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Fumaria officinalis L. 70, CumheTlancl ; garden weed on sandy soil, 
Brampton, 9tli June 1950.— Miss C. W. Muirhead, comm. Carlisle 
Mi'settm (Ref. No. 50.116). “ Yes.”- — -N. Y. Sandwith. 
Xasturtiuvh micropJiyUv'in Boenn. ex Relih. x aflirinalo. R.Br. 1, 
West Cornwall; in Stream, Lambourne, Perranzabuloe, 26tli June 1950. 
— F. Rilstone. “ Cliaracteristic material of the hybrid.” — H. K. Airy 
Stiaw. 
Nastvrtimn niicrophyllnm, Boenn. ex Rehb. X officinale R..Br. 1, 
West Cornwall ; old water wheel pit, Lambriggan, Perranzabuloe, 24tb 
June 1950. — F. Rilstone. ” Characteristic material of the hybrid.” — 
TT. K. Airy Shaw. 
Viola odorata L. var. svlfurea (Car.) R. & F. 17, Surrey; clearing 
in woods, on chalk. Great Burgh, Epsom Downs, 4th April 1950. Flowers 
ivory shading to cream 3 ' yellow in centre, quite scentless. Beard absent, 
therefore, also comes under var. imberhis Hensl. — D. P. Young (Ref. No. 
0414). “ Correctly named. The degree of development of the beard on 
the lateral petals varies in this gathering, even as between flowers at- 
tached to the same plant; but some beard is apparent on all but two of 
the flowers which are pressed so as to show the relevant part, so that 
‘beard absent’ is not correct. Rouy & Foucaud {Flore de France, 3, 26) 
state their plant is beardless ; Gregory (British Violets, 6) says ‘slightly 
bearded’ which fits this material very well.”- — S. hi. Walters. 
Sagina maritima Sm. 70, Cumberland; sandhills on Grune Point, 
Skinburness, Silloth, 4th June 1950. — Miss C. W. Muirhead, comm. 
(’arlisi.e Museum (Ref. No. 50.117). 
Malva rotundifolia L. (“4/. parviflora L.”). 10, Sussex; around 
farm buildings. West Dean, 6th August 1949.- — D. P. Young (Ref. No. 
0345). “ Dr. Young’s plants have hairy claws to the petals and are 
therefore M. rotv/ndifolia L. (M. pusilla 'NTith., M. borealis Wallm.). 
See an abstract of a paper in Bhodora by Morton on this group of species 
in 1937, Joum. Bot., 75, 235. My colleague Mr. R. A. Blakelock agrees 
with this naming.” — J. P. M. Brenan. “ Of the two pieces received 
one was a complete plant and the other a portion of a larger stem. They 
appear to be M. rotundifolia L. (M. pusilla Sm.). The claw of the petals 
is bearded and the bractlets of the epicalyx equal or exceed the flower- 
ing calyx. Tn M. parviflora L., a rare alien, the claw is glabrous and 
the bractlets fall considerably short of the calyx. The calyx too is en- 
tire, but in M. rotundifolia it is more or less toothed.” — E. L. Swann. 
Malva parviflora L. 28, West Norfolk; carrot field with other aliens, 
village farm, Houghton, 7th October 1950.— E. L. Swann (Ref. No. 
2163). ‘‘ Correctly named. Note the glabrous claws to the petals. My 
colleague Mr. R. A. Blakelock agrees with this verdict.”— J. P. M. 
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