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G. Mollugo x verum (var. or hybrid ochroleucum Syme non 
Kit.) = G. vero-mollugo Wallr. (1) Near the supposed parents at 
Beggar’s Bush Lane, Failand, N. Somerset, v.c. 6, July 21, 1917. 
(See “FI. of Bristol,” p. 356).— H. S. Thompson. Yes; nearer 
to G. Mollugo. — E.S.M. ( 2 ) Hayling Island, Hants., v.c. 11, 
July 2, 1917. — R. J. Burdon. A small form of the hybrid, on 
the verum side. — E.S.M. One hesitates to criticize the naming of 
a hybrid, as the gatherer always has the better opportunity of 
arriving at the truth, but the examples on my sheet look far 
nearer verum in habit, foliage and panicle than anything else. 
There is no note as to colour of flowers, and even if these were 
pale, one must not forget that there is a var. ochroleucum Fries, of 
verum, besides the hybrid ! — C.E.S. 
Achillea Millefolium L., [var. lanata Koch]. (Ref. No. 288). 
Edge of cornfield, Countisbury Common (1000 ft.), N. Devon, 
v.c. 4, Sept. 8, 1917. — W. C. Barton. Not var. villosum Hart- 
man (an older name). That is a dwarfer, stouter, woolly form, 
which I have only seen from the extreme north of Scotland. 
Hr. Barton’s specimens are not separable from the type. — 
EE.S.M. 
Carduus crispus L., var. polyanthemos (Koch). Bank of Avon, 
^Saltford, N. Somerset, v.c. 6, Aug. 6, 1917. — Ida M. Roper. In 
iiis second and best edition of the “Synopsis” (1844), pp. 459, 
160, Koch gives this — as a species— under the name C. multiflorus 
Taudin = C. polyanthemos Schleicher, exs., Tenore, “ Sylloge.” It 
s the C. crispus L., /3. multiflorus DC., “Prodromus,” IV. 624 
1837). Koch describes it as having the leaves villous or arach- 
i mid, woolly beneath, deeply pinnatifid ; the pinnae ovate, sub- 
jalmate-trifid and dentate, ciliate-spinose, the lobes and teeth 
rnding in a stronger spine; heads ovate, 3 to 5 in a cluster; 
jeduucles short, curly (crispatis), spinous ; achenes very finely 
triate longitudinally. With this Miss Roper’s specimen agrees 
ather well (the seed-striation is evident). Koch remarks that 
he Linnean description of C. polyanthemos (“ Mantissa,” p. 109) 
ts the species remarkably; but he rejects the name in favour of 
J-audin’s, as having become ambiguous. Rouy’s C. crispus, fl.poly- 
ntliemos, which he says ( l.c . IX. 78) is not the Linnean plant, and 
escribes as having the leaves “vertes sur les deux faces,” must 
e something else. — E.S.M. 
Cirsium palustrc Scop., var. ferox Druce (ipso teste). (Ref. 
To. 296). Countisbury, N. Devon, v.c. 4, Sept. 14, 1917. — 
V. C. Barton. Very striking; analogous to C. arvense Scop., 
