488 
Spergularia  salina  Presl.  (Ref.  No.  60).  Edge  of 
pool,  Lihou  I.,  Guernsey,  Aug.  18,  1912. — W.  0.  Barton. 
Right.— E.S.M. 
S.  salina  Presl.,  var.  neglecta  (Syme).  (1)  Salt- 
marsh,  Keyhaven,  S.  Hants.,  v.c.  11,  Aug.  1914. — J.  Comber. 
Yes.  —  E.S.M.  (2)  Longmere  Point,  Thorney  I.,  W. 
Sussex,  v.c.  13,  Sept.  8,  1914. — R.  S.  Standen.  Plant 
glabrous;  seeds  smooth.  I  should  call  this  type  salina 
(as  generally  understood). — E.S.M. 
S.  rupestris  Lebel,  var.  glabrescens  Lebel  ( fide 
Director  of  Kew).  Calcareous  shore,  Seaford,  E.  Sussex, 
v.c.  14,  July  21,  1914. — R.  S.  Standen.  1  suppose  correct, 
but  a  reduced  state.  —  A.B.  Judging  by  the  pyriform 
seeds  this  seems  to  be  a  form  of  S.  rupestris  Lebel, 
differing  by  being  glabrous.  I  have  no  description  of 
var.  glabrescens  Lebel. — E.F.L.  The  addition  of  Lebel’s 
name  to  var.  glabrescens  is  apparently  erroneous.  No 
doubt  Mr.  Standen  obtained  the  incorrect  abbreviated 
citation  from  the  “  London  Catalogue,”  or  some  other 
publication  which  does  not  pretend  to  be  authoritative  in 
nomenclatorial  matters.  In  any  case,  I  have  failed  to 
find  that  Lebel  ever  used  such  a  name,  although  in  the 
text  of  one  of  his  papers  he  refers  to  this  glabrescent 
form.  The  form  seems  to  be  based  on  a  single  character, 
and  is  what  I  term  a  sub-variety. — C.E.M. 
Portulaca  oleracea  L.  In  the  damp  sandy  ground  of 
Mr.  Pritchard’s  Nursery  Garden,  Christchurch,  S.  Hants., 
v.c.  11,  July  30,  1914,  where  it  has  occurred  for  a  few 
years  past.  Dr.  C.  E.  Moss  tells  me  it  is  quite  a  feature 
in  fields  in  parts  of  Jersey,  and  very  widely  distributed 
in  warm  temperate  countries. — E.  F.  Linton. 
Clay tonia  per foliata  Donn.  S.W.  corner  of  Herrings- 
well  Heath,  W.  Suffolk,  v.c.  26,  May  11,  1912.  This  plant 
was  also  found  in  Herts.  (Fells’  Nurseries,  Hitchin,  May 
14,  1913),  but  only  one  plant — a  casual.  Dr.  B.  J.  Jackson, 
in  “  Flora  of  Herts.,”  merely  remarks  that  it  was  “  said  to 
have  been  found  in  Herts.”  In  Bedfordshire  it  was 
abundant  along  the  road  from  Maulden  to  Amp  thill,  April 
25,  1914.  Abbot  (“FI.  Bedf.”  1798)  has  naturally  no 
mention  of  it,  as,  I  believe,  its  introduction  dates 
considerably  later. — J.  E.  Little. 
