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Brachypodium sylvaticum, Roem. et Schult., var, glabrescens , Syme. 
Parley Downs, Surrey, 1888 . — Eyre de Crespigny. Prof. Babington 
passes it as B. sylvaticum , without mentioning the varietal name. 
It has certainly less hairy glumes than the usual sylvestral and septal 
form. — Ed. 
Agropyron repens , Beauv., var. Leersianum , Gray. Forest Hill, 
Oxon, June, 1887. The Triticum barb atum of Duval Jouve. — G. C. 
Druce. 
Lolinm perenne , L., var. aristatum. Old gravel pit, Beckenham, 
Kent, August, 1888. Monstrosity with a branched inflorescence. — 
Eyre de Crespigny. Not L. perenne , L. — Ed. “ L. multiflorum , 
Lamk., var. compositum , ‘Mut. FI. Fr. F. 5 iv. p. 139 = L. composition , 
Thrall.” — E. Hack el. 
A. pungens, Roem. et Schult. Whitstable, Kent, September, 1888. 
— G. C. Druce, teste E. Hackel; also from Eyre de Crespigny. 
“ Yes.” — Prof. Babington. 
Hordeum maritimum, With. Ed. ii., 1787 . Whitstable, Kent, 
September, 1888 — G. C. Druce. This name is clearly preceded by 
that of H. marinum , Huds. — Ed. 
Elymus arenarins , L. Sandhills at estuary of River Naver, below 
Betty Hill, Sutherland, 25th July, 1888. — J. Cosmo Melvill. 
Athyrium Filix-fcemina , Roth, var. A narrow-leaved form, lime- 
stone quarry, Strathan, Sutherland, July, 1888. — J. Cosmo Melvill. 
“ Yes.”— J. G. Baker. 
Cystopteris fragilis , Bernh., var. b. dentata , Hook? Loch Builg, 
Banff, 29th July, 1888. — H. D. Geld art. 
C. montana , Bernh. Cliffs near Tyndrum, but in Argyll, August, 
1888. — G. C. Druce. New record for County 98. 
Lastrea dilaiata , Presl., d. collina. High Raise, Cumberland, 
2,500 feet, August, 1888. — H. E. Fox. “ Is starved montane dilatataP 
— J. G. Baker. 
Gymnogramme leptophylla , Desv. S. Lawrence, Jersey, June, 
1877. — G. C. Druce. 
Equiseium maximum , Lam., var. serotinum , Braun. Monreith, 
Wigton, August, 1882. — G. C. Druce. A form with the aestival 
stem, bearing the fertile spike.— Ed. 
E. arvense , L,, var. alpestre , Wahl. Clova table land, Forfar, 
August, 1882. In ed. vii. of L.C., placed under E. pratense 
(which did not prevent its being recorded as occurring in Britain), 
and omitted in ed. viii., yet I venture to think worth inserting in the 
next edition of L.C. — G. C. Druce. 
E. pratense , Ehrh. Den of Lawers, Mid-Perth, August, 1888. — 
G. C. Druce and F. J. Hanbury. 
E. sylvaticum , L., var. capillare , Hoffm. Aldermaston, Berks, 
September, 1888. — G. C. Druce. I am afraid (notwithstanding the 
different appearance of our plant) that this is only a shade form of 
E. sylvaticum , L. I saw it last year in the vice-counties 22, 88, 89, 
9 2 > 95 ) and 98. 
