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Trattinick, “Archiv. d. Gewachskunde,” t. 42 (not 23 as Rouy 
states), gives two figures, “one of the largest and one of the 
smallest plants.” The larger depicts a plant of diam. 9 cm. with 
leaves 2cm. broad and 5-nerved, spikes If — 2cm. long; the 
smaller a plant of diam. 2f cm. with leaves cm. long and 
3-nerved, spikes | — 1 cm. long. My gathering exactly covers 
this range, except that a few are smaller in spike and leaf than his 
smaller figure. According to description and habitat, my smallest 
specimens might come under var. microstachya Wallroth, Sched. 
Crit., “Foliis ovatis depressis minutissimis, scapo ilia subaequante 
brevissimo declinato, spica ovata depauperata ex flosculis 4 — 5 
composita. Planta ex hoc genere minima.” But the specimen 
in Herb. J. Gay at Kew, sent by Wallroth himself, is quite 
different in appearance, resembling a reduced form of var. agrestis 
Fries. On the other hand, Wallroth’s own specimen of his var. 
brachystachya (for which he gives minima DC. as synonym) in 
Herb. Gay is very similar in general appearance, but that is a 
plant of wet ground (cp. Williams’ “Prodromus,” p. 355, P. uligi- 
nosa F. W. Schmidt, as a species). The plants sent to the other 
club in 1916 by the Rev. H. J. Riddelsdell are, I believe, identi- 
cal. — W. C. Barton. For me, this is only a starved condition of 
the var. intermedia Syme. — E.S.M. This is P. major L., var. 
brachystachya Wallr. “Sched. Crit.”, 62 (1822). I think P. 
minima DC. “FI. France,” III. 408 (1805) is practically syno- 
nymous. P. nana Tratt. is a close ally, with a longer spike and 
larger leaves. — E.G.B. 
P. lanceolata L., var. sphaerostachya M. & K. (Ref. No. 321). 
Hillside track, Willsham, near Countisbury, N. Devon, v.c. 4, 
Aug. 12, 1917. — W. C. Barton. Probably correct; cultivation 
would prove whether this is more than a depauperate state, as I 
strongly suspect. — E.S.M. Correct. — E.G.B. 
Scleranthus annuus L., forma. Growing abundantly in oat 
stubble, Grey Abbey, Co. Down, v.c. 38, Oct. 2, 1917. This 
branched form is like a German specimen I possess named var. 
fastigiatus. It may be caused by growing in stubbles in a very 
wet season. It was growing with a form of Euphorbia exigua L. 
— C. H. Waddell. The usual field-form. — E.S.M. Not any par- 
ticular “ form,” I think, but a very usual state that occurs in late 
summer and autumn. — C.E.S. 
Salicornia. All my gatherings from the Isle of Wight in 
1916 have been seen by Dr. Salisbury, who writes: “My time 
is so fully occupied just now that I have been unable to examine 
