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inflorescence, and the petioles and midribs are hardly shaggy. I 
think it is only rather small-fruited type. — A. H. Wolley-Dod. 
E. micrantha , var. microcarpa but with clustered fruits, armed 
stems, and fruit more rounded. Merrow Down, Surrey, Aug. 
15, 1926. — W. Biddiscombe. Only the rounded based fruits are 
any objection to the suggested name. It is very like the Albury 
Down specimens and has the same objections, besides having 
somewhat larger leaflets. Both are certainly near var. microcarpa 
R. Kell., but I hesitate to refer either to that variety, which is 
apparently very rare in Britain, in the absence of a closer agree- 
ment with the description. — A. H. Wolley-Dod. 
R. micrantha Sm., var. microcarpa R. Kell. Buckland Hills, 
Surrey, July 10, 1926.— D. G. Catcheside. I do not think this 
is microcarpa. The fruit is certainly small, but the leaflets are 
too large and lack the villous pubescence of that variety. Only 
two or three specimens have some acicles under the inflorescence, 
which would bring them as near sylvicola as to microcarpa, but I 
do not think that even these individuals will do for either 
variety and would call them small-fruited type. — A. H. Wolley- 
Dod. 
R. micrantha, near septicola. White Down, Surrey, July 28, 
1926. — W. Biddiscombe. I should not separate this from type. 
The fruits are clearly ovoid, not roundish. — A. H. Wolley-Dod. 
Pyrus Pyraster Boreau. Tall tree on the high ground of 
Thornbury Knap, W. Gloster. Flowers, April 29, 1924, leaves and 
fruit, June 24, 1926. But few fruits could be obtained, the poor 
crop being mainly inaccessible. This must represent the true 
wild stock of the British Pear— rarely met with save in aboriginal 
woodland. It corresponds with specimens from Contrexeville 
and the Haute Savoie. The var. Ddsfylisei differs in its smaller, 
rounder, and more cordate foliage and smaller fruit. — Jas. W. 
White. 
Parnassia palustris L., var. condensata Travis and Wheldon. 
Birkdale, S. Lancs., v.c. 59. Aug. 23, 1924. — J. A. Wheldon; 
Comm. Nat. Mus. of Wales. 
Tillaea muscosa L. Weed on garden path, Wallington Hall, 
W. Norfolk, v.c. 28, June 10, 1926. It was curious to find this 
on a garden path. I made enquiry, and went to the place from 
which gravel had been brought, but the plant did not occur 
there. The nearest wild station is on greensand about a mile 
away. — J. E. Little. 
