407 
Suczda  maritima  Dum.,  var.  procumbens  Syme.  (1) 
Tidal  pool,  Grand  Havre,  Guernsey,  Aug.  15,  1912 _ W.  C 
Barton.  Yes— E.S.M.  (2)  Mud  flats,  Walney  Island,’  N.’ 
Lancs.,  v.c.  69,  Aug.  1912.— J.  Comber.  Under  this,  no 
doubt ;  the  plant  with  large  seeds— E.S.M.  (8)  Salt  marsh, 
Wells,  W.  Norfolk,  v.c.  28,  July  1911—  F.  Long.  Right— 
E.S.M. 
Polygonum  dumetorum  L.  Copse,  near  Compton, 
Surrey,  v.c.  17,  Sept.  1912— J.  Comber.  Yes;  I  have 
gathered  it  near  Peperharow,  a  few  miles  away,  but  it  only 
appears  occasionally— E.S.M.  Yes.  In  the  first  edition 
of  the  “  Species  plantarum”  Linnaeus  makes  this  a  var.  f3  of 
the  American  P.  scandens,  but  in  the  second  edition  he 
makes  it  a  species.  In  later  years  Dr.  Gray,  of  the  United 
States,  combined  the  two,  but  Dr.  Bromfield  (‘  Phytologist,’ 
iii  (1850),  p.  766),  who  knew  them  in  both  countries 
considered  them  distinct _ A.B. 
Euphorbia  exigua  L.,  var.  retusa  L.  Cornfields, 
Guildford,  Surrey,  v.c.  17,  July  1912— J.  Comber,  On 
the  same  stem  may  be  seen  leaves  both  truncate-mucronate 
and  tapering  to  an  acute  point !  The  latter  seem  chiefly 
in  the  upper  part.  Scarcely  a  good  variety ;  better  as  a 
“form”  perhaps— C.E.S.  Correct— E.S.M. 
Ulmus  hollandica  Mill.  ?  Lane,  near  Royston,  Herts., 
v.c.  20,  Feb.  29  and  June  1912. — J.  E.  Little.  I  consider 
this  to  be  probably  the  Huntingdon  Elm  ((7.  glabra  Huds. 
X  nitens  Moench  ( =  U.  vegeta  Ley)— A.B. J.  x  U.  hollandica 
Mill.,  or  near  it.—  C.E.M. 
U.  campestris  L.,  var.  glabra  (Mill.).  Baggrave,  Leics., 
v.c.  55.  Fruit,  April;  leaves,  Oct.  1912— A.  R.  Horwood.  A 
very  bad  specimen  of  what  appears  to  be  XJ.  nitens  Moench 
(=Ur  glabra  Mill.).  The  idea  of  sending  out  photographs 
with  specimens  from  trees  is  a  good  one,  as  it  helps 
materially  towards  their  identification _ A.B.J.  Either  a 
large-leaved  form  of  U.  nitens,  or  a  form  of  U.  glabra  x 
nitens  :  it  is  impossible  to  decide  which  unless  ripe  fruits 
are  supplied.  The  “fruits”  on  the  specimen  before  me 
are  very  far  from  being  ripe _ C.E.M. 
