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Festuca  distans  L.,  var.  capillaris  hi\j.  =  Glyceria 
distans  Wahl.,  var.  pulvinata  Fries. — A.B.  The 
original  description  (Fries,  Mantissa  II,  p.  11 
[1889] )  runs  thus  : — “  *  [in  his  opinion,  probably 
a  distinct  species,  I  think]  pulvinata ,  pumila, 
culmis  stolonibusque  divergentibus  copiosissimis 
in  pulvinulos  densissimos  compactis,  panicula 
depauperata  contracta,  ramis  abbreviate  imis 
subbinatis,  glumis  acutioribus.  Herb.  Norm.  V. 
n.  90."  ...  “  Culmi  vix  pollicares  cum  stolonibus 
stipati  decumbentes  et  undique  divergentes,  sed 
non  radicantes.  Stolones  sub  exsiccatione  ut  in 
plantis  succulentis  pronascuntur.  Folia  admodum 
tenuia,  mollia,  semper  plana,  licet  in  siccis  passim 
convoluta  appareant.  Eamorum  paniculae  infimum 
par  demum  patet  et  fructiferum  saepe  refractum. 
Spiculae  saepe  pauciflorae.”  .  .  .  Mr.  Long’s  plant 
is  very  tall,  with  long,  erect,  involute-filiform 
leaves,  and  cannot  be  this  variety.  Nor  does 
it  agree  well  with  Ascberson  and  Graebner’s 
description  of  Festuca  distans  Kunth  ( Poa  distans 
L.),  var. capillaris Marsson  (F . capillaris  Liljeblad), 
which  appears  to  be  quite  dwarf.  A  very  interesting 
grass;  I  have  not  seen  it  before. — E.S.M.  Atropis 
convoluta  Gris.?  ( =  Glyceria  convoluta  Gr.  &  Godr.). 
This  specimen  can  scarcely  be  included  in  A.  distans 
Gr.  (certainly  not  in  A.  distans ,  var.  pulvinata ), 
the  foliage  and  the  shape  of  the  panicle  being  those 
of  A.  convoluta  (chiefly  a  Mediterranean  species 
which  is  never  found  in  the  British  Isles).  But  A. 
convoluta  is  a  very  critical  species,  whose  extension 
towards  A.  distans  is  by  no  means  clearly  defined. 
For  a  safe  judgment  it  would  be  necessary  to 
see  specimens  in  different  stages  of  development 
(flowering  and  fruiting  ones).  I  therefore  hesitate 
to  give  a  definite  opinion  on  this  plant. — E.  Hackel. 
I  have  no  doubt  this  grass  is  mere  Atropis  maritima 
in  an  advanced  state,  with  the  branches  of  the 
panicle  adpressed  to  the  rachis.  We  have 
specimens  at  Kew  which  are  exact  matches  from 
the  East  and  West  coasts. — O.  Stapf.  I  have 
examined  this  grass  and  would  suggest  that  it  is 
neither  A.  convoluta  or  A.  maritima.  But  I 
