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form,  I  believe.  The  seeds  appear  to  be  well-formed,  only 
immature.  Hybrid  thistles  are  usually  sterile. — E.F.L. 
C.  arvensis  Hoffm.,  var.  vestitus  Koch.  Station  yard, 
Portishead,  N.  Somerset,  v.c.  6,  July  14,  1914. — Ida  M. 
Roper.  Probably  the  plant  Koch  had  in  view  when  he 
reduced  Cirsium  argenteum  Vest,  to  a  variety  as  C. 
arvense  8  vestitum ,  describing  it  “/oZ.  subtus  niveo- 
tomentosis .”  (“  Syn.  FI.  Germ,  et  Helv.”,  ed.  2,  457)-— 
E.F.L.  Tbis  has  the  general  facies  of  the  variety  or 
subspecies  C.  setosns  Besser,  together  with  the  ashy- white 
pubescence  which  is  found  in  C.  arvensis ,  var.  vestitus. — 
E.S.M. 
C.  arvensis  Hoffm.,  var.  Waste,  near  M.  Ry.  Goods 
Yard,  Hitchin,  Herts.,  v.c.  20,  Sept.  24,  1914.  The  same 
plant,  I  believe,  has  occurred  in  two  other  localities  near 
Hitchin,  in  which  however  I  was  unable  to  get  it  in  flower 
and  fruit.  It  may  correspond  to  the  plant  sent  by  Mr. 
J.  Cryer  to  the  B.E.C.  1911  (Report,  p.  99).  In  this  plant 
(intermixed  with  typical  C.  arvensis)  the  upper  leaves  are 
entire:  the  lowTer  irregularly  sinuate-lobed :  both  with 
setose  margins. — J.  E.  Little.  This  is  var.  setosus  (Bess.). 
-E.F.L. 
Centaurea  melitensis  L.  St.  Leonards-on-Sea,  E. 
Sussex,  v.c.  14,  Julv  18,  1914. — A.  G.  Gregor.  Correct. 
— A.J.W. 
Crepis  fcetidd  L.  Waste  ground,  Newhaven,  E. 
Sussex,  v.c.  14,  June  28,  1914.— R.  S.  Standen.  Yes. — 
C.E.S. 
Hieracium  Auricula  L.  (Ref.  No.  2832).  Root  from 
a  pasture,  remote  from  houses,  Keevil,  S.  Wilts.,  v.c.  8. 
Cult,  garden,  West  Monkton,  May  27,  1914.  Styles 
yellow. — E.  S.  Marshall. 
H.  holosericeum  Backh.  (D  Ben  Chaluim,  Mid 
Perth,  v.c.  88  (at  2000  to  2200  feet),  July  20,  1914  ;  (2) 
Ben  an  Socaich,  Glen  Spean,  W.  Inverness,  v.c.  97,  on 
granite  (at  2200  to  2500  feet),  July  24,  1914.  Styles 
yellow.  Ligule-tips  very  pilose.  Foliage  deep  green. — 
E.  S.  Marshall.  I  agree. — E.F.L. 
H.  lima  F.  J.  Hanb.  (Ref.  No.  3969).  Cheddar 
Gorge,  N.  Somerset,  v.c.  6,  May  30,  1914.  Styles  yellow ; 
