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placed  with  specimens  from  the  same  place  which  Mr.  J.  A. 
Wheldon  regards  as  degenerate  E.  majuscula. — J.  E.  Little. 
So  I  should  name  it. — E.S.M. 
E.  verna  E.  Meyer.  (Ref.  No.  54).  Brick  Pit,  Arlesey, 
Beds.,  v.c.  30,  April  18,  1912.— J.  E.  Little.  Under  E.  verna, 
but  this  must  be  very  near  E.  serrata  Jord.  Note  the 
strong  teeth  on  some  of  the  leaves,  and  the  silicles  some¬ 
times  strongly  narrowed  below.— J.A.W.  Rouy  &  Foucaud 
describe  the  leaf -pubescence  as  short  in  E.  serrata  Jord., 
which  is  not  tne  case  here.  I  cannot  offer  an  opinion  of 
any  value. — E.S.M. 
E.  majuscula  Jord.  (Ref.  No.  63).  Fells’  Nurseries, 
Hitchin,  Herts.,  v.c.  20,  May,  1913.— J.  E.  Little.  How 
does  this  differ  from  E.  vernal  The  petals  do  not  appear 
to  be  veined  (though  it  is  true  that  they  usually 
much  exceed  the  calyx),  nor  are  the  pods  rounded  at  the 
top.— E.S.M.  These  plants  agree  well  with  some  named 
E.  majuscula  for  Mr.  Baker,  who  says  that  this  is  ‘‘the 
common  plant”  of  N.  Yorks.,  with  which  these  examples 
also  agree.  I  have  never  yet  seen  a  plant  with  veined 
petals  in  Lancs,  or  Yorks. — J.A.W. 
E.  “  near  occidentalis  Jord.”  Cart  track,  Purwell  to 
Nine  Springs,  Hitchin,  Herts.,  v.c.  20,  April  13,  1913.— 
J.  E.  Little.  I  do  not  know  the  segregate. — E.S.M.  Most 
of  this  I  think  belongs  to  the  stirps  E.  majuscula  and  is 
perhaps  E.  occidentalis. — J.A.W. 
E.  stenocarpa  Jord.  (Ref.  No.  60).  Stony  loam,  in 
corn,  St.  Ippolyts,  Herts.,  v.c.  20,  May,  1913. — This  appeared 
to  be  a  nearly  pure  gathering  -somewhat  unusual.  Stems 
wiry,  vibrating  in  wind.  Associated  with  Myosurus  and 
Sisymbrium  Thalianum _ J.  E.  Little.  Right. _ E.S.M. 
- •  (Ref.  No.  69b).  Cult,  ground  N.  of  West 
Mill,  Hitchin,  Herts.,  v.c.  20,  May  2,  1913.  (Narrower 
silicles  than  69) — J.  E.  Little.  My  two  specimens  are 
E.  stenocarpa  Jord. !— E.S.M.  I  think  this  is  perhaps 
robust  E.  occidentalis.  One  of  the  chief  features  of  this 
species  seems  to  be  the  attenuation  below  of  the  capsules 
(as  in  E.  stenocarpa),  and  these  examples  show  this  and 
the  spreading  pedicels  well. — J.A.W. 
