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get better siiecimeiis another year. These were gathered too late. 
— J. L. Warken. This plant looks like a hybrid from having only a 
few of the fruits arriving at maturity ; it further differs from trigranu- 
late nemorosus by its elongate sprawling branches. — J. T. Boswell. 
Rumex (hybrid between piilcher and comflonwatus) . Lewes, 
Sussex. August 9, 1876. I iiresume this is the same hybrid 
gathered by Mr. Briggs at Tothill, Plymouth, in 1873, and at 
Toi-point, East Cornwall, in the same year (‘E. C. Keport ’ for 
1872-74, p. 34.) Both parents were handy when I gathered these 
specimens. I am able this year to supply root-leaves, which Mr. 
Briggs failed to find. These showing no affinity with jnilcher, 
seem to establish that this cannot be a depauperized form of that 
species. — J. L. Warren. This seems to be the same as the plant 
sent by Mr. T. Pi. A. Briggs from Torpomt, E. Cornwall, in August, 
1873 (see ‘Bot. Exch. Club Piep.,’ 1872-74, p. 34.) — J. T. Boswell. 
R. rupestris, Le Gall. Now that I have received good specimens 
and root-leaves of this plant Aom Mr. Briggs, I have formed the 
opinion that it is distinct Aoin R. nemorosus. From the seeds of 
the Devon and Cornwall plant I raised numerous seedlings, the 
root-leaves of which looked more like those of R. 2 :>cilustxis than of 
li. nemorosus. I am sorry to say none of them flowered, probably 
owing to the extremely cold and wet summer we have had here. — 
J. T. Boswell. 
Rumex (hybrid between jndcher and rupestris.) Several roots in 
two spots on the shore of Whitsand Bay, E. Cornwall, growing 
with R. rupestris; R. p>ulcher occurring on the upper part of the 
cliffs, and also in the old pasture-land immediately above. July, 
1876. — T. Pi. A. B. This comes very near the hybrid found at 
Torpoint, E. Cornwall, in 1873, mentioned in ‘Bot. Ex. Club 
Eeport,’ 1872-74, p. 34, which I thought likely to be R. pxilcher 
and R. conglomeratus. The plant of 1876, however, differs in its 
much larger fruit sepals, of which all three are trigranulate in the 
specimen submitted to me. I think it most probable Mr. Briggs is 
right in regarding it as a hybrid between pulcher and rupestris . — 
J. T. Boswell. 
R. sijlvestris, Wallr. Damp spot, Kelvedon, Essex. September, 
1876. — E. G. Varenne. This plant seems to me not true sylvestris, 
but a hybrid between obtusifolius and nemorosus, or, possibly, con- 
glomeratus . — J. T. Boswell. 
R. obtusifolius, Auct., var. sglvestris, Wallr. Bank of Forth, 
between Causeivay Head and Cambuskenneth, Co. Clackmannan. 
September 12, 1826. There is a good deal of this plant on the 
north bank of the river ; unfortunately it escaped notice till late hi 
the season, and then only a few poor specimens could be got. — T. 
Drummond. I think this the same as the Putney plant. — J. T. 
Boswell. 
R. obtusfolius, Auct., var. Friesii. Lewes, E. Sussex. August, 
1876. One of the extreme forms. — J. L. Warren. Amongst these 
we have other forms closely approaching the long-spined plant 
from Welwyn, Herts, distributed by Mr. Groves. (‘ Bot. Ex. Club 
Pieport,’ 1875, p. 24.) — J. T. Boswell. 
