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heads, branching from the base, which must probably be 
referred to this form. I have collected var. capitata on 
cliffs near Porth Curnow, at the Land’s End, Cornwall ; in 
Holloways and Penally Burrows, Tenby, Pembrokeshire; 
and in Anglesey on the cliffs opposite the ruins of Langwfen 
church, Aberffraw, and on the steep grassy slopes at the 
foot of the cliffs above the South Stack Lighthouse, near 
Holyhead. The plants in this latter station are identical in 
habit with the single-headed specimens of E. capitata, W., 
referred to below ; they grow less than an inch in height 
in the shape of little cushions for a considerable distance up 
the mountain side. 
The rarest of our Erythrseas is E. latifolia, Sm., a species 
which, I believe, does not occur out of England, and as far 
as is known is confined to the Lancashire coast. The three 
specimens exhibited are from Southport, North Shore 
(Liverpool), and Seaforth Common, but I am afraid that 
some of these stations are built upon. I have never been 
fortunate enough to find it, but it might reward a careful 
search on the coast from Ainsdale in the direction of Liver- 
pool. 
Erythrcea littoralis , Fries, is the least variable of our 
British species; its narrow spathulate leaves, strict habit, 
and the peculiar orange colour of the stem and leaves in 
autumn render it easy of detection. It is extremely plenti- 
ful on the Lancashire coast south of Birkdale. 
A well-marked species of Erythrcea, new to the British 
Flora, was detected by Mr. Frederick Townsend, M.A., F.L.S., 
about two years ago, and the specimens now exhibited I 
collected in July last, in the stations indicated by its dis- 
