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Cakmagrj&u Meta Trin., va>. Hooka lyme. Damp meado ws, 
Lagan Canal, Lough Neagh, Cu. Armagh, Aug. 7, 1886, (R L. 
Praeger). This interesting plant, considered as endemic even by 
Dr. Haekel, has now been found in England by Mr. Robinson, 
who sent me specimens from a fen at Stow Bede a, V, T . Norfolk, 
v. c. 28 (July 22, 1915). One state of the species occurs 
abundantly at Hickham Fen, about 2£ miles from Stow Bedon. 
Mr. Druce (Secretary’s Kept, Bot. Ex. Club for 1915, p. 287, 
1916), commenting on the Norfolk plant, remarks: “It differs 
somewhat in facies from the plant I gathered near Toom Bridge, 
on Lough Neagh.” This I possess; but the Norfolk plant is 
even more like Hookeri than Dr. Moore’s original specimen 
gathered in 1836, which I also have. The fact is, the species is 
very variable in its flowering parts, and the whole genus in 
Europe wants careful revision, no two authors agreeing as to 
species, hybrids, or varieties. The name and authority also is 
by no means settled, and our plant (in England, Scotland, and 
Ireland) does not agree with Central European or some Scan- 
dinavian specimens. Mr. Druce ( l.c .) also names it Deyevxio 
neglecta , var. Hookeri (Syme) Druce, but I so named it in Wallace’s 
“Island Life,” ed. 2, 363 (1892). The name neglecta comes from 
Ehrhart’s Beit. vi. 187 (1797), but under Arundo. He had pre- 
viously so named it in his “Calamariae exsicc.” No. 113, Dec. 3 
(1786). There are two early records of this species occurring in 
Scotland. The original one “in a marsh called the Wh'to •Mire, 
a mile from Forfar,” Mr. (f. Don, June 1807 (ree “Eng. Bot.” 
(1810), t. 2160). It became extinct there soon after 1813, the 
marl having been dug out of the “Moss.” The second one, 
“Near Rescobie, 4 miles from Forfar,"’ J. Drummond ( see Hooker, 
“Brit. FI.” ed. L 32 (1830), repeated by Hooker & Arnett, 
“Brit. FI.” ed. S' III. (1860), p. 536). — A. Bennett. (See “Two 
varieties of Calamagrostis,” by C E. Salmon in “ JI Bot.” (19 17) 
254). — H.S.T. 
Cynosurus echimtus L. South Inch, Perth, Mid-Perthsh., v.c. 
88, July 27, 1916. Found in plenty, in June 1916, by’ Mr. 
James Menzies, growing i : the above meadow. A section of the 
Army Service Corps were encamped there the previous year, and 
no doubt seeds of this alien had been scattered from ioddei 
supplied to their horses. — W. Barclay. 
Poa praimsis L., var. svbccerulea (Sm.). Sutton Road, South- 
end, S. Essex, v.c. 18, June 1913. — W. R Sherri.). Either this, 
or near it, but in. poor condition. — E.S.M, 
