  1900-1901 _ C.E.S. 
C.  hirta  L.,  var.  hirtceformis  Pers.  Quarry,  Tyther- 
ington,  W.  Glos.,  v.c.  34,  July  12,  1910.  A  close  mass  of 
several  square  yards  occurs  here  on  old  quarry  ground 
under  drier  conditions  than  I  have  observed  it  elsewhere. 
— Ida  M.  Roper.  May  be  under  the  variety,  though  neither 
leaves  nor  all  the  scales  are  absolutely  glabrous.  I  have 
not  seen  a  British  plant  of  G.  hirta  that  is _ E.P.L.  Not 
the  variety,  which  should  have  leaves  and  glumes  glabrous. 
— A.B.J.  Persoon  described  this  as  a  species ;  but,  so  far 
at  least  as  British  plants  are  concerned,  I  am  convinced 
by  experience  that  it  is  a  mere  temporary  state.  Miss 
Roper’s  specimens  are  too  hairy,  though  they  tend  in  that 
direction — E.S.M.  The  var.  (3  sublcevis  Horn.  PI.  Dan. 
t.  1711,  1821  (=  C.  hirtceformis  Pers.)  is  described  as 
“Hele  Planten,  undtagen  Frugterne,  glat ,  green”  (“Lange’s 
Haandbog  i  den  Danske  Flora,”  1864,  p.  704),  and  although 
the  upper  part  of  these  specimens  may  be  called  sub- 
glabrous,  yet  below  they  are  distinctly  hairy,  so  can 
hardly  be  referred  to  Hornemann’s  variety _ A.B. 
C.  acutiformis  Ehrh.  .  (=  paludosa  Good.).  (Ref. 
No.  3475).  Extremely  local,  growing  in  rather  dry  peat 
by  the  Lusragan  Burn,  about  2-|  miles  from  Connel  Ferry, 
Argyllsh.,  v.c.  98,  July  11,  1910.  The  foliage  was  yellowish 
and  hardly  at  all  glaucous  above,  giving  the  plant  a  very 
unusual  appearance.  Although  it  occurs  as  far  north  as 
Caithness,  this  species  must  be  decidedly  scarce  in  the 
Highlands  ;  I  had  never  observed  it  on  any  of  my  previous 
visits — Edward  S.  Marshall.  Smaller  spike! ets  than  usual 
(at  least  in  the  south),  but  the  nuts  appear  fairly  typical. 
— E.F.L.  The  Argyll  acutiformis  is  a  more  even-spiked 
and  neater  plant  than  the  Caithness  one ;  and  is  just  the 
form  often  named  acuta.— A.B. 
C.  inflata  x  vesicaria.  (Ref.  No.  3477).  Strath 
Orchy,  between  Dalmally  and  the  head  of  Loch  Awe, 
