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naming the above I have seen the original description and 
figures of the capsule of gvossa and find that my specimens do 
not agree with it. It does not appear to agree with any form 
of Capsella so far recorded for Britain— A. E. Wade. Dr. 
Almquist does not give this name in his descriptions of the 
English plants (B.E.C. Report, 1920, pp. 191-207). Is 
Mr. Wade’s plant more than a robust form of C. batavorum ? 
—I. M. Roper. This is not C. B.-p. (L.) grossa E. At., which 
is a plant with large silicules (7-8x5 mm.) whereas Mr. 
Wade’s plant has small silicules (5x4). For accurate 
identification examples should be sent to Dr. Almquist.— 
C. E. Britton. 
Capsella Bursa-pastoris Medik. var. trevirorum E. At. 
Waste ground, Cardiff, Glam., v.c. 41, June 14, 1933. A. E. 
Wade. Comm. Dept, of Botany, National Museum of Wales. 
I agree. — C. E. Britton. 
Silene nutans L. Old quarry in Mountain Limestone, 
Llandrillo-yn-Rhos, Colwyn Bay, Denbigh, June 23-28, 1933. 
For comparison with the Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire 
specimens sent previously. — J. W. Carr. Typical S. nutans 
L. — H. W. Pugsley. These fruiting specimens give an 
intimation of the shortness of the carpophore. The leaves 
on one strong specimen are the broadest I have seen in the 
species. — J. Fraser. 
Stellaria aquatica Scop. Dwarf plants with purple blotched 
leaves, growing abundantly with the normal plant on the 
dried mud at Blagdon Reservoir (s. side), Oct. 13, 1933. No 
plants more than about a foot high, and very few had yet 
flowered. Dr. A. H. Campbell finds no sign of fungus attack, 
and regards as very feasible the suggestion of Dr. Nierenstein 
(Bio-Chemist) that the dark purple stains are due to traces of 
tannin in the plant, owing to the presence of iron in the water. 
Succulently brittle when fresh, immediately becoming limp 
in the press and very flaccid, S. aquatica is a most difficult 
plant to dry well. — H. S. Thompson. The purple splashes 
on the leaves are peculiar, and I would not associate them 
with fungi, nor any peculiarity of soil. Similar splashes occur 
constantly on the pods of some varieties of Kidney Beans, 
and different varieties of Scarlet Runners occasionally show 
them on the pods. — J. Fraser. 
