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distinct  areas,  both  in  Herts,  and  Beds.  But  for  a  good 
many  years  previously  I  had  seen  none.  This  year, 
1914,  I  have  seen  none  in  places  where  last  year  it  was 
abundant _ J.  E.  Little. 
Matricaria  inodora  L.,  var.  [maritima  ?] .  West  of 
Chidham,  Wr.  Sussex,  v.c.  13,  Oct.  2,  1914.  This  is  var. 
salina  Bab. ;  common  on  the  south  coast — E.S.M.  & 
E.F.L. 
M.  - ?  Mill-yard,  Portishead,  N.  Somerset,  v.c. 
6,  July  14,  1914. — Ida  M.  Roper.  This  is  apparently  M. 
disciformis  DC.  (next  to  M.  suaveolens). — A.J.W. 
M.  Chamomilla  L.  St.  Ippolyts,  Hitchin,  Herts.,  v.c. 
20,  Sept.  17,  1914.  Though  common  in  the  lower  valley 
of  the  Lea,  M.  Chamomilla  is  very  scarce  in  N.  Herts. 
Pryor’s  “Flora  of  Herts.”  has  no  records  for  the  Ivel 
basin,  in  which  St.  Ippolyts  lies.  Abbot  (“  Flora  Bed- 
fordiensis,”  1798)  speaks  of  it  as  common.  So  far  as  the 
parts  of  Beds,  adjoining  Herts,  are  concerned  I  have  not 
yet  found  it,  though  it  may  occur  on  the  light  lands  of 
the  greensand.  M.  inodora  is,  in  S.  Beds.,  as  with  us,  a 
universal  weed,  though  not  recorded  by  Abbot.  Is  it 
possible  that  he  did  not  distinguish  them  ?  Or  has  some 
change  in  their  distribution  taken  place  J.  E.  Little. 
Ambrosia  art  emisice folia  L.  St.  Leonards-on-Sea, 
E.  Sussex,  v.c.  14,  Aug.  1,  1914.— A.  G.  Gregor.  Correct. 
— A.J.W. 
A.  trifida  L.  St.  Leonards-on-Sea,  E.  Sussex,  v.c.  14, 
Aug.  21,  1914.— A.  G.  Gregor.  Correct.— A.J.W. 
Arctium  [nemorosum  Lej.] .  Bank  of  canal,  Midford, 
N.  Somerset,  v.c.  6,  July  27,  1914. — Ida  M.  Roper.  I 
should  call  'this  A.  minus  Bernh. — E.F.L. 
Gnicus  acaulis  Willd.,  hybrid?  Rough  field,  Failand, 
N.  Somerset,  v.c.  6,  Aug.  19,  1914. — Ida  M.  Roper.  This, 
allowing  for  the  difference  of  date,  comes  very  close  to  a 
plant  found  near  St.  Arvan’s,  Monmouth,  v.c.  35,  on  July 
24,  1903,  by  Mr.  W.  A.  Shoolbred  and  myself.  I  have 
little  doubt  that  both  are  C.  acaulis  x  arvensis.  Note 
the  intermediate  foliage,  etc.,  and  the  short  spines  at  the 
tip  of  many  of  the  phyllaries. — E.S.M.  The  caulescent 
