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Draba muralis Sinn. Wall-top near Ledbury, Hereford, v.c. 
36, May 10, 1924. A casual. — S. H. Bickham. 
I), aizoicles L. Rocks and walls at Pennard Castle, Glam., 
v.c. 41, April 12, 1924.— I. Helsby. 
Erophila glabrescens Jord. Amongst short grass, Keston Com- 
mon, W. Kent, v.c. 16, May 3, 1924. — D. G. Catckeside. I do 
not see any simple hairs. The numerous bifid hairs show that 
this is not E. glabrescens. The silicules are young, but judging 
from present material, whilst they are not of true E. brachycarpa 
Jord. form, they belong to plants intermediate between this and 
E. verna E. Meyer (E. vulgaris DC.) I find plants of this kind 
very numerous on railway ballast at Hitchin. — J.E.L. 
E. leptophylla Jord. Bank, Chobham, Surrey, v.c. 17, April 
7, 1923. Seeds about 16 or 18. — D. G. Catcheside. The 
narrow entire or subentire leaves, slender stems, and long 
peduncles suggest that these belong either to Rouy’s subsp. 
D. lanceolata (E. stenocarpa Jord.) or to D. leptophylla (E. lepto- 
phylla Jord ). The petals are decidedlj' longer than the sepals, 
but the silicules are not sufficient^ advanced to give more than 
a presumption that it is not E. stenocarpa. — J.E.L. 
Brassica juncea (L.) Coss. White Hill, Hitchin, Herts., Aug., 
Oct., Nov., 1924. — J. E. Little. Also fourteen packets of seeds. 
Cosson, in Bull. Soc. Bot. de France, 1859, 609, remarks, “ Le 
B. juncea est cultive cornrne plante oleifere en Chine et au 
Japon.” He characterises Jacquin’s figure, in Hort. Vindob. 
t. 171, of Sinapis juncea as ‘optima.’ Jacquin has also a descrip- 
tion, of which I quote a part : “ Siliqua est sesquipollicaris aut 
biuncialis, obsolete quadrangularis, ad semina torulosa, leviter 
compressa, nitidaque. Dissepimentum ultra valvulas ad tres 
quattuorve lineas in rostrum rectum excurrit. Semina sunt sub- 
rotunda et nigricantia. Pedunculi proprii ad angnlum acutum 
patent. In planta senescente saepe rami numerosi de caule ramis- 
que principalioribus egrediuntur, ut planta tunc merum clen- 
sumque ramorum fasciculum formet.” The late-gathered sheets 
exemplify the last remark. — J.E.L. 
Viola odorata L., var. sulphurea Cariot. Combe Down, West- 
bury-on-Trym, W. Gloster, v.c. 34, April 11 and July 24, 1924. 
Comparatively few capsules were formed this season. — Ida M. 
Roper. Yes, but the ciliation of the stipules less marked than 
usual. — E.S.G. V. sulphurea Lamotte in Prodr. fl. plateau central 
(1877), adopting the name proposed, without description of the 
