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C. depauperata Curtis. Bank near Axbriclge, N. Somerset, 
May 17, 1920 & June 23, 1921.— H. S. Thompson. This was 
first described by Curtis in Withering’s “Bot. Arr. Brit. Pl- 
ed. 2, 1049 (1787). It has become very rare in Surrey, extinct in 
Kent, and there is no confirmation of the Devon record ; so the 
re-discovery in Somerset by Mr. Pugsley in 1911 was very 
welcome. The Somerset station is usually attributed to a Mr. 
Norman in Herb. Watson and to T. B. Flower in 1860. But in 
Curtis’ “FI. Loud.” he says, after giving the Kentish station 
(found by Coodenough, Curtis, and Whitfield), “Mr. Dickson 
informs me that he has observed the same species near Godaiming, 
Surrey ; and we are informed that it has been found by Mr. 
Sole of Bath (1739 1 — 1802).” It was named in the same year, 
1790, by Thuillier in his “FI. des envir. de Paris,” p. 490, as 
C. monilifera ; and by Curtis C. ventricosa in his “ FI. Lond.” I. 
t. 68 (c. 1790). It is recorded in the “Botanists’ Guide” of 
Turner and Dillwyn, 1805, by Mr. Dickson — “Dry woods near 
Godaiming.” — A.B. 
0. binervis L. (1) Large plants 3 ft. high, from 1400 ft. on 
the Exmoor watershed above Exford, Somerset, v.c. 5, July, 
1922. In Somerset, as elsewhere, this sedge thrives on some of 
the highest moors of Mendip, Quantock, and Exmoor. — H. S. 
Thompson. I agree. — C.E.S. A very dark fruited form of this 
species, in colour simulating the Alpine form var. alpina Drejer. 
— A.B. ( 2 ) Blackdown, Mendip, Somerset. — C. Bucknall. 
Comm. J. W. White. Nice specimens. — C.E.S. 
C. distans L. Old Town Marsh, Scilly Isles, June 14, 1922. — 
H. Downes. Yes. — A.B. This is surely binervis. Fruit larger 
and more tapering into longer beak in distans; its ribs too are 
more equal in strength and more conspicuous. — C.E.S. 
C. Oecleri Retz., var. oedocarpa And. Old Town Marsh, St. 
Mary’s, Scilly Isles, June, 1922.— H. Downes. Correctly named. 
I should say. — C.E.S. Seems to agree with Anderson’s description 
very well. — A.B. 
C. rostrata x vesicaria. ( 1 ) Marsh near River Derwent, N. of 
Keswick, Cumberland, July 13, 1919 — C. E. Salmon. ( 2 ) Near 
Derwentwater, Lodore, Cumberland, July 22, 1919. — C. E. 
Salmon. x C. Pannewitziana Figgert D.M.B.V. 97 (1887) = 
C. ampullacea x vesicaria Focke. Seems certainly to be this. The 
male spikes and stipitate fruit so say. — A.B. This seems very 
rare also on the Continent. — H.S.T. 
