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the two side by side for two years. — E. Drabble. I agree. 
There are now many ways of writing the above name, but as 
specimens from different localities are examined it becomes 
evident that this maritime Pansy is an ecad of V. lutea. 
My sheet from N. Aberdeen contains a specimen with a yellow 
lip where this Norfolk one is white. Some of the middle 
lobes of the stipules have two crenatures, instead of being 
entire as described in the Journal of Botany, but I have 
proved this in seedings from N. Aberdeen specimens. — J. 
Fraser. 
Viola Pesneaui Lloyd and Foucaud. Sand dunes, Portrush, 
Co. Antrim, v.c. 39 I, Aug. 27, 1928. — Ida M. Roper. Yes, 
V. Curtisii f. Pesnauii = V. Pesnauii Lloyd and Foucaud. 
The specimens showing the twiggy subterranean development 
are typical. — E. Drabble. Of Mr. Sherrin’s gathering on 
same date Dr. Drabble remarks that most of these specimens 
are lateral branches only. 
Poly gala vulgaris L. [716] f. oxyptera auct. brit ? Chalk 
Down, Pegsdon, Beds., v.c. 30, June 27, 1927. — J. E. Little. 
A small prostrate plant on poor soil on a field some years 
derelict and going down to grass. Branches slightly flexuous. 
Stems of racemes shortly pubescent. Upper leaves narrowly 
lanceolate, not quite linear. Colour range of P. vulgaris, 
commonly blue or pink, or washed-out shades of these colours. 
Racemes very floriferous, the flowers and points often quite 
crowded. Fruiting inner sepals variable, from obovate, 
cuneate below, to elliptical shortly mucronate, equalling or 
exceeding the capsules, but narrower. Capsules quadrate 
with cuneate base, or suborbicular. Perhaps only a form 
of open ground. In the hedgerows bordering the held, more 
typical P. vulgaris is found. — J. E. Little. Excellent P. dubia 
Bellynck ( = oxyptera auct. angl.) in good condition for 
naming. The crowded racemes (mentioned by the collector) 
are often a feature of this plant. A. W. Bennett arranged 
this interesting segregate as a variety of P. vulgaris ; Mr. 
Little would apparently go further and reduce it to a “ forma ”. 
— C. E. Salmon. 
Dianthus prolifer Linn. On shingle, in fair abundance by 
the Lagoon, Pagham, West Sussex, June, 1928. [Ref. Z 7]. 
— J. E. Lousley. Camb. Brit. Flora (1920) revives the name 
Tunica prolifer Scop. [1772] because the loose and scarious 
epicalyx removes it from the genus Dianthus. — I. M. Roper. 
