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specimens  from  Limestone  rocks  at  Goblin  Combe  and 
Warren  above,  (?  800—700  ft.),  N.  Somerset,  v.c.  6,  May  24, 
1915. — H.  S.  Thompson. 
Ononis  repens  L.,  var.  horrida  Lange.  (Ref.  No.  4169). 
Coast,  near  Steart,  S.  Somerset,  v.c.  5,  Sept.  25,  1915. 
Mostly  prostrate. — E.  S.  Marshall. 
Medicago  lupulina  L.,  var.  eriocarpa  Rouy.  (Ref. 
No.  188).  Barmouth,  Merionethsh.,  v.c.  48,  Aug.  14,  1915. 
Rouy  states  that  the  type  has  a  glabrous  legume  and 
describes  his  var.  eriocarpa  “  Legume  pubescent  on  velu  : 
plante  ordinairement  fortement  pubescent-soyeuse.”  The 
common  English  plant  of  the  chalk  downs  has  somewhat 
hairy  pods,  though  the  hairs  tend  to  disappear  as  the 
fruit  ripens ;  but  it  is  scarcely  “  pubescent-soyeuse.” 
Syme  gives  “pod  glabrous  or  slightly  pubescent.”  Mr.Druce, 
in  the  “  Handbook  ”  gives  “  c.  scabra  Gray,  pod  rough  with 
simple  hairs”;  but  Gray  described  var.  scabra,  “  Legumen 
.  .  .  rough  with  many  tubercles,”  and  I  find  no  tubercles 
on  these  pods.  A  more  hairy  plant  was  growing  on  the 
stonework  of  Carnarvon  Castle.  I  found  var.  Willdenowii 
Boem.  (non  Merat)  =  Rouy’s  sub-var.  glandulosa  Neilr., 
at  Barmouth,  with  glandular  hairs  on  stem,  leaves  and 
petioles.  (See  B.E.C.  Report,  1910,  p.  552). — W.  C.  Barton. 
I  agree  that  this  comes  under  the  sub-var.  e?docarpa  of 
Rouy. — C.E.S.  A  very  slight  “  variety.”  Koch  says,  of 
his  a.  vulgaris,  “  leguminibus  glabris  vel  adpresse  pubes- 
centibus  ” ;  which  would  include  the  present  plant. — 
E.S.M. 
Trifolium  arvense  L.,  var.  strictius  Koch.  Quarry  rubble, 
Hanham,  W.  Glos.,  v.c.  34,  Sept.  10,  1915. — Ida  M.  Roper. 
This  agrees  very  well  with  Koch’s  description  (“Synopsis,” 
ed.  2,  I.  188) : — -“  caulis  gracilior,  minus  flexuosus,  rami 
angulis  acutioribus  egredientes,  stipulae  inferiores  angus- 
tiores,  parte  libera  angustiore,calycesque  triente  longiores.” 
He  gives  a  reference  to  “  Deutschlands  Flora,”  V.,  270; 
so  the  authority  should  be  Mertens  &  Koch.  T.  Brittingeri 
Weitenweber  (T.  gracile,  “  FI.  Germ.  Exsicc.”,  non 
Thuill.)  is  added  as  a  synonym. — E.S.M.  This  has  the 
habit,  the  longer  free  portion  of  stipule,  etc.,  that  Koch 
ascribes  to  his  variety.  It  also  seems  to  agree  with 
Rouy’s  description  of  T.  Brittingeri  Weitenw. — C.E.S. 
