472 
Willd., M. apiculata Willd. and others. D’Urban divides 
it into var. microcarpa with pods having to 3| turns and a 
diameter inside the spines of If — 2§ lines, which covers 
the two above named, and var. macrocarpa having pods of 
3-6 turns and a diameter of 3-4| lines covering four varieties. 
Mr. Little’s plant seems to come nearest the description of 
var. lappacea (D.C.) which may be the M. lappacea Desr. of 
L. C. XI, No. 388. Medicagos are difficult to determine from 
descriptions, and require to be compared with types. — A. H. 
Wolley-Dod. 
Medicago laciniata All. [750]. Wool-alien. Gt. 
Wymondley, Herts., Sept, and Oct., 1928. — J. E. Little. 
Wings shorter than keel, and keel than standard. Fruit 
globose. The trivial is apparently taken from a state of the 
leaflet in which it is broken up into narrow segments round 
the nerves. One or two plants which I gathered showed this 
tendency slightly. “ Les folioles du M . laciniata sont des 
plus variables ; ainsi, et quelquefois sur le meme pied, on 
observe toutes les transitions entre les folioles obovales ou 
oblongues dentees et les folioles lineares profondement 
incisees ou pinnatihdes.” — E. Cosson et L. Kralik, 
Rapport Voyage Bot. en Algerie, 1857. There is in Hb. 
Mus. Brit, an extreme example of this laciniation of the 
leaves. Leg. L. Kralik, Sfax, 1854, No. 204. — J. E. Little. 
I think this is correctly named but have only key characters 
to guide me. — A. H. Wolley-Dod. 
Medicago praecox D.C. [749]. Wool-alien. Gt. Wymond- 
ley, Herts., Sept, and Oct., 1928. — J. E. Little. 
Medicago minima Desr. (wool-alien in this case). Gt. 
Wymondley, Herts., Sept, and Oct. 1928. — J. E. Little. 
Lathyrus Nissolia L. Mitcham Common, Surrey, June 26 
1927. The plants are rather small owing to a hard soil 
and short turf. This annual species does not appear in 
consecutive years in the same spot, though abundant when it 
does occur. — J. Fraser. 
Lathyrus maritimus Bigel. On the Chesil Beach, Dorset, 
Aug. 10, 1928. — J. W. White. Nicely dried specimens with 
flowers and fruit. — J. Fraser. 
Rubus fuscus W. and N. Fide Focke. Habitat in silva 
Leigh Wood vocata in comitatu Somersetiensi. Augusti 
die xv, 1928. — J. W. White. Yes, as a form with narrow 
