quotes from “Eng. Bot. Suppl.”, 2980, the statement that “Sir 
J. E. Smith confounded two plants, and that he has added a ripe 
pod of M. sylvestris to a figure of the flowering state of M. falcata .” 
This coiled pod appears in the original sketch in “ Eng. Bot.”, 
1016. — H.S.T. Presumably so. This station is given in Hind’s 
“FI. Suffolk,” but Medicago should be gathered, if possible, with 
ripe pods. — C.E.S. 
Anthyllis Vulneraria L. (Ref. No. 370). Headland, Newquay, 
W. Cornwall, v.c. 1, June 5, 1919. — W. C. Barton. These are 
even taller than the Cornish specimens gathered by Mr. Loydell 
in 1903 and Preb. H. E. Fox in 1910 and sent to the Club, both of 
which were named var. coccinea L. (A. Dillenii Schultz = var. 
rubriflora DC. “Prod.” II., p. 170). Mr. Barton’s are more 
tomentose than any of my specimens of coccinea, but the hairs 
are longer on the average-sized specimens of this var. gathered 
by Miss Geldart in May, 1911. Were not Grenier and Goclron, 
Dillenius, Boreau, and Linnaeus himself, right in considering this 
plant as a distinct species ? I understand Mr. Barton is investi- 
gating this difficult group, with the help of modern literature and 
ample specimens, in London. On the whole I do not think his 
Newquay specimens come under A. polypliylla Kit., though they 
bear considerable resemblance to two sheets of Hungarian exam- 
ples of that plant in ni}^ herbarium. — H.S.T. 
A. Vulneraria L., ? var. Summersdale Gravel Pit, Chichester, 
W. Sussex, v.c. 13, Aug. 15, 1918. — R. J. Burdon. Under type, 
but my material is inadequate and badly dried. — W.C.B. 
Prunus [ spinosa L., var, macrocarpa Wallr. ?] Fruit 18mm. x 
17mm, black. Young shoots pubescent. Green lane between 
the Priory Park and the Rifle Butts, Hitchin, Herts., v.c. 20, 
Oct. 19, 1919 — J. E. Little. I regard P. spinosa, var. macrocarpa 
as a transition form to P. insititia, or, in other words, I would say 
P. insititia x spinosa. My reasons for so doing are that the 
leaves- are hairy on the midrib and secondary veins beneath, 
even conspicuously so, as in P. insititia, when collected in July 
or August ; and that the flowers and leaves are contemporaneous, 
even if the leaves are not very far advanced. The fruits of 
P. spinosa, var. macrocarpa in the “ Flora of France ” vary from 
14 — 20 mm. in diameter, while those of P. spinosa are 7 — 20 mm. 
in diameter, so that a small fruit of the former would be no 
larger than a large fruit of the latter. I have two sheets from 
widely separated localities in Surrey, which I consider P. spinosa, 
