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Care x arenaria L. Sandy heathland, Coates Common, 
W. Sussex, June 25, 1933. One of the few inland Sussex 
stations for this usually maritime sedge.- — E. C. Wallace. 
I agree. It is a pity no bit of the rhizome was collected. — 
J. Fraser. 
Carex atrata L. Rock ledges, Cam Chreag, near Killin, 
Mid-Perth, v.c. 88, Aug. 1, 1933. — E. C. Wallace. 
Carex sp. By Hedge Court Mill-Pond, Surrey. [Ref. E.18], 
July 12, 1933. This plant recalls C. Hudsonii in the caespitose 
habit, shiny lower leaf sheathes, and the frequency with which 
small male spikes occur at the extremities of the female spike- 
lets and with which more than one wholly male spike occurs. 
It is intermediate between Hudsonii and typical Goodenoiuii 
both in the size of the plants and the size of the spikelets ; 
while the nuts, though larger, do not exhibit the venation of 
the last mentioned species. They occurred in very wet ground, 
normally partially submerged, on the margin of the pond 
associated with C. vesicaria and forms of Goodenoivii. The 
present gathering matches plants collected by W. H. Beeby 
in 1885 and 1886, and apparently not gathered since, a note 
on which appears in Rep. B.E.C. 1895, p. 498, where the name 
C. turfosa Fries is suggested. There are four sheets from 
Beeby ’s collection in the Herb. S. Lond. Bot. Inst, dated 
June 21, 1886, July 11, 1886, and two dated Sept. 12, 1886, 
and the original notes from the referees mentioned in the 
above note are attached. Fryer suggested that the plants - 
came under C. stricta Good, on account of the resemblance to 
a plant gathered by him near Welches Dam, Cambs., which, 
however, is not identical. Almquist’s note suggests caution, 
especially as he remarks on the absence of the fibrillae, and he 
suggested the name “ var. turfosa (Fries p.p.) Almq.” — not 
C. turfosa Fries as has crept into our catalogues. Arthur 
Bennett, with knowledge of the previous determinations, said 
he “ did not see how to name them otherwise ” than C. turfosa 
Fries “ using the name in the same sense as Andersson.” 
That this name cannot be satisfactorily applied is evident, 
as that plant has glumes almost as long as the nuts (illustrated 
by Andersson, Slcand. Cyper. fig. 58), whereas Beeby’s plants 
have glumes falling far short of the nuts as in Goodenoivii. 
Moreover C. turfosa Fr. is accepted by the best Continental 
authorities as the hybrid between C. Hudsonii and Goodenoivii, 
and the former parent does not occur anywhere near Hedge 
