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<y. Ungulatus Schur. Valves smaller, subrotund cordate ; 
8. nudivalvis Meissn. Valves not callose ; 
e. microcarpus Bryhn. Fruits small. — E.G.B. 
Later Mr. Marshall wrote : “ I have never seen the descrip- 
tion of var. trigranulatus ‘ Syme ’ (Dr. Moss keeps this name 
throughout, as it is baffling to quote one man under two names). 
But your plant appears to agree very well with specimens so 
named for me by Mr. Arthur Bennett, and it does not tally with 
the /J to e descriptions given by Mr. Baker. I believe that 
trigranulatus does come under the (assumed) type, but have no 
special knowledge.” This is perhaps best left under type 
crispus ( typicus Beck). In what I understand as var. trigranulatus , 
I find the nutlets are smaller (averaging 2| mm. long), the 
perianth segments slightly narrower and the three tubercles sub- 
equal. In Miss Roper’s plant the perianth segments seem of 
typical crispus size, one tubercle is noticeably larger than the 
others, and the nutlets average 3 mm. long. — C.E.S. 
Thesium humifusum DC. Sandy field near Wyke Regis, Dorset, 
v.c. 9, July 20, 1884. Locality since built over for a Torpedo 
Factory. — J. W. White. 
Ulmus nitens Moench ( = U. campestris, var. glabra Ait.). 
Roadside near Eastfield, by Bristol, W. Glos., v.c. 34, FI. March 
31, 1916 ; Fol. June 19, 1916; Fr. May 18, 1917. A tree of 
characteristic habit, with lower branches spreading horizontally 
until they nearly sweep the ground. No fruit was developed in 
1916. The U. montana, var. nitida of Syme in “Eng. Bot.” is 
stated to be the hybrid montana x nitens. — J. W. White. One of 
the forms of JJ. nitens Moench (U. glabra Mill.) of which I have 
numerous examples, varying greatly in size and shape of leaf and 
amount of pubescence, in my herbarium. In addition to the 
described varieties there are many elms in the south-west of 
England which differ somewhat in foliage and habit from typical 
U. nitens, but they are not worth naming. Mr. White’s plant has 
foliage of a paler tint than most of the specimens I possess 
A.B.J. 
Urtica dioica L., var. microphylla Hausm. (Ref No. 282). 
Coombe Farm, Brendon, N. Devon, v.c. 4, Sept. 9, 1917. A 
number of plants all similar, about three feet high, on o-arden 
refuse where growth was luxuriant. All leaves were as shown 
in the specimens. A useful note on the small-leaved forms of 
U. dioica appeared in “Rep. B.E.C.”, 1905, p. 184. — W. C. Barton. 
Yes, I believe right.— E.S.M. Smaller-leaved than usual, but 
not, I believe, coming under Hausmann’s variety. — C.E.S. 
