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published  his  grandidens  as  a  species  or  as  a  variety  ;  but 
it  seems  as  well  placed  under  H.  serratifrons  as  vars. 
lepistoides  and  Cinderella,  which  are  nearly  allied  to  it. 
Styles  livid  ;  ligules  golden  yellow,  glabrous-tipped  ;  heads 
epilose,  somewhat  lloccose,  densely  clothed  with  black 
stalked  glands — E.  S.  Marshall.  Yes ;  I  have  two  gatherings 
of  this  plant  from  near  Molland,  which  have  been  so  named 
by  Dr.  Dahlstedt. — E.F.L. 
H.  maeulatum  Sm.  Lindfield,  E.  Sussex,  v.c.  14,  May 
29,  1912. — R.  S.  Standen.  I  have  not  seen  Smith’s  type' 
of  H.  maeulatum ;  but  my  collection  contains  at  least  two 
plants  under  that  name  which  can  hardly  be  conspecific. 
The  Rev.  Augustin  Ley  was  surely  right  in  referring  this 
Lindfield  hawfkweed  to  H.  Sommerfeltii  Lindeb.,  var. 
splendens  F.  J.  Hanb.  (H.  Griffithii  F.  J.  Hanb.  prius); 
I  have  again  carefully  compared  them,  and  find  the 
resemblance,  especially  to  cultivated  var.  splende?is, 
exceedingly  close.  The  only  H.  ‘  maeulatum  ’  of  mine 
which  Mr.  Standen’s  plant- approaches  is  that  from  old 
walls  at  Chichester,  which  is  more  pilose-headed  than  the 
rest,,  but  far  less  shaggy-headed  than  these  and  other 
specimens  from  Lindfield.  The  occurrence  of  any 
Sommerfeltii- form,  so  far  south,  is  a  geographical  puzzle. 
— E.S.M.  It  has  long  appeared  to  me  that  we  have  two 
forms  placed  under  this  name ;  one  form  with  longer 
hairs  clothing  the  involucre  and  coarser  ciliation  of  the 
leaves  than  the  other.  I  am  not  prepared  to  say  which  is 
Smith’s  plant.  The  Lindfield  plant  seems  to  agree  with 
specimens  from  Chichester  walls,  gathered  by  the  late 
Rev.  F.  H.  Arnold,  and  said  by  him  to  be  from  the  station 
where  Smith  got  the  original  specimens.  I  have  not  as 
yet  seen  these.  It  is  not  H.  Sommerfeltii,  nor  var. 
splendens  F.  J.  Hanb.— E.F.L.  (See  also  26th  Rent. 
W.B.E.C.  (1909-10),  pp.  241-2). 
H.  diaphanoides  Lindeb.  ?  (Ref.  No.  8785).  On  slate- 
debris  by  Dolwyddelan  railway  station,  Carnarvonsh.,  v.c. 
49,  July  6,  1912.  Styles  livid ;  ligules  glabrous-tipped. 
The  Rev.  E.  F.  Linton  suggested  that  this  might  be  either 
H.  irriguum  or  H.  Adler zii  ;  but  he  doubted  whether  the 
specimen  sent  to  him,  which  branched  from  the  base,  was 
normal,  and  I  think  it  was  not.  Many  of  the  plants,'  like 
the  H.  seiaphilum  which  grew  with  them,  were  remarkably 
