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F. Exmouth, S. Devon, v.c. 3, June, 1918. — W. R. 
Sberrin. F. oraria Dumortier = F. armaria Osb. — C.E.S. This 
plant seems identical with that distributed through the Club in 
1902 — 3 as F. rubra L., var. grandiflora Hackel. It apparently 
differs from var. armaria Fr. in having all the leaf-sheaths 
glabrous. — H.W.P. 
F. elatior L., var. arundinacea (Schreb.). Fishbourne Marsh, 
Chichester, W. Sussex, v.c. 13, July 18, 1918. — R. J. Burdon. 
Correct. — A.B. Yes, but gathered too early to show the spreading 
panicle-branches. The rough sheaths are apparently confined to 
the very base of the stem. — C.E.S. 
F. gigantea Vill. , var. triflora Koch. (Ref. No. 351.) Edge 
of wood, Lodsworth, W. Sussex, v.c. 13, Aug. 24, 1918. Growing 
with type and a few intermediates. The + erect panicle makes 
the var. noticeable ; but the plants showed a tendency to vary 
in this respect according to the number of spikelets and size of 
panicle ; and the amount of droop may be determined by the 
weight of the spikelets. As to number of flowers in each spike- 
let, I found 3 most frequent, and often on the same plant some 
spikelets with 2 or 4. Syme (“Eng. Bot.”) says, “it is little 
more than a smaller state of the plant, and it is difficult to draw 
any line between it and var. a genuinus .” This may well be true, 
but it would be interesting to know the result of investigation 
into depauperate forms of grasses (cp. Phalaris minor , f. gracilis , 
and Folium perenne , f. tenue). If they were due only to stony 
ground one would expect to find them more frequently. Is the 
offspring normal or like the parent 1 — W. C. Barton. Correct. — 
A.B. 
Triticum junceumL. Exmouth, S. Devon, v.c. 3, June, 1918. — 
W. Ii. Sherrin. Yes. — A.B. & C.E.S. 
Ilymenophyllum tunbridgense Sm. Golitha Falls (of R. Fowey), 
E. Cornwall, v.c. 2, July 3, 1919. Only on the vertical granite 
rock, not on the boulders strewn below. — H. S. Thompson. 
Athyrium Filix-foemina Roth, var. molle Newm. The 
Watchetts, Wells, N. Som., v.c. 6, Aug. 4, 1918. — Ida M. Roper. 
There are two fronds on my sheet. One agrees pretty closely 
with Newman’s figure (“Brit. Ferns ” (1844), p. 244) of Roth’s 
molle. The other frond has the pinnules much more deeply cut 
and makes some approach towards Roth’s trifldum, but the mid- 
rib is distinctly winged throughout its length and connects the 
pinnules, so I presume it is also molle. Moore (“Brit. Ferns” 
