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plants  the  number  of  stamens  varies  from  3 — 10,  and  the 
capsule,  though  mostly  exceeding,  occasionally  only  equals 
the  calyx.  In  habit  these  plants  are  not  nearly  so  robust 
or  so  much  branched  as  the  other  sets  from  cultivated 
land  now  distributed.  The  proportion  of  slightly  glandular 
plants  is  in  this  case  much  larger,  about  40 — 50%. — J.  E. 
Little. 
A.  tenuifolici  L.,  [var.  laxa  (Jord.)] .  (1 )  Derelict  sandy 
land,  near  Cockley  Cley,  W.  Norfolk,  v.c.  28,  June  23,  1914. 
Glandular  plants.  About  10%  of  these  plants  have 
glandular  hairs  on  the  base  of  the  sepals,  and  often  on 
the  leaves.  Otherwise  they  do  not  differ  from  the 
eglandular  plants. —  J.  E.  Little.  Here  glabrous  and  more 
or  less  glandular  sepals  occur  in  the  same  inflorescence. 
According  to  Rouy  &  Foucaud,  var.  laxa  Willkomm  ( A . 
laxa  Jord.)  should  have  very  spreading  pedicels  and 
panicle-branches;  this  plant  does  not  agree. — E.S.M. 
(2)  Cultivated  ground,  near  Devil’s  Dyke,  2  miles  N.N.W. 
of  Beechamwell,  W.  Norfolk,  v.c.  28,  June  23,  1914. 
Eglandular  plants. — J.  E.  Little.  I  should  not  separate 
these  from  type.  The  occasional  presence  of  glands  is 
hardly  enough  for  varietal  distinction.  —  E.S.M.  (3) 
Cultivated  ground,  Hexton  Road,  near  High  Down, 
Hitchin,  Herts.,  v.c.  20,  Aug.  3,  1914.  Eglandular  plants. 
— J.  E.  Little.  Sepals  glabrous  or  slightly  glandular. 
Not  separable  from  type,  I  believe. — E.S.M. 
Sagina  apetala  Ard.  (1)  “  Crofton,”  Hitchin,  Herts., 
v.c.  20,  Aug.  3,  1912.  Pubescence  of  stem  eglandular, 
calyx  and  peduncle  glabrous. — J.  E.  Little.  A  form  of 
S.  apetala  with  few  glands. — E.S.M.  (2)  “Crofton,” 
Hitchin,  Herts.,  v.c.  20,  June  8,  1913.  Eglandular  pube¬ 
scence  on  stem,  glandular  on  calyx  and  peduncle.  Habit 
closely  prostrate,  branches  arched  back.  Capsule  exceed¬ 
ing  the  calyx. — J.  E.  Little.  Apparently  decumbent  ;  S. 
apetala  Ard.,  var.  prostrata  Gibs.,  I  believe. — E.S.M.  (3) 
On  cult,  ground  at  “  Crofton,”  Hitchin,  Herts.,  v.c.  20, 
Aug.  3,  1912.  Glandular  hairs  on  calyx,  peduncle  and 
stem.  Plant  ascending  rather  than  closely  prostrate. — 
J.  E.  Little.  S.  apetala ,  var.  prostrata ,  I  believe.  The 
quantity  of  glands  normally  varies  much  in  this  species. 
—E.S.M. 
