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distributor’s report for 1947 (1949) 
Artemisia Y erlotormn Lainotte. 17, Surrey; wayside on Howell 
Hill, Ewell, Aug. 16th, 1947. Quite a large patch occurs here on road- 
side, very conspicuous during the autumn. At the beginning of Novem- 
ber it was still not in flower. A small patch has been noted in a simi- 
lar spot on llullswater C'ommon near Guildford. E. O. Waelace (Kef. 
No. 6022). 
Seiiecio vulgaris L. var. radiatus Koch. 7, N. Wilts.; railway track, 
Great Kedwyn, Aug. 4th, 1947. — J. 1). Grose (Kef. No. 5367). ‘ Yes, 
I have seen this plant only about railways, docks, and on roadsides 
and suspect that it is always an introduction in Britain.” J. E. 
iiOUSLEY. 
Taraxacum laevigatum (Willd.) DC. 62, N.E. York; ballast of 
I'ailway siding, Kilmoor, May 10th, 1947. — C. M. Ron (Ref. No. 4711). 
Taraxacum . 70, Cumberland; sandhills near Allonby, May 
21st, 1947. — Miss C. W. Muirhead, comm. Carlisle Museum. 
Limonium humilc Mill. 70, Cumberland; saltmarsh at Anthorn, 
near Kirkbride, Aug. 13th, 1947. — Mrs J. S. Muirhead, comm. Carlisle 
Museum. 
Calysfegia sylvesfris (Willd.) R. & S. 41, Glam.; over a roadside 
fence, Cathaj's Park, Cardiff, Aug. 1947. — A. E. Wade, comm. Nationat, 
AIuseum of Wales. “ Excellent material which shows the characters of 
this alien bindweed j)ei'fectly— see my note in 1948, B.E.G. 1946/7 Itep. 
It is iiarticularly interesting to compare the absence of this species from 
the many old British gatherings projierly labelled C. sepium in Herb.. 
Mus. Brit, with its relative frequency in Herb. Kew where a much 
larger proportion of the sheets was collected during the last century.” — 
J. E. Louslev. 
Pharhitis hederncea. (Tj.) Chois.y, (Tpomoea hederacea L.). Origin ; 
21, Middx. ; grown from seed collected earlier in the year from the 
factory of Soya Foods Ltd., Harefield, by D. H. Kent, September 16th, 
1947. This species was found at Harefield as an alien in small quantity 
in 1945 and 1946. It is a delicate flower to press and cultivation from 
seed afforded an opportunity of obtaining sufficient material to distri- 
bute. The flowers open very early in the morning and in hot weather 
in August close as early as 8 a.m. In September and early October in 
cool weather they remained open throughout the day. The colour of 
the corolla is variously described by different authors. In th^e speci- 
mens it was bright blue with longitudinal white bands within when 
fresh but deepened to purplish-red while drying. The species is a 
native of tropical America bnt now occurs over a wide area on the eastern 
side of the TTnited States. — J. E. Lousley. 
