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the furrows are glandular. Hooker (Student’s Flora) mentions 
the former, but not the latter point. — J. E. Little. 
Erodium Botrys Bert. [765]. Wool-alien. Gt. Wymond- 
ley, Herts., Sept, and Oct., 1928.— J. E. Little. The 
carpels have 2-3 (Coste says 2-4) concentric furrows 
beneath the sub-apical pits. The pedicels in the young 
state are markedly swollen at their base (where in fruit the 
pedicel is defiexed), and at the tip (where the pedicel is curved 
upwards). In the rosette stage of the plant the leaves are 
so closely pressed back upon the ground, to avoid desiccation, 
that when the root is lifted they curve downwards upon the 
tap-root. — J. E. Little. 
Erodium cygnorum Nees ? [752] Wool-alien. Gt. 
Wjunondley, Herts., Sept, and Oct. 1928. — J. E. Little. 
Sepals mucronate. Bracteoles ovate, acute, ciliate. FI. 
blue. Petals about 1 — \\ as long as sepals, obovate, with 
ciliate claw. Anthers yellow, stigmas greenish yellow. 
Filaments all broadly lanceolate at the base. Mericarps 
with two eglandular subapical pits, each subtended by a 
single distinct furrow. Beak up to 70 mm. — J. E. Little. 
This agrees with specimens so named in the Welsh National 
Herbarium. — A. E. Wade. A native of Australia, where it 
is a very valuable fodder plant. — I. M. Roper. 
Ilex Aquifolium L. var. laurifolia Lej. South edge of 
Beckhampstead Common, Herts., Feb. 25, 1928. Completely 
spineless ; another holly tree growing a few yards away had 
partially spiny leaves but was much like this one in general 
appearance. — I. A. Williams. 
Acer campestre L. var. palmatifidum Tausch. Hedge near 
Reservoir, Tring, Herts., Oct. 5, 1928. — I. A. Williams. I 
presume correct, having no description. The leaves are 
more deeply palmatifid than four gatherings of mine, with 
the middle lobe of the five more prolonged. The leaves 
generally are also larger. — J. Fraser. Yes, so I should name 
it. — C. E. Salmon. 
Genista anglica Linn. Lyde Green, Westerleigh, West 
Gloucester. FI. May 16, Ft. June 6, 1928. — Jas. W. White. 
Medicago hispida Gaertn. aggr. [761]. Gt. Wymondley, 
Herts., Sept, and Oct., 1928. In this case a wood-alien, 
due to the employment of shoddy waste as manure. — J. E. 
Little. This is an aggregate name covering M. denticulata 
