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P. maculatum Trim. & Dyer [660J. Near The Kennels, 
Wallington, W. Norfolk, v.c. 28, Aug. 9, 1925. — J. E. Little A 
small slender form, with perianth of a pure colour from whitish 
to rose. Upper ochrese glandular ciliate on the margin, not 
otherwise fringed. This may perhaps be the var. gracile Trim. & 
Dyer. (It is very distinct from the stout form with dingy rose- 
coloured perianth, occurring in fields close at hand, which is 
probably the var. densum Trim. & Dyer.) The stem is spotted, 
the peduncles slightly and the perianth distinctly glandular. 
The 2-styled fruits are bi-concave. — J. E. Little. P. maculatum, 
never a satisfactory name, and I believe not recognised on the 
Continent, bas been reduced to P. nodosum Pers. — H. S. Thomp- 
son. Mr. Pugsley writes: “The earliest name for this plant as 
a species is apparently P. nodosum Persoon, Syn. i. 440 (1805).” 
P. Bellardi All. Casual at Avonmouth Docks, West Clone., 
Oct. 27, 1925. A bushy plant of erect habit, with pitted seeds 
and flowers smaller than P. armarium. Agrees well with French 
specimens from Lot and Caroline. I had it in 1904 from St. 
Philip’s, Bristol. But the Polygona of this group are difficult to 
identify, and this one may have come from some far-off land. — 
J. W. White. Mr. Noel Sanclwith has examined the spp. allied 
to P. avicidare that are represented in the Kew Herbarium from 
India and China, and finds nothing that at all matches. He con- 
siders that the naming should stand. — J. W. White. P. Bellardi 
is perhaps rather a weak species. This specimen is what is 
usually called by that name on the Continent, but I have never 
seen authentic examples from the original habitat in Piedmont. — 
C. C. Lacaita. 
Rumex palustris Sm. [653J. Wretton Fen, W. Norfolk, Aug. 
10, 1925. — J. E. Little and J. L. Luddington. I found this plant 
in four distinct stations in W. Norfolk, and in each case R. rnari- 
timus was absent, although it is recorded in the district. Whether 
or no this plant — the British plant — is a hybrid is an interesting 
question ; so far I am inclined to think that it is not. Dr. Druce, 
in conversation, threw doubt upon the identification with R. 
limosus Thuill. I have accordingly gone back to the name 
R. palustris Sm. — J. E. Little. 
Euphorbia Esula L. Toll House, W. Kent, July 1924; 
Plumstead, W. Kent; July and Aug. 1925. — St. John Marriott. 
E. Cyparissias L. Dartford Heath, W. Kent, v.c. 16, June 
1925.— St. John Marriott. (2) Sand-pit, near Crayford, Kent, 
June 27, 1925. — I. Helsby. 
