540 
Heracleum  Sphondy Hum  L.,  var.  a?igus ti folium  Huds. 
Near  DoJgelley,  Merionethsh.,  v.c.  48,  Aug.  9,  1915. — W.  C. 
Barton.  Yes,  the  form  with  narrow  leaf-segments. — 
J.  WAY. 
Sambucus  nigra  L.,  var.  laciniata  Mill.  Earitli 
Bridge,  Hunts.,  v.c.  81,  May  12,  1915. — A.  J.  Crosfield. 
Always  planted,  I  believe,  in  England,  where  it  has  long 
been  known.  In  Johnson’s  edn.  of  Gerard,  p.  1428  (1688) 
there  is  a  good  figure  of  it,  labelled  “  The  Jagged  Elder 
Tree,”  and  the  observation,  “  That  [kind]  with  the  jagged 
leaves  growes  in  my  garden.” — C.E.S. 
Viburnum  Opulus  L.,  var.  flava  mihi  (yellow-fruited 
form).  Narborough  Bog,  Eeics.,  v.c.  55,  Oct.  1915.  The 
original  bushes  at  Narborough  have  been  cut  down,  but 
this  rare  form  has  recently  been  found  in  several  fresh 
stations  there,  and  is  not  likely  to  be  exterminated  as 
seemed  at  one  time.  The  fruit  differs  from  the  type  in 
being  a  rich  golden-yellow.  It  is  somewhat  smaller,  as  are 
the  seeds.  The  leaves  of  this  form  differ  in  the  outline  of 
the  lobes.  It  would  seem  desirable  to  designate  it  by  a 
varietal  name,  var.  flava. — A.  R.  Horwood. 
V.  Opulus  L.  Intermediate  form  (light  red  and  yellow 
fruit).  Narborough  Bog,  Leics.,  v.c.  55,  Oct.  1915.  These 
specimens  show  the  fruit  to  be  not  entirely  red  or  scarlet, 
but  half  red  half  yellow,  or  a  lighter  red,  or  reddish-yellow. 
They  are  distinctly  intermediate,  but  whether  a  hybrid 
between  the  type  and  the  variety,  or  merely  an.  inter¬ 
mediate,  it  is  difficult  to  say. — A.  R.  Horwood. 
Galium  verum  L.,  var.  maritimum  DC.  Sandy  shore, 
Fairbourne,  near  Barmouth,  Merionethsh.,  v.c.  48,  Aug.  4, 
1915. — W.  C.  Barton.  1  agree.  Evidently  synonymous 
with  var.  littorale  Breb. — C.E.S.  This  is,  I  think,  what  has 
been  so  named  in  Britain  ;  but  it  does  not  quite  agree  with 
the  description  in  De  Candolle’s  “  Prodromus,”  IV.,  p.  608 : — 
“caule  demisso  ramosissimo  basi  glabro  apice  villoso,  ovariis 
glabris,”  the  stem  not  being  villous,  upwards.  It  may  be 
the  var.  littorale  Brebisson  ;  but  it  is  probably  a  state, 
due  to  poor  sand  and  exposure,  rather  than  a  real  variety. 
— E.S.M. 
