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G. Borreri Bab. Pagham Harbour, W. Sussex, v.c. 13, June 
11 1919. R. J. Burdon. At such an early date the panicles 
are hardly expanded to show the Borreri shape, which is very 
decided. But I suppose the majority are G. Borreri.— A. B. I 
do not think any of the plants (sent by Prebendary Burdon) 
which I have seen are true G. Borreri. Most of them are, I am 
convinced, hybrids of G. maritima with G. distans or G. Borreri . — 
Gl.C.D. I made an examination of all the sheets labelled 
G. Borreri. The length of the flowering glume is 3 — 4 mm. It 
is sometimes obtusely pointed, sometimes obtuse-apiculate. The 
long branches of the panicle are mostly in pairs. The leaves are 
mostly involute, and the ligule obtuse but not truncate. The 
rhachis of the panicle is sometimes pubescent. The anthers were 
in one case six times as long as broad (as compared with 2| 
times as long as broad in G. Borreri). Most of the sheets appear 
to me to be G. maritimci, but one or two, as far as I can judge 
from rather fragmentary material, are G. distans (ligule truncate), 
and one other may be what Dr. G. C. Druce . has named 
G. distans x maritima. I cannot find any example which agrees 
with sheets of G. Borreri, passed by Mr. A. Bennett, from the same 
station, in 1917 ( See Report, 1917 — 18, p. 81). Mr. Bennett does 
not consider that the length of the fl. -glume excludes G. Borreri. 
Bentham gives 1 line (2 mm.) for the glumes of G. distans 
(including G Borreri ), and Hooker says, “G. Borreri. Spikelets 
smaller than in G. maritima .” Babington says, “ Spikelets and 
flowers (of G. Borreri) half the size of those of G. maritima.” 
That G. Borreri was present at this station in 1917 is established 
by the specimens then distributed. The vegetation of the fore- 
shore at this date was comparatively open, but it has since closed 
up appreciably. Mr. Salmon and Dr. Druce both assent to the 
suggestion that the disappearance of G. Borreri may be due to 
this closing up of the vegetation, and both remark that it likes 
elbow-room. — J.E.L. As far as I can see there is not a single 
example of G. Borreri in the whole gathering. It seems to me to 
be all G. maritima, with possibly the exceptions you have picked 
out as G. distans, and the hybrid (which I confess 1 do not 
know). — C.E.S. 
Festuca sduroides Roth. Exmouth, S. Devon, v.c. 3, June, 
1918. — W. R. Sherrin. Yes, a small state. — C.E.S. 
F. Exmouth, S. Devon, v.c. 3, June, 1918. — W. R. 
Sherrin. F. rubra L., a very variable species, there being in 
Europe alone some 20 — 30 forms. — A.B. 
