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Sisymbrium officinale- Scop.. var. leiocarpum DC. W iV' ground 
and roadside, Freshwater, I. of Wight, v.c. 10, Aug 1916. 
Not recorded for I. of Wight in Townsend’s ‘‘FI. Hants.'’. >04. 
The plant differs from type by the more bushy growth, in audi- 
tion to the characters mentioned in B.E.C. Report, 1913, p. 4ol. 
— W. C. Barton. 
Brassica Rapa L., ? var, Briggsii Wats. Gravelly field by shore, 
Warren point, Co. Down, July 1916. — C. H. Waddell. I cannot 
trace a . proper description of var Bnggsii. The distinguishing 
character given by Watson for Briggs’ plant is : basal leav es dark 
green, not glaucous, but that was only to distinguish it from the 
Thames-side plant. The specimen sent has no basal leaves, the 
others seem quite glaucous. — A.J.W. 
Reseda alba L. Waste ground, cliffs, Bournemouth, S. Hants., 
v.c. 11, Aug. 8, 1916.— H C. Littlebury. I am doubtful if our 
Reseda alba is identical with the very fleshy and more shrubby 
R. suffrutictidosa L. of Mediterranean sands, as generally supposed. 
Even on the Bristol Channel, where it is naturalised near the sea, 
x have not seen quite similar plants to those in the south, where 
it is native. J. D. Hooker followed Bentham in taking the name 
of alba for the British plant, “ which most authors agree in con- 
s faring the same with fruticv.losa and saffruticidosa.” — H.S.T. 
Edianthemvym Chamcecistus x polifolmm. Piirn Hill, Bleadon, 
N. Somerset, v.c 6, May 20 and 23, 1916. With the parents. 
First discovered by the present contributor in July 1688, since 
when it, anc! polifolmm , have greatly extended in range. See 
“Gard. Cbron.” Nov. 11, 1916. — H. S. Thompson. 
Viola odorata L., f. prat cox Greg. Tickenham Hill, N. Somer- 
set, v.c. 6, Jan. 12 and July 6, 1916. — Ida M. Roper. Correct 
— E.S.G. 
V odw'ato \ L., forma imberbis Greg. { V. irriberbis Leight.) Hilly 
pasture. Compton Dando, N. Somerset, v.c. 0. ipr. 3 and July 6, 
1916. — Ida M. Roper. Correct. — E.S.G. 
V. arvensis Murr., ?var. cantiana (Drabble). Cornfield near 
Ashurst, Kent, v.c. 16, May 28, 1916. — E. B. Bishop Yes, 
■’intiana ; very interesting, as this is decidedly a rare plant. I 
only have it from Sevenoaks and Cirencester. — E.D. 
V. arvensis Murr., ? var. agrestis (Jord.). Near High W^ycombe, 
Bucks., v.c. 24, Sept. 17, 1916.— Coll. L. J. Treinayne. C< nm. 
E. B. Bishop. This seems to be V. ino'dic-ola Jord. — E.D. 
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