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over, Hitchin, Herts., Sept., Oct., Nov., 1930. — J. E. Little. 
Yes, these are contempta ; those spreading widely from the 
base are var. patula , which differs from the typical form in 
this character alone. — E. Drabble. 
Viola contempta Jord. [910]. Stubble, near Nine Springs, 
Great Wymondley, Herts., Oct. and Nov., 1930. — J. E. 
Little. Yes ; the spreading plants are var. patula. — E. 
Drabble. 
Viola Curtisii Forster. Very abundant and wide-spread 
along the S.W. coast of Anglesey. Flower colour varying 
from deep blue to pale yellow. Aberffraw Common, Anglesey, 
June 19, 1931. [C201]. — J. E. Lousley. Yes, the yellow- 
flowered plants are f. Fosteri, the parti-coloured or blue- 
flowered ones are f. Pesneaui. — E. Drabble. 
Viola Curtisii Forst. f. Pesneaui (Lloyd and Fouc.) Drabble. 
Drigg sandhills, Cumberland, July 31, 1931. Named by 
Mr. W. H. Pearsall. It formed large patches making the 
ground cpiite blue. Mr. Pearsall tells me it is common in 
similar situations on the north-west coasts, so I should 
apologise for sending it. — A. H. Wolley-Dod. Yes ; such 
excellent and complete specimens need no apology. — E. 
Drabble. 
Silene Otites Wibel. Gravel pit, Chippenham, Cambs., 
July 15, 1905. — G. Goode. 
Silene nutans L. (1) Limestone rocks and old walls at 
Stony Middleton, near Calver, Derbyshire, June 27, 1931. — 
J. W. Carr. (2) Limestone bank on road ascending from 
Miller’s Dale to Raven’s Tor, near Buxton, Derbyshire, June 
21, 1931. — J. W. Carr. I suppose C. E. Salmon would have 
called these S. dubia Herbich. It is certainly very different 
from the S. nutans of Nottingham Castle rock (Bunter Sand- 
stone) whence it, i.e. nutans, was first recorded (by Ray) as a 
British plant. The Nottingham plant was named by C. E. 
Moss (in Ca/mb. Brit. Flora) S. nutans var. Smithiana. This 
in Druce’s List is given as a synonym of S. nutans var. dubia , 
which it certainly is not ! The Derbyshire “ S. nutans ” seems 
to be strictly confined to the Carboniferous Limestone, and is 
very local, but often abundant where it occurs. The Notting- 
ham plant grows on a dry sandstone. — J. W. Carr. 
The Miller’s Dale plant : A form of S. nutans L. with nearly 
