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not do for De Candolle’s variety which is described in his 
Prodromus II. p. 4, as having a pale fruit and both seeds and 
aril white. — A. E. Wade. 
Vicia bithynica L. var. angustifolia Syme. Near Exmouth, 
S. Devon, June 23, 1933. Growing with the type, but more 
abundantly. — H. S. Thompson. Yes ; the narrow-leaved 
form of the species, which resembles a Lathyrus. — J. Fraser. 
Rubus opacus sub-sp. nobilissimus Watson ? Flowers pink, 
Sharpham Moor Plot, N. Somerset, v.c. 6, June 15, 1933. — 
H. S. Thompson. Yes. — Wm. Watson. I regret I did not 
find time to gather more of this, which is frequent in that 
district. — H. S. T. 
Rubus . Leonard Stanley, Gloucestershire, July 8, 
1933. — R. J. Burdon. This is R. caesius x ulmifolius . — 
Wm. Watson. 
Sorbus pinnatifida Ehrh. ( scandica Fries) ? Bank of 
R. Avon, below Leigh Woods, N. Somerset, June 3, and 
July 20, 1933. — H. S. Thompson. Yes ; S. scandica Fr. 
(S. intermedia Ehrh.) readily separable from S. Mougeoti var. 
anglica Hedlund by its yellowish tomentum. A doubtful 
native in Britain, and usualty planted or bird-sown. — H. W. 
Pugsley. 
Sorbus decipiens Bechst. Border of Leigh Woods, N. 
Somerset, Aug. 6, 1933. From the tree (now layered) visited 
by three London botanists, June 3, 1932. (Formerly known 
as “ latifolia ”). — H. S. Thompson. 
Hippuris vulgaris L. with flaccid leaves and seedling plants. 
Barrow Gurney (middle) Reservoir, N. Somerset, Oct. 6, 
1933. From the dried up area. — H. S. Thompson. 
M yriophyllum verticillatum L. [Ref. 1765], Marsh ditches 
near Lewes, E. Sussex, v.c. 14, Aug. 27, 1933. Fruiting spike 
with very long leaf-like bracts, raised well above the water. 
— E. C. Wallace. The typical form of the species with long 
floral bracts, which are well furnished with fruit. — J. Eraser. 
M yriophyllum spicatum L. Barrow Gurney (middle) 
Reservoir, N. Somerset, Oct. 6, 1933.— H. S. Thompson, 
^es. E. C. Wallace. Jhe sheet sent me shows no flowering 
spikes and without these it is impossible to give a stable 
determination. Little dependence can be placed upon the 
number of leaves in a whorl in the determination of a species. 
