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and in some the panicles were fewer-flowered than in others. I 
have a few notes and detailed drawings of Fen specimens sent in 
1917 by the late Mr. Hunnybun, which may help in unravelling 
the tangle. Meanwhile, let us note that Syme merety divided 
G. Mollugo into two subspecies, G. elatum Thuill. and G. erect urn 
Hudson, and the latter he subdivided into var. genuinum (leaves 
generally 8 in a whorl) and “ ? var. aristatum Balt.” (leaves mostly 
G in a whorl with longer mucro). Of Borrer’s Sussex specimen 
of G. erectum, drawn in 1809 for “Eng. Bot.”, tab. 2067, Smith 
wrote, “1 can never find more than eight leaves. This being a 
difficult and rare plant, requires more illustration A leaf 
should be magnified to shew that the bristly marginal teeth all 
point forwards. The smooth fruit, though unripe, should be 
distinctly expressed.” Then, as Mr. Garry observed, ripe fruit 
was added for “E.B.” Ed. 3, and unripe fruit omitted. — H. S. 
Thompson. Of Ref. No. 2642 my sheet contains examples mostly 
in bud only, but they seem undoubtedly eredum. (Ref. No. 2643.) 
Yes, good eredum, I should say. The two examples on my sheet 
make no approach to the “Yorkshire Galium allied to G. erectum ” 
(“Journ. Bot.” 1863, 290) which Syme named G. elatum Thuill., 
var. Balceri. It would appear, from Mr. Baker’s careful descrip- 
tion, that his plant would be better placed as a variety of 
G. erectum, with which it agrees as regards pedicel-length and 
angle, in leaves, flowers, and fruit, and also in its time of flowering. 
— C.E.S. 
G. Mollugo x rerum (G. ochroleucum Syme). (Ref. No. 2641.) 
A delicate hispid form. Roadside, Tickenham Hill, N. Somerset,' 
v.c. 6, July 17. 1919. Leaflets usually six, narrow, lower ones 
much deflexed. — H. S. Thompson. Yes, no doubt Mollugo x verum. 
1 have gathered Syme’s ochroleucum in the station named by him 
(Deal sandhills), and it is a much smaller plant than Mr. 
Thompson’s. May I suggest that Syme’s name really covers 
G. Mollugo x G. verum, var. maritimum DC. ( = littorale Breb.) 
which grows on the Deal sand-dunes. — C.E.S. 
Valeriana pyrenaica L. Half Way, Bethesda, Carnarvonsh., 
v.c. 49, April, 1919. — J. E. Griffith. Agreed. — C.C.L. 
Filago apiculata G. E. Smith. Maulden, Beds., v.c. 30, August 
12, 1918. — J. E. Little. Yes; gathered rather too late to show 
the broad blunt apiculate leaves. In this species the involucre! 
leaves by no means always overtop the clusters. — C.E.S. 
Gnaphalium uliginosum L., var. pilulare (Wahl.) Near Pet- 
worth, W. Sussex, v.c. 13, Sept 1, 1918. Type and variety 
