173 
(“Journ. Bot.” 1888, p. 234). “In all the species the (stigmas) 
are greatly longer than the ovary in the early state ; but in none 
are they more than about one-half longer (C. hamulata ) than the 
ripe fruit, except in C. polymorpha. In this (teste Lonnroth) 
they are 3—4 times as long.” In my specimens from Mitcham 
Common, Surrey, they are four times as long. Lonnroth’s paper 
in the “Botaniser Notiser” for 1867 was accompanied by 
beautiful drawings of the fruits. 1 should name Mr. Burdon’s 
specimens C. stagnalis. While writing - of Callitriche I wish 
someone would gather in good fruit the Callitriche named b}^ 
Lord de Tabley C. Lachii, from water-courses on the Lach Eyes, 
Chester - , and Tabley Moat, June 10, 1875. The specimens in 
the Dublin herbarium do not show really ripe fruit. On a 
specimen from Tabley Moat Lord de Tabley has noted, “Observe 
the long erect twisty persistent styles. Is this a new form 1 ” 
The specimens he had at first named C. obtusangula. See B.E.C. 
Report for 1875 (1876), p. 18, and for 1876 (1878), p. 19. The 
plant is not named in the “Flora of Cheshire,” p. 136 (1899), 
but probably appears under C. obtusangula. — A. Bennett. 
Epilobium hirsutum L. “ sport.” Roadside rhine near Yatton, 
N. Somerset, Sept. 10 and 16, 1921. — H. S. Thompson. The 
Director of the R.B.G-., Kew, reported on fresh specimens that 
“no trace of fungus or insect injury has been found. It seems 
probable that the condition is due to constitutional, genetic, 
abnormality. In other words, the plant is a ‘sport,’ due to 
abnormal gametes or fertilisation. Only detailed cytological 
examination of properly prepared material can determine this.” 
Prof. Darbishire had said much the same. Mr. Wilson Worsdell 
wrote : “ It is a widespread phenomenon, and I have seen it in 
many plants, and can see no reason why it should not occur in 
any plant. It is really a kind of ‘ wheat-ear’ condition, in which 
the inflorescence is replaced by vegetative growth. But it is one 
thing to note its occurrence and explain it morphologically, and 
quite another to trace the cause thereof, and the conditions 
which determine it.” The specimen received suggests the pre- 
sence of gall mites (Eriophyes), but I cannot find any on the 
plant, and there do not appear to be any of the abnormal hairs 
usually associated with them. I regard the plant as a “sport ” — 
L. B. Hall. 
E. hirsutum L., var. subglabnm Koch. Hedge bottom, Wester- 
leigh Hill, W. Gloster, v.c. 34, Aug. 17, 1921.— Ida M. Roper. 
Correctly named, I believe. — C.E.S. 
