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nearer  P.  dubium  than  P.  rhoeas  as  regards  the  hairs  of 
the  pedicel. — C.E.M. 
P.  Rhoeas  L.,  var.  Pryorii  Druce.  Riddy  Lane, 
Hitchin,  Herts.,  v.c.  20,  June  4,  1914.  Is  this  more  than  a 
forma  ?  In  1914  I  examined  considerable  areas  of  P.  Rhoeas, 
and  in  most  of  them  some  plants  were  to  be  found  of  this 
character  with  coloured  hairs,  sometimes  brown  rather 
than  red,  but  different  plants  showed  gradations  between 
the  uncoloured  hairs  and  the  most  extreme  forms  of 
crimson. — J.  E.  Little.  Corn  poppies  with  crimson  hairs 
to  their  peduncles  must  undoubtedly  be  assigned  to  var. 
Pryorii  Druce.  Those  with  coloured  hairs  of  other  tints 
have  not,  I  believe,  received  distinctive  names.  Unfor¬ 
tunately,  these  colour  distinctions  are  not  stable  in  the 
herbarium,  so  it  is  to  he  feared  that  after  a  time  all  dried 
specimens  of  such  varieties  must  come  down  to  plain 
P.  Rhoeas.  — J.W.W. 
P.  [. Rhoeas  L.,  var.] .  Seaford,  E.  Sussex,  v.c.  14,  June 
80,  1914.— R.  S.  Standen.  No  var.  of  Rhoeas,  but  P. 
hybridum  L. — J.W.W.  Very  characteristic  P.  hybridum 
L. — E.S.M. 
P.  Lecoqii  Lamotte.  (1)  Margins  of  cultivated 
ground,  Charlton,  Hitchin,  Herts.,  v.c.  20,  July  20,  1914. 
— J.  E.  Lifctle.  No  doubt  right. — E.F.L.  (2)  Border  of 
field,  Filton,  W.  Glos.,  v.c.  84,  Jiine~20,  1914.— Ida  M. 
Roper.  An  excellent  characteristic  specimen.— J.W.W. 
This  differs  considerably  from  my  specimens  of  P.  Lecoqii 
in  habit,  foliage,  and  capsule.  Is  it  not  P.  collinum 
Bogenh.? — E.S.M.  The  capsule,  which  broadens  suddenly 
above  the  base,  and  the  stigma  rays,  which  reach  to  the 
edge  of  the  disc,  show  this  to  be  P.  Lecoqii.  The  habit 
and  foliage  are  quite  normal  in  my  specimen.  P.  collinum 
is  very  pubescent,  with  short  stigmatic  rays  and  nearly 
simply  pinnate  leaves. — A.J.W. 
Fumaria  occidentals  Pugsley.  Garden  weed,  New¬ 
quay,  W.  Cornwall,  v.c.  1,  June  18,  1912.— J.  W.  White. 
Yes.— H.W.P. 
F.  Vaillantii  Lois.  ?  Waste  heap,  near  Offiey  Grange, 
Hitchin,  Herts.,  v.c.  20,  Aug.  1,  1914.  (A)  The  smaller 
