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it  to  be  a  fertile  hybrid  between  S.alterniflora  and  S.stricta. 
E.S.M.  This  is  S.  Townsendi  Groves,  a  form  somewhat 
nearer  to  S.  stricta  than  the  type  of  Groves,  which  has  4—7 
spikes,  and  is  still  more  robust.  The  size  of  the  spikelets, 
the  nervation  of  the  2nd  glume,  and  the  large  leaves  are 
those  of  S.  Toivnsendi  Groves.— E.  Hackel. 
S.  stvicta  Roth.  Salt-marsh,  Wells,  W.  Norfolk,  v.c.  28, 
Aug.  1912.— F.  Long.  Correct.— E.S.M.  &  E.  Hackel. 
Phalaiis  rninor  Retz.  Cultivated  ground,  Leree 
Guernsey.  Aug.  13,  1912.— W.  C.  Barton.  Type  P.  minor. 
— E.  Hackel. 
P.  minor,  Retz.,  var.  (Ref.  No.  30).  Leree,  Guernsey, 
Aug.  18,  1912.  Growing  with  the  type  on  waste  ground 
at  Leree.  A  distinct  looking  plant  in  growth,  leaves, 
and  shape  of  spike.  Not  connected  with  the  type  by 
intermediates.  P.  canariensis  grew  hard  by,  but  I  see  no 
evidence  of  hybridity.— W.  C.  Barton.  Surely  only  a 
depauperate  form. — A.  B.  Forma  qracilis  Pari.  FI.  ital  I 
70  (1848).— E.  Hackel.  '  * 
Agrostis  verticillata  Vill.  Roadsides  and  quarries  on 
diorites  or  syenites,  near  Vale  Castle,  Guernsey,  Aug.  14, 
1912.  Confined,  so  far  as  my  experience  goes,  to  the 
quarries  of  ‘granite’,  or  the  edges  and  drains  of  roads  made 
with  gianite,  small  particles  of  which  are  held  tenaciously 
by  the  roots.  I  have  a  few  specimens  stoloniferous. _ 
W.  C.  Barton.  Right;  capital  specimens _ E.S.M.  A. 
verticillata  Villars  “Prosp.  de  l’hist.  des  pi.  de  Dauphine,” 
p.  16  (1779).  Its  distribution  is  Portugal;  Spain;  France, 
south  (abundant),  north,  west  (Brest.  Cherbourg,  dc.)] 
Italy  ,  Dalmatia ;  Macedonia ;  Greece ;  Cyclades ;  Crete ; 
Tauius ,  Bulgaria.  Not  given  by  Mr.  Marquand  in  his 
“Flora of  Guernsey,”  1901.  Presuming  the  plant  is  rightly 
named  it  is  a  pity  the  sender  did  not  give  some  particulars, 
out  perhaps  it  has  been  gathered  there  before  ?  Found  at 
Falmouth  Docks,  W.  Cornwall,  in  1910,  by  Mr.  F.  H.  Davey 
(see  W.  B.  E.  C.  Rept.,  1910-11,  p.  319,  and  Jl.  Bot.  1910, 
p.  80).— A.B. 
