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H. canticinum F. J. Hanb. ; one apparently a strong plant of 
H. surrejanum F. J. Hanb. ; one a form of //. rigidum Hartm. ; 
and one a member of the sciaphilum group. — H. W. Pugsley. 
Lactuca virosa L. (1) Waste ground, Portishead, N. 
Somerset, Sept. 9, 1930. (2) Clay pit, Barnwell, Cambridge, 
Aug. 19, 1930. — H. S. Thompson. Correct. It is the form 
with the achenes hispidulous at the apex. — J. Fraser. Coste 
(FI. de France, II, 430) summarises thus the differences 
between L. Scariola and L. virosa : — (1) Feuilles la plupart 
deviees obliquement a leur base ; achaines gris, hispides au 
sommet : L. Scariola. (2) Feuilles etalees ; achaines noirs 
lisses ou un peu hispidules au sommet : L. virosa. 
The achenes of Mr. Thompson’s Portishead plant are of a 
rather dark grey. . . . They are also slightly narrower than 
those of virosa. In hair-clothing they correspond well with 
Coste’s “ munis de cils courts au sommet,” for L. Scariola. 
He adds : — “ Varie a feuilles oblongues obovales ou spatulees 
indivisees, a bord denticules tout autour, L. dubia Jord.” 
I suggest L. Scariola L. var. dubia (Jord.) as covering the 
form with entire leaves, and grey achenes hispid at the tip. — 
J. E. Little. 
Sonchus palustris Linn. Newhythe, near Aylesford, West 
Kent, Aug. 24, 1930. [Ref. B 24], Forming great thickets 
taller than a man, in the utmost abundance. Most of these 
specimens had already been cut by men clearing the Medway 
banks. — J. E. Lousley. Yes. — E. Drabble. Yes ; I saw it 
there in 1919. — J. Fraser. 
Tragopogon pratense Linn. Roadside, near High Ongar, 
S. Essex, July 27, 1930. [Ref. B 45]. A condition in which 
the florets appear to have grown out into capitula. I can 
find no trace of galls, but fancy that a fungus is responsible 
for the monstrosity. — J. E. Lousley. A great curiosity. I 
think the development is due to a mite rather than a fungus. 
Other examples are Hen-and-Chickens Daisy, garden varieties 
of Helenium autumnale, and Calendula officinalis. In the 
latter the monstrosity is reproduced by seeds. — J. Fraser. 
An extreme form of phyllody of the floral organs. The 
pappus is replaced by linear foliaceous lobes, and the recep- 
tacle elongated to bear another capitulum. A teratological 
monstrosity not due to a fungus or gall, — I, M. Roper, 
