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C. Leersii F. Schultz. (Ref. No. 4398). Grassy ground by 
the Loe Pool, Penrose, near Helston, W. Cornwall, v.c. 1, June 
21, 1917. Gathered rather too early. This comes nearest to C. 
contigua of the Linnean Herbarium ( C . Paircei F. Schultz), of 
which it has the short ligule (long, in C. contigua Hoppe = C. 
muricata auct. mult.) ; and it seems to be Syme’s var. pseudo- 
divulsa. — Edward S. Marshall. This is rather young, and one 
would like to see the ripe fruit. The perigynia are considerably 
smaller (making allowances for age) than those of any examples 
of Leersii I have named by Kiikenthal. — C.E.S. I do not pretend 
to know this group well, but I should have thought it nearer C. 
divulsa. — A.B. 
C. montana L. In several places near Charterhouse on Men- 
dip, N. Somerset, v.c. 6, where it is abundant over scores of 
acres, and appears in spots several miles apart, chiefly on both 
sides of the road to Cheddar, Apl. 29 and June 1917. Not 
discovered in Somerset until 1890, by Mr. E. F. Linton. During 
the past three seasons I have been investigating its distribution 
on Mendip, and am mapping the result in some detail. The 
earliest short flowering spikes are black before the anthers 
appear in April. By July most of the seeds have fallen. — H. S. 
Thompson. 
C. riparia Curtis, var. Immilis Uechtr. Damp sand by swamp 
on Burnham Sandhills, N. Somerset, v.c. 6, July 2, 1917. A 
short, slender form with narrow leaves, sometimes only 9 — 15 
inches high.— H. S. Thompson. Correct. — A.B. 
Spartina Townsendi H. & J. Groves. Referring to the W.E.C. 
Report, 1913, p. 426, line 33, I may add that in Sept. 1917, I 
found four clumps of this grass on the west side of Pagham Har- 
bour, Sussex, where I had not previously observed any. — J. E. 
Little. 
Alopecurus geniculatus x pratensis ( = A. hybridus Wimm.). 
Amberley Wild Brooks, W. Sussex, v.c. 13, June 21, 1917. 
This grass attracted the attention of Mr. L. B. Hall and myself 
when botanizing along the side of one of the numerous dykes of 
Amberley Wild Brooks. It was growing in plenty in close 
proximity to A. geniculatus , and formed handsome clumps with 
its brilliantly glaucous sheaths and yellow anthers. The spikes 
were larger and the awns longer than in geniculatus, and the 
plants were taller and more robust, although decidedly geniculate 
near the base. The glumes and pales reminded one more of 
