541 
G.  Vaillantii  DC.  (Ref.  No.  4189).  Among  crops, 
near  Ashcott  Station,  N.  Somerset,  v.c.  6,  Ang.  19,  1915. 
1  send  a  few  sheets,  gathered  five  weeks  earlier  than  those 
contributed  before.  Doubt  was  then  expressed  as  to  the 
name,  the  fruit  being  bristly ;  but  De  Candolle,  (“  Pro- 
dromus,”  IV.,  p.  608),  says: — “fructibus  ...  setis  apice 
uncinatis  paucis  subliispidis,”  G.  spurium,  L.  being  there 
described  as  “fructu  glabro  sublaevi.” — Edward  S.  Marshall. 
These  specimens  of  Somerset  G.  Vaillantii  are  much  less 
branched  in  fruit  than  the  original  specimens  of  Mr. 
Gibson  from  Saffron  Walden,  Essex.  Certain iy  not  G. 
spurium. — A.B.  In  Rouy  &  Foucaud’s  “  FI.  de  France,” 
VIII.,  49,  this  is  placed  as  a  var.  under  G.  spurium  L.  ; 
the  species  is  described  as  having  fruit  glabrous,  and  yar. 
Vaillantii  as  having  “fruits  hispides,  a  poils  non  oncines.” 
I  agree  with  Mr.  Marshall’s  naming. — E.F.L. 
Asperula  arvensis  L,  Waste  ground,  Brislington,  N. 
Somerset,  v.c.  6,  May  22,  1915. — Ida  M.  Roper. 
Filago  apiculata  G.  E.  Smith.  Near  Shefford,  Beds., 
v.c.  80,  Aug.  2,  1915. — H.  C.  Littlebury. 
F.  gallica  L.  In  some  quantity  in  a  sandy  field  three 
or  four  miles  from  Colchester,  Essex,  v.c.  18,  Jul}T  26,  1886, 
— Coll.  E.  F.  Linton  and  W.  R.  Linton.  Comm.  E.  F. 
Linton. 
Senecio  vulgaris  L.,  var.  prcecox  forma.  (Ref.  Nos. 
S.  18  and  14).  Kibworth,  Leics.,  v.c.  55,  Dec*.  10,  1915. — 
Coll.  Miss  M.  E.  Whitton.  Mr.  A.  H.  Trow  remarks : — 
“  Good  examples  of  a  form  of  prcecox .” — A.  R.  Horwood. 
S.  vulgaris  L.,  f.  rubricaulis  Trow.  (Ref.  No.  S.  17). 
Kibw^orth,  Leics.,  v.c.  55,  Dec.  10,  1915. — Coll.  Miss  M.  E. 
Whitton.  Mr.  A.  H.  Trow  remarks: — “Yes,  rubricaulis  is 
clearly  present  in  this  lot,  and  often  fairly  typical.”  I 
have  eliminated  the  less  typical  plants. — A.  R.  Horwood. 
Carduus  crispus  L.,  var.  acanthoidcs  (L.).  Quarry 
ground,  Twerton-on-Avon,  N.  Somerset,  v.c.  6,  June  22, 
1915. — Ida  M.  Roper.  A  weak  specimen  and  young  for 
certain  determination,  but  I  think  rightly  named.—  E.F.L. 
