6 THE BOTANICAL EXCHANGE CLUB OF THE BRITISH ISLES. 
S. quinquevulnera in its petals being white and unspotted, and the 
rose variety, merging into the spotted rose variety ( S. quinqiievulnera , 
rosea ), brings it to the typical .S', quinqiievulnera. Again, I found a 
form exactly intermediate between S. anglica and S’, quinqiievulnera , 
which I am not aware has been noticed before — at all events, I can 
find no record of it in books. It has the small petals, the lamina of 
which is not half so long as the claw, spotted as in S. quinquevulnera. 
The true S. anglica was very uncommon on this hill, S. quinquevulnera 
being the prevailing form. The branches of S. quinquevulnera are 
sometimes ascending, sometimes robust and flexuous, altogether 
agreeing, except in the petals, with the description of S. anglica given 
in English Botany, vol. ii. In Guernsey, S. anglica is more common, 
and in no way differs from English specimens, while S. quinquevulnera , 
with no intermediates, occurred sparingly near Vale Castle. I am 
sure, however, that in the London Catalogue, S. anglica ought to be 
altered to vars. b. and c. of S. gallica , instead of, as now, separating 
them.” Dr. Boswell considers the fruiting peduncles too long for 
true gallica , and would call it anglica , growing in a dry situation. 
Stellaria media , With., var. Three plants sent by Rev. E. F. 
Linton, from Lowestoft, Suffolk, 29th May, .1879, having three 
stamens, and considered by him to be near Boreana ; but Dr. 
Boswell states that they tend nearer to var. neglecta. 
A renaria serpyllifolia , L. , b. leptoclodos. Mr. Charles Bailey sends 
this variety from Llandudno, 18th September, 1879, as new t0 the 
county; it is pretty plentiful in waste places, growing with sphcerocarpa. 
Arenaria ciliata , L. From King’s Mountain, Sligo, 18th July, 
1879. A good supply is sent by Mr. S. A. Stewart, who writes : — 
“ This plant seems to be either very rare or local on Ben Bulben 
proper, as for two days I searched for it in vain on that mountain. 
It occurs in considerable abundance on rocks on the east side of 
that mountain, some three miles to the south-east of Bulben. Our 
plant is denser and rougher, with leaves more bluntly spathulate and 
more strongly ciliate than Continental examples in my herbarium.” 
Prof. Babington writes : — “ Probably we have all confounded King’s 
Mountain and Ben Bulben. I do not recollect finding it on the hill 
I was first taken to as the latter, but on the hill which is continuous 
with it, on the other side of a ravine.” 
Spergula arvensis , L. = A. saliva, Boenningh. From Kew, July, 
1879 ; and Spergula vulgaris , Boenningh. From a cornfield, Petersham, 
Surrey, 23rd July, 1879. Both these Spergulas are sent by Mr. 
George Nicholson, and the members are referred to his paper in 
the “Journal of Botany,” for January, 1880, p. 16, for notes on their 
distribution. Mr. Nicholson there states that “-S. saliva has minutely 
punctate, margined seeds, and in a living state can be distinguished 
by its decidedly viscous, dull grey-green leaves and branches ; on the 
other hand, in N. vulgaris the seeds are obscurely margined, or totally 
devoid of wing, and beset with club-shaped papillae, generally quite 
black in fully-matured seeds. When growing, the latter is conspicuous 
on account of its light grey-green leaves, altogether brighter looking 
and less viscid than the former plant.” Professor Babington says the 
Kew plant is S. arvensis , Reichenb. ; and Dr. Boswell names the 
Petersham plant S. arvensis var vulgaris , as he understands it. 
