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Zostera  marina  L.,  var.  stenophylla  Ascii,  and  Graebn. 
Aberlady  Bay,  Haddingtonsh.,  v.c.  82,  Ang.  13,  1910 _ McT. 
Cowan,  jun.  Correct,  I  believe,  although  the  two  lateral 
veins  of  leaves  are  rather  nearer  the  margin  than  usual  in 
this  variety.  They  should  be  midway  between  the  central 
rib  and  the  leaf -margin,  whereas  in  var.  angustifolia 
Hornem.  the  lateral  veins  lie  close  to  the  margin,  and  the 
leaves  are  only  If— 2  mm.  broad.  The  specimen  before 
me  has  them  3  mm.  broad _ C.E.S.  I  agree  with  Mr. 
Salmon _ A.B. 
Scirpus  maritimus  L.,  var.  conglobatus  Gray.  Swamp 
near  Foxfield  Station,  N.  Lancs.,  v.c.  69,  Aug.,  1911 _ J. 
Comber.  An  earlier  name  is  var.  tuberosus,  =  S.  tuberosus 
Desf.  FI.  Atl.  1,  p  50  (1798),  or  var.  compactus  Meyer,  =  S. 
compactus  Hoffm.  (1804). — A.B. 
Carex  arenaria  L.  Perranporth  Sandhills,  W.  Corn¬ 
wall,  v.c.  1,  June  2,  1911.  These  specimens  all  have  a  few 
female  flowers  in  the  upper  spikes,  and  this  appears  to  be 
the  general  rule  in  Cornish  plants  of  C.  arenaria.  It  was 
probably  this  state  which  the  late  J.  Cunnack,  and  a  few 
others,  insisted  on  calling  C.  ligerica  J.  Gay,  a  plant  which 
1  have  never  been  able  to  detect  on  Cornish  soil _ F.  H. 
Davey. 
C.  paniculata  L.,  var.  or  form.  Ulverscroft  Mill, 
Leics.,  v.c.  55,  June  23,  1910.  There  were  several  large 
clumps  of  this  Carex  growing  in  a  boggy  place  near  Ulvers¬ 
croft  Mill,  in  close  proximity  to  C.  muricata  on  the  bank 
above,  and  typical  C.  paniculata  a  few  yards  lower  down 
the  stream.  Is  it  C.  paniculata  x  muricata  ? — W.  Bell. 
This  seems  to  agree  best  with  Ascherson  and  Graebner’s 
sub-species,  or  micro-species  (Abart),  [3  pseudoparadoxa 
( C .  pseudoparadoxa  Gibson  in  “  Phytologist,”  1st  series, 
VII.,  178  [1844] )',  c.  brevis  Aschers.  and  Graebn.,  “  Synopsis  ” 
II.,  pt.  2,  46  [1902] .  They  describe  the  difference  of 
C.  pseudoparadoxa  from  type  as  follows  : — “  Stem  thinner 
and  more  slender.  Inflorescence  not  panicled ;  even  the 
lower  spikelets  short,  erect.”  In  c.  brevis  the  “  spicate 
inflorescence”  is  “very  dense,  short.”  I  have  not  seen 
specimens  of  either  type  or  variety  of  this  sub-species. 
C.  paniculata  varies  greatly  in  habit.  The  variety  (or 
form)  simplex  Peterm.  [1846]  (=  simplicior  Anders.  [1849]) 
