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short compact-headed form, and I sent to him a plant from 
Caldecote Fen, W. Norfolk, collected July 7, 1919, which he 
allowed as the same ‘for one specimen.’ Mr. 0. E. Salmon 
wrote of it that it was ‘very like pseudo-paradom .’ In the same 
fen occurred f. simplicior. The present three sets exhibit similar 
variations; but those under ‘type’ do not represent the most 
luxuriant and long branched forms of the type, and must be 
regarded as rejicienda from the variants. Mr. Pearsall may, I 
fear, regard the whole selection as illegitimate. However, I send 
the sets for discussion.— J. E. Little. C. paniculata is an extremely 
variable sedge, and both its compact and simple elongated forms 
are quite frequent. — H.S.T. 
C. paniculata , forma simplicior And. Oughton Head, Hitchin, 
Herts., June & July, 1921. Passed by Mr. Salmon. — J. E. 
Little. 
C. paniculata L., var .pseudo-paradom (Gibs.) 1 Oughton Head, 
Hitchin, Herts., v.c. 20, June 14 & 30, July 15, 1921. — J. E. 
Little. Mr. C. E. Salmon has kindly looked over this set, and 
remarks, “ I think these come under pseudo-paradom , which may 
be nothing more than a dwarf condensed state of f. simplicior .” 
In some cases the tussocks from which the set is taken were 
uniform, but in others the tussocks were an association in which 
more forms than one of C. paniculata were growing together, 
sometimes with Carex Hudsonii, or with Lastrea spimdosa, or more 
rarely with Athyrium Filix-foemina, etc. I fear it will be objected 
that the attempted separation of the three sets now sent is not 
as clear-cut as it ought to be, but with Mr. Salmon’s kind 
assistance I have done my best. — J. E. Little. 
C. contigua Hoppe. Roadside bank by R Avon, below 
Bristol, v.c. 34, May 19, 1921. Some specimens of this common 
sedge may be acceptable. — H. S. Thompson. I believe correctly 
named, though I have not seen a specimen named by Hoppe ; 
but it seems the plant generally so accepted. — A. Bennett. 
C. Hudsonii Ar. Benn. ( C . stricta Good.). Oughton Head, 
Hitchin, Herts., v.c. 20, June 1 and July 15, 1921. — J. E. Little. 
The only locality given for C. stricta Good, in Pryor’s “ Flora of 
Herts ” is “ Hitchin Common ! [= Oughton Head] J. Woods before 
1-S43 ; Brown (C !).” I have never before detected it, but I 
found two tussocks this year on the right bank, and was induced 
thereby to search the left bank, where there are a number of 
tussocks scattered among scrub and C. paniculata. They are all 
