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this gathering shown in the amount of branching. A few stems are 
simple, now leafless below; whilst others are copiously branched, with 
some lateral inflorescences well developed.” — E. C. Warr.\ce. 
Seneciu inaeqnidens DC'.? 30, Bedford; grown at Streatham from 
material collected at Biggleswade Railway Sidings in October 1951, and 
])ressed duly 13th 1952 (Ref. No. 5110211). Tn the autumn of 1951 Dr. 
J. G. Dony found alien Seriecios in several places in Bedfordshire and 
('Specially at Ampthill and Biggleswade Railway Sidings. From the 
latter place 1 collected two small roots which were planted in ray garden, 
and a third plant was grown from material shown at the 1951 Exhibition 
Meeting from the same locality and which rooted in water. It was 
soon evident that the three plants differed considerably. The present 
plant (5110211) was extremely vigorous, and rapidly grew into a bush 
about a metre across. The habit was sprawling and the leaves glaucous 
and intermediate in width between the other two. It commenced to 
flower in June and bloomed freely until November. Abundant seed 
was produced and germinated at once, so that by the autumn there 
wer(' many hundreds of seedlings scattered over the garden and about 
10-15 cm. in height. The second (5110162; see below) was far less 
vigorous. The leaves were bright green, very narrow, and the .stems erect, 
and reddish at the base. It commenced to flower in Jidy, but flow('rs 
were produced very sparingly and frequently there were only two or 
three on a stem — they were about 20 mm. in diameter. I am not aware 
that any seedlings arose from this plant. The third (5110161 ; not dis- 
triluited) formed a large sprawling bush. The leaves were a dull green 
and often amplexicaid, the base being sometimes as much as 15 mm. 
wide. The flowers were larger (c. 27 mm. diameter) and opened late and 
very sparingly. It was oidy possible to collect a few sheets of this before 
frost prevent('d further buds from opening. Tn spite of the considerable 
differences between the three plants they may well all be forms of the 
same polymorphic species, and from the associated avooI alic'iis this is 
most likely to come from Australia or South Africa. 5110211 agrees w(‘ll 
Avitli the plant illustrated as Spiiecin lautus (Sol. ex Forster) A. Richard 
in Hayward A- Druce, 1919, Adveiitive Flora of Twe.edside, 139-142, 
and with material distributed from T\A’eedside (e.p., in Herb. Mtis. 
Brit.). But it seems clear that it is not this Australian species, and is 
probably the South African S. inaeqnidens DC. ]My plants survived the 
winter with very little protection, and experience in the garden sug- 
gests that it might well become naturali.sed. It appeared again in arable 
fields in Bedfordshire in 1952. — J. E. Lousley. 
Senecio inaeqnidens DC.? 30, Bedford; groAvn at Streatham, Sur- 
rey, from a plant found at Biggleswade railway sidings, October 10th 
1952 (Ref. No. 5110162). See notes to last gathering. — J. E. Lmi.suEY. 
Anngallis nrvensis L. ssp. foeminn (Mill.) Schinz A Thell. 8, S. WilC 
shire; stubble field, Oak Hill, September 3rd 1952 (Ref. No. 62.38). — J. D. 
Grose, det. E. M. M.arsden-Jones. 
