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KXlllUlTlDN MEET1N(;, 
has been called in Mritain M. fontana var. iiitcrni cdia (Heeby) 
Di'uce ; and a ])laut with seed type intermediate between these 
two and somewhat variable, much material of which has gone 
under the name of M. rivularis. 
Seeds of the four Jlritish types were exhibited under the 
binocidar microscope, together with (very incomplete) distri- 
bution maps for Britain and N.V\’. Eurojie. The suggestion 
was made that the best taxonomic treatment of the aggregate 
would be to treat all four as geograjihical subspecies of the 
Linnean species Montia fontana. A setting out the 
taxonomic and nomericlatural conclusions is in preparation. 
D. E. Allen. 
S. M. Walteiis. 
SPECIMENS OF RECENTLY lUSCOVEllED KCUI IN KENT AND SUSSEX. 
The account of this exhibit by Mr. W. C. R. Watson will 
appear in an early number of TTatsoruu. 
AN INTERESTING EPILOBIUM POPULATION. 
In June 1947 a very mixed i) 0 ]uilation of Epilobiuiii species 
was found growing in a neglected garden in Honor Oak Road, 
Forest Hill, London, S.E.23. . The ])oi)ulation included E. 
adenocauloii Hausskn. (abundant), E. montanum L. (abundant), 
E. roseum Schreb. (rather abundant), E. tetrayoiiiim L. em. 
Curt, (sparse) and E. vhscurum Schreb. (spar.se). E. hirsutum 
Ji. was also present 100 yards «away, but not with the mixed 
population. 
Samples of the population (exhibited) were kindly deter- 
mined by Mr. G. M. Ash, who found that the following hybrids 
were also apparently represented: — 
E. adenocaulun x rosevm. 
E. montanum x roseum 
E. tetragonum x rosevm 
E. montanum x ijarviflorum 
Of these, Mr. Ash believes that the lirst and third have pro- 
bably not previoiLsly been recorded, at least for Britain. Re- 
garding the fourth, it should be noted that the putative parent 
E. parviflorum L. was not actually observed in the garden. 
The fact that E. roseum. entered into the comjiosition of 
three of the observed hylirids is noteworthy, in view of the fact 
that the main flowering of this species took place quite 10 
days after that of the other four species comprising the popula- 
tion. 
H. K. Airy Shaav. 
