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Common, Warwickshire, August, 1888. — H. Bromwich. Specimens 
too imperfect, lacking, as they did, the especial portions necessary for 
the identification of the variety. — Ed. 
Carduus nutans x crispus. Hedge, Sellack, Herefordshire, 
September, 1888 . — Augustin Ley. “Is not the plant of Syme or 
Watson, which is exactly halfway between the two ; this is very near 
crispus .” — Arthur Bennett. Is much nearer crispus than the plant 
sent from St. Weonards by Mr. Ley, in 1883, which was even nearer 
nutans than the hybrid to which Mr. Watson gave the name 
Newbouldi . — Ed. 
C. crispus , L., acanthoides (L.). Woods, Symonds Yat, W. Gloster, 
13th October, 1888 — Augustin Ley. “Yes.” — J. G. Baker. I 
should hardly have called this acanthoides. It seems a remarkable 
form of crispus , showing no nutans parentage. — Ed. “Judging by 
specimens gathered near Croydon, and named “ C, crispus , var. 
lentiginosus = C. acanthoides , Bab., ‘Man/ by H. C. Watson, and 
assented to by Dr. Boswell, I should say certainly not acanthoides. 
I should call it, as Prof Babington does, a weak form of crispus. 
It has just the appearance that specimens have that have been “ cut 
over,” in trimming hedge banks, and afterwards throwing out 
autumnal flowering shoots.” — Arthur Bennett. “It seems a re- 
markable form of crispus .” — C. C. Babington. 
Cirsium arvensis x palustris. Wood, Holm Lacey, Herefordshire, 
October, 1888 . — Augustin Ley. I have seen the same form in 
Oxford, see ‘FI. Ox.,’ p. 174, and consider it a lax form of palustris, 
at any rate it is not Cirsium arvensi x palustre of Naegeli, which has 
the closely aggregated anthodes of type palustris . — Ed. “ This may 
not be identical with Naegeli’s plant, so named, yet I believe it a 
hybrid. I have a nearly similar plant from Mitcham Common, 
Surrey, except that my specimen has much more spinous-armed 
peduncles than this.” — Arthur Bennett. 
Arnoseris pusilla, Gsertn. Lakenheath, Suffolk, W., July, 1881.— 
G. C. Druce. 
Crepis taraxacifolia , Thuill. Wolvercote, Oxon., July, 1885. — 
G. C. Druce. 
Hieracium Pilosella , L. var. Peleterianum , Mer. Moulin Huet 
Cliffs, Guernsey, ex herb. — J. H. Steuart. “ Correct ” E. J. 
Hanbury. 
H. pi'atense , Tausch. Between Haddington and Longniddry, 
Co. Haddington, 30th June, 1 888. New county record. As I 
pointed out some time ago the plant is likely to be found in various 
localities on the East side of the Island. — A. Craig-Christie. 
H. melanocephalum, Tausch. Ben na Bourd, S. Aberdeen, 
August, 1887. — E. F. Linton. 
H. holosericeum , Backh. Ben Hope, Sutherland, at 2,800 feet, 
July, 1888. — J. Cosmo Melvill. New County record. 
H. eximium , Backh., var. tenelhwi , Backh. Carn Eas, prope 
Braemar, S. Aberdeen, August, 1887. — E. F. Linton. “Correct” 
F. J. Hanbury. Also Glen Ennich, Easterness, August, 1887. — 
G. C. Druce. New County record. 
