428 
2. Leaves with leaflets cut down as far as the 
midrib ... ... ... pilosum 
Leaflets only incised pinnatifid ... ... 3 
3. Stem diffuse with sparse hairs ... ... 4 
Stem erect with numerous long spreading 
hairs ... ... ... ... hirsutum 
4. Plant (adult) with stems elongate and leafy 5 
Stems always very short, the peduncles appearing 
as if radicle ... ... ... T olosanum 
5. Two petals with a spot at the base ... 6 
Petals without spots ... ... triviale 
6. Stigmas deep reddish-violet ... praetermissum 
Stigmas pale rose ... ... ... commixtum 
In his description of E. praetermissum Boreau adds : — 
Peduncles longer than the leaves, 2-8-flowered ; sepals oval, 
shortly acuminate, glandular-hairy ; petals unequal, oblong- 
oboval, exceeding the calyx, claw short ; beak of fruit with 
short, sparse, adpressed hairs ; flowers red or lilac, rarely 
white, 2 petals having at the base a spot of brown, composed of 
small dots, oval in shape. 
In Schultz Arch. FI. Fr. et Allem. p. 164, E. commixtum 
is described and the following facts are given, among others : — 
Peduncles 4-6-flowered, longer than the leaves ; sepals 
shortly acuminate, glandular-hairy ; petals unequal, oblong, 
shortly clawed, longer than the calyx ; beak of fruit with 
minute sparse hairs ; flowers light purple, two petals usually 
with an ovate spot composed of black dots. 
I he colour of the stigmas does not appear to be given in 
this description.” — Edmund Baker (in litt.) 
Ulex Gallii, Planch. Seedlings showing transition from 
seed leaves to spines ; and root nodules. Parkstone, Dorset, 
April 7, 1926. — L. B. Hall. 
Trifolium dubium Sibth. var. pygmaeum Soy-Will. Gravel 
pits on Worms Heath, Warlingham, Surrey, June 19, 1927. 
Ref. Y 151. This variety is distinguished from the type by 
its prostrate habit, small size, and few-flowered heads. The 
size is intermediate between dubium and filiforme, from which 
it is easily distinguished by the deep notch in the standard, 
the less robust appearance, and the quite sessile leaflets of 
the latter. The variety seems fairly common in Surrey and 
Kent in gravelly places, and it is possible that it may at 
times have been mistaken for filiforme. The plants growing 
