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Carum Bulbocastanum , Koch. By the old road at the base of the 
chalk escarpment, between Eddlesborough and Ivinghoe, Bucks, 
July 1897. The locality was published by the late Mr. R. A. Pryor 
in the ‘Journ. Bot.’ (1877), p. 240. — G. Claridge Druce. 
Pimpinella Saxifraga , L. Road in the gorge of the Clydach 
river, between Bryn Mawr and Clydach, Brecon, nth June 1897. 
New county record. — Charles Bailey. “A flowerless specimen 
with the lower leaves dissected.” — G. Claridge Druce. 
P. Saxifraga, L., var. nigra (Mill). Sandy Coast, Farr Bay, 
West Sutherland, 18th July 1897. — E. S. Marshall and W. A. 
Shoolbred. “ This agrees with P. nigra , Willd. ( P Saxifraga, 
L., nigra, DC.), as far as the lobing of the leaves is concerned, but 
true nigra is much more pubescent.” — E. G. Baker. “Is P. Saxifraga, 
L., var. (a), major, Koch, ‘ Syn.,’ ed. iii., p. 247, not P. nigra, which 
is strongly hairy, and a section of the root turns blue (an Wurzel- 
auerschnitte blau wird).” — J. Freyn. 
Anthriscus Cerefolium, Hoffm. Hedgebank, King’s Capel, Here- 
fordshire, June 1897. — Augustin Ley. “The Cerefolium sativum, 
Bess., ‘ Prim. FI. Galic.,’ 219 (1819).” — G. Claridge Druce. 
Oenanthe silaifolia, Bieb. Plentiful in the Wolvercote meadows, 
by the Upper Thames, Oxfordshire, and also in Berkshire, on the 
opposite side of the river, June 1893. Quite distinct from Oe. 
Lachenalii. — G. Claridge Druce. 
Heracleum Sphondylium, L., var. angustifolium, Huds. Benthall 
Edge, Salop, June 1897. — W. H. Painter. 
Caucalis nodosa, Scop., ‘ FI. Carn.,’ ed. ii. (1772), 192, var. In a 
clover field between Brickhill and Bletchley, Buckinghamshire, August 
1897. This form, if I am correct in referring it to the above species 
of C. nodosa, is remarkable for the umbels being borne on long stalks. 
The plant was common among the clover, a situation in which I had 
not before seen it, and all the plants had pedunculate umbels. 
Grenier and Godron in their ‘Flore de France,’ p. 676, describe it 
as having the umbel “sessile ou brievement pedonculee.” — G. 
Claridge Druce. 
Galium erectum, Huds. Root from Tretire, Herefordshire ; cult. 
June and July 1897. I send these Galiums , wishing to receive more 
light upon them. No. 1 I believe to be true G. erectum ; it flowers and 
ripens fruit considerably earlier (about three weeks) than Nos. 2 and 3. 
No. 2 I imagine would be called typical G. Mollugo ; it is the usual 
plant of the hedges, growing to a large size, with lower branches 
divaricate. No. 3 is a plant of open, stony, limestone ground, usually 
smaller than No. 2, with smaller panicle and slightly smaller fruit. — 
Augustin Ley. “Very straggling for G. erectum , Huds.” — E. G. Baker. 
“This is G. dumetorum, Jord.”— J. Freyn. “A variety of G. Mollugo 
with narrower leaves and more erect flowering stalks. See ‘ Flora 
Berks,’ p. 261.” — G. Claridge Druce. 
