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Erophila verna E. Meyer, var. stenocarpa (Jord.). Bank 
on Hythe Rifle Ranges, Kent, April 18th, 1927. Ref. 
Y 136. — J. E. Lousley. The pods are hardly narrow enough 
for var. stenocarpa. Type E. verna. — J. E. Little. 
Capsella Bursa pastoris L. f. apetala. Wien, Austria, May, 
1926. Dr. K. Kechinger. A very interesting series of 
plants, that, in the past, would perhaps have received such 
names as var. apetala Koch ; var. apetala Schlecht., or, 
Capsella apetala Opiz. The flowers are mostly apetalous, 
with the usual number of six stamens, but some are provided 
with ten stamens, the additional number being due to the 
metamorphosis of the petals into stamens, the transition 
being quite apparent. 
Almquist has recognised apetalous races of four of his 
elementary species, bremensis, rhombea, viarum, and tenuis- 
sima. The plants sent, are nearest to the second-named, 
but, more probably, belong to G. gallica E. At. Apetalous 
forms of Capsella appear rare in Britain, and seldom collected. 
— C. E. Britton. 
Capsella B.p. (L.) Dmceana E. At. [Y 64]. Roadside 
by the Vicarage, Langdon Beck, Forest-in-Teesdale, Durham, 
July 10, 1927. In this district there is practically no culti- 
vated land, even cottage gardens being almost non-existent. 
Hence weeds of cultivation such as Capsella are very rare. 
The present gathering probably sprung up from seeds dropped 
from a horse’s nose-bag. The plants were all collected from 
an area of less than three square yards, and the gathering 
seems to me to be remarkably homogeneous.— J. E. Lousley. 
I am not at all confident as to this. There is nothing quite 
like it in the large series of C. Dmceana named for me by 
Prof. Almquist. The affinity seems to be just as much 
towards C. concava E. At., which is closely related to the 
former, but has smaller capsules, often concave at the edges, 
and pinnatifid root-leaves. — C. E. Britton. 
[Bursa] Dmceana E. At. [Ref. Y 133]. Rubbish heap 
near Tadworth Station, Surrey, June 12, 1927. I am sorry 
that the condition of this is so poor, but it is an example of 
how short the generations of this species may be. I visited 
the locality less than three weeks before the gathering was 
made, and the fruits were not then ripe. The plant was only 
to be found in very small quantity. — J. E. Lousley. There 
appears to be no reason to dissent from this identification, 
