890 
[Medicago - ?] .  Kimpton  Road,  Luton,  Beds., 
v.c.  30,  Aug.  1912.— D.  M.  Higgins.  This  is  Trigonella 
Besseriana  Ser _ S.T.D. 
Medicago  falcata  L.,  hybrid  ?  Mill  yard,  Portishead, 
N.  Somerset,  v.c.  6,  July  30,  1912.  So  few  pods  are 
produced,  and  these  not  typically  sickle-shaped,  that 
hybridity  is  suggested.— Ida  ‘  M.  Roper.  Where  is  the 
evidence  of  hybridity?  The  pods  are  straightly  sickle¬ 
shaped,  and  the  flowers  golden  yellow.  I  see  no  trace  of 
M.  sativa,  and  should  call  it  M.  falcata  L.  ;  but  I  hardly 
know  this,  in  a  fresh  state _ E.S.M.  It  is  the  narrow¬ 
leaved  form  of  this  species,  frequently  reported  from  waste 
ground  in  England.  There  appears  to  be  no  reason  to 
suspect  hybrid  origin _ S.T.D. 
Trifolium  resupinatum  L.  Waste  ground,  St.  Philip’s 
Marsh,  Bristol,  W.  Glos.,  v.c.  34,  June  14,  1912— Ida  M. 
Roper. 
Goronilla  varia  L.  (1)  Kimpton  Road,  Luton,  Beds., 
v.c.  80,  Aug.  2,  1912 — D.  M.  Higgins.  (2)  Made  ground, 
Avonmouth,  W.  Glos.,  v.c.  34,  Oct.  1,  1912.  Found  a  mile 
away  from  the  Dock  premises  ;  a  large  patch  in  magnificent 
bloom  late  in  the  season — Ida  M.  Roper.  Correct _ S.T.D. 
Vicia  villosa  Roth.  Mill  yard,  Portishead,  N.  Somerset, 
v.c.  6,  July  24,  1912 — Ida  M.  Roper.  Correct _ S.T.D. 
Latliyrus  maritimus  Bigel.  Beach,  AbbotMmry,  Dorset, 
v.c.  9,  May  14,  1910 — Ida  M.  Roper. 
Rubus  holerythros  Focke.  Border  of  Hankley  Common, 
Elstead,  and  damp  ground  near,  in  Churt  parish,  July  21- 
25  ;  near  Frensham  Pond,  Aug.  16,  1912  ;  Surrey,  v.c.  17. 
Very  large  clumps,  conspicuous  for  their  strongly  suberect 
furrowed  lustrous  stems,  large  5-nate  plicate  green  leaves 
and  very  showy  cuplike  rosacean  flowers  with  all  the  floral 
organs  deep  pink  or  purplish.  In  July  the  panicles  are 
comparatively  small  and  very  irregular  in  outline,  but  they 
become  more  elongate  by  mid-August,  with  long-pedicelled 
straggling  flowers.  The  stems  then,  after  being  erect  for 
a  time,  bend  towards  the  ground,  but  apparently  never 
root — W.  Moyle  Rogers. 
