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that the experience of these aiithors has been similar to my own. 
— J. T. Boswell. 
Cerastmm pumiLim, Curt, (with early state.) Daddy Hole Flats, 
Torquay, S. Devon, April and May, 1876. — F. Townsend. These 
are the most luxuriant British specimens I have seen ; but in the 
two cards of specimens sent me by Mr. Briggs there is a specimen 
of C. tririale, ])entan(b'um on each, which have no doubt been 
accidentally gummed on, as the bulk of the specimens are rightly 
named. ^ — -J. T. Boswell. 
C. tririale, Link., d. aljiestre. Little Kilrannach, Forfar, July, 
1876. — Augustin Ley. This certainly comes near the variety, 
liolosteuides, but is more hairy, the stem especially being hairy on 
all sides, and not alternately in strips. Should any botanist visit 
Shetland he should look for the very remarkable form found at 
Balta Sound, North List, by Mr. A. Craig-Christie. In this the 
flowers are considerably larger than in var. alpeatre, or in the 
largest-flowered states of var. holostcovles. I do not possess a 
specimen, so I cannot give any minor characters by which Mr. 
Christie’s plant, which may be called var. serpentini, can be distin- 
guished, but it is well worth investigation. — J. T. Boswell. 
C. /aiifoliinn, /3. compaetum. Creag-na-dalbeg, Braemar, July, 
1876. — Augustin Ley. A very characteristic specimen of this 
variety. — J. T. Boswell. 
Stellaria media, With., var. ne(/lecta. Hedgebank, Alresford, 
Essex, May, 1876. — E. G. Varenne. Eightly named. Peduncles 
pubescent ; seeds strongly tubercled round the margins, but onlj^ 
granidated on the disc. — J. T. Boswell. 
S. umhrosa, Opitz. ; S. Elizahethcc, F. Schultz. Hedgebanks 
near Torquay, S. Devon, May, 1876.— F. Townsend. This is an 
extension of the known range of this plant to the south-west, but 
no doubt if the plant were looked for it would prove to have 
a wide range. I have very little doubt that it is a good sub-species ; 
the seeds are tubercled all over, and not merely round the margin, 
as in S. eu-media, and the plant is truly perennial. Instead of 
going on producing branches which flower until stopped by frost, 
as in S. media, S. iwdmom forms autumnal barren shoots very 
similar to S. nemornni. These remain through the winter, and do 
not flower till the following spring, as I have ascertained by 
bringing the plant into the garden and watching it. I sent a few 
specimens to the Club from Pirniss Wood, Balmuto, Fife, to show 
this autumnal and winter state. — J. T. Boswell. 
Arenaria >ierp!jUifolia, Linn. (var. Lloydii /) Brakes east of 
Lugger’s Cave, Whitsand Bay, E. Cornwall, May 17, 1876. — 
Augustin Ley. Sandy pasture below Tregantle Fort, Whitsand 
Bay, E. Cornwall, June 24, 1875. Sandy spot by Bigbury Bay, 
below Eingmore, S. Devon, May 8, 1876. — T. E. Archer Briggs. 
Arenaria serpylUfolia, maritime form, of which Mr. Briggs says : 
“ Seems near to, but not exactly Tdoydii." Sandy pasture below 
Tregantle Fort, E. Cornwall, and by Bigbury Bay, South Devon. 
Both of these seem to mo true var. Llnydii, as also does a plant 
sent under this name by the Eev. Augustin Ley, from brakes east 
