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Hippocrepis comosa L., var. major Rouy (“FI. cle France,” "Vol. 
V. , p. 303). Plant straggling, 4 — 8 dec. caespitose and much 
branched. Peduncles long, 8 — 17 cent. Flowers rather large, 
9—12 mm. Leaves large. Flat ground between R. Avon and 
the cliffs below Bristol, v.c. 34, June 12, 1921. I should consider 
these specimens and Rouy’s var. merely a form. — H. S. Thompson. 
Vicia varia Host. Barry, Glam., v.c. 41, September, 1920.— 
P. H. Holland. Comm. Nat. Mus. of Wales, Botany Dept. This 
was sent to B. E. C. 1920 as “ V. cracca L. form.” Having com- 
pared it with Continental and English (alien) specimens, I agree 
with Messrs. Britton and Salmon (B.E.C.R. p. 219) in placing it 
under V. villosa Roth, “Tent. FI. Germ.” II. par. 2, p. 182 (1793). 
In the specimens kindly sent me from Cardiff, and from this 
Club, the flowers are very slightly shorter than sometimes, and the 
young clusters of buds less densely silky than usual ; but these 
are small matters, probably accounted for by climate and habitat. 
In regard to Mr. Wheldon’s note ( loc . tit. 220), in which he says 
it “belongs to the aggregate V villosa Roth.”, and “although 
the cilia of calyx-teeth are fairly long and spreading, and the 
peduncles short,” he would “refer it to V. dasyoarpa Ten., of 
which it might be var. angustifolia Rouy ( V ’. pseudocracca Merat) 
on account of its fewer and smaller leaflets and flowers and 
its slender habit ; ” — notwithstanding these last features, this 
plant cannot be placed with V. dasycarpa Ten. (1829), which is 
now considered = V. varia Host. (1831). Inter alia the flowers 
are not pendent, as in villosa and the Barry plant. Useful infor- 
mation upon this difficult group was given by Cavillier in his 
“Note sur . . . Vicia elegantissima ” in “Ann. Cotiserv. et Jarcl. 
hot. de Geneve,” 1907 — 8. In France and Switzerland V. villosa 
is much rarer than V. incana Vill., which resembles V. cracca 
more than the Barry plant does. — H. S. Thompson 
Lathyrus tuberosus L. Barry, Glam., v.c. 41, September, 1920. 
Coll. P. H. Holland. Comm. Nat. Mus. of Wales. Mr. Riddels- 
dell said in B.E.C. Report for 1920, p. 220, “A frequent ballast 
plant . . . Several strong patches maintained themselves at 
Cardiff for some years.” — Hon. Sec. 
Rubus durescens W. R. L. (Ref. No.. 560.) Lane near Repton, 
Derby, v.c. 57, August 8, 1921. Leg. A. B. Jackson. Comm. 
W. C. Barton. 
Ii. durescens W. R. L. (Ref. No. 559.) Lane near Morley, 
Derby, v.c. 57, August 9, 1921. Leg. A. B Jackson. Comm. 
W. C. Barton. (Nos. 559 & 560.) Very good material, and well 
