557 
C.flava  L.,  var.  lepidocarpa  (Tausch).  Ongbton  Head 
Common,  Hitchin,  Herts.,  v.c.  20,  June  23,  1915. — H.  C. 
Littlebury.  Yes,  G.  lepidocarpa  Tausch  ;  but  the  heads 
-are  smothered  in  mould. — B.S.M.  I  believe  this  is  what 
British  botanists  name  lepidocarpa,  but  I  have  not  seen  a 
type  specimen  of  Tausch’s  plant,  and  his  description  does 
not  quite  agree.— A. B. 
C.  CEderi  Retz.,  var.  cyperoides  Marss.  (  =  C.  chry sites 
Link).  Shapwick  Peat  Moor,  N.  Somerset,  v.c.  6,  July  3, 
1915. — H.  S.  Thompson.  C.  chrysites  Link  is  merely  a 
“  nomen  nudum.”  1  think  this  is  what  Marsson  describes 
in  his  “  FI.  Vorpommen  und  Riigens.” — A.B. 
C.  lasiocarpa  Ehrh.  (=  C.  filiformis  L.).  Ashcott 
Peat  Moor,  N.  Somerset,  v.c.  6,  July  8,  1915.  (See  “  Jl. 
Bot.,”  Oct.  1915).— H.  S.  Thompson. 
C.  hirta  L.,  var.  spinosa  Mort.  Boggy  field,  Wraxall, 
N.  Wilts.,  v.c.  7,  June  7,  1915.— Ida  M.  Roper.  Correct.— 
E.S.M.  Rightly  named,  I  believe. — C.E.S. 
0.  acutifovmis  Ehrh.,  var.  Kochiana  (DC.)  •  (  =  C. 
spadicea  Roth).  Marsh  between  Cheddar  and  Draycott, 
N.  Somerset,  v.c.  6,  May  19,  1897.  Glumes  of  fertile  spikes 
with  a  long,  rough  beak.  This  character  is  best  observed 
in  the  less  mature  specimens,  as,  when  ripe,  the  glume  is 
brittle.  The  glumes  of  barren  spikes  differ  also  from 
those  in  type  paludosa,  being  very  generally  cuspidate 
with  beaks.— J.  W.  White. 
C.  riparia  Curt.,  forma.  Bank  of  Frome,  Iron  Acton, 
W.  Glos.,  v.c.  34,  May  26,  1915.  Many  of  the  spikes  are 
bifid  or  forked.— Ida  M.  Roper.  Abnormal,  but  not  a 
variety. — E.S.M.  A  luxuriant  specimen  with  the  lowest 
spike  slightly  branched. — E.F.L. 
Phalaris  anmdinacea  L.,  var.  picta  L.  (Ref.  No. 
4149).  Marsh  at  Lower  Dounreay,  east  of  Reav,  Caithness, 
v.c.  109  ;  with  the  type,  in  plenty,  July  24,  1915.  Besides 
the  variegated  foliage,  it  seemed  to  differ  constantly  in 
the  amethystine  hue  of  tbe  flowers,  in  this  locality.— 
Edward  S.  Marshall. 
