6o8 THE BOTANICAL EXCHANGE CLUB OF THE BRITISH ISLES. 
date ; railway side, same date. The first of these gatherings has 
been seen and passed by Mr. Hanbury. I believe all to represent 
one variety, but those growing on loose railway ballast are larger. — 
A. Ley. “ Yes, for the large form on railway ballast, but the 
Symond’s Yat plant looks much like a modified sciaphilum^ as also 
does the Great Doward plant.” — E. F. and W. R. L. 
Hieracimn cacuminum, Ley. Brecon Beacons, 28th July 1899. 
Cult, (origin Brecon Beacons) June 1898. The original station from 
which the plant was described. I have now traced it westwards from 
this station into Caermarthenshire. — A. Ley. “ Wonderfully modi- 
fied in cultivation, especially in the development of hairiness, and the 
narrowing of the phyllaries.” — E. F. Linton. 
//. sciaphilum^ Uechtr. Lledgebank, Woolaston, W. Gloucester, 
4th July 1899.^ — -W. A. Shoolbred. “Right.” — W. R. L. Ruins of 
Abbey-cwm-hir, Radnorshire, 25th July 1899. New county record. — 
W. H. Painter. “ Right.”— W. R. L. 
H. rigidum, Hartm., var. trichocaulon^ Dahlst. ? Hedgebank 
Hewellsfield, W. Gloucester, nth Julv 1899. — W. A. Shoolbred. 
“Seems right.” — E. F. and W. R. L. 
H. protractum^ Fr., f. Originally from Shetland, W. H. Beeby; 
cult, at Clapham, 1899. — J. Groves. 
H. strictum, Fr., var. subcrocatum, Linton, teste F. J. Hanbury. 
Rocks in the Lune, Howgill, Westmorland, August 1894. — Albert 
Wilson. 
H. corymbosum, Fr., var. salicifolium^ Lindeb. Bank, Cellwen, 
Breconshire, 4th August 1899. Far more frequent, I believe, than 
the type in S. Wales. — A. Ley. 
Taraxacum opficinale, near var. cornicidatum^ Koch. Rock crevices, 
Ea.segill, W. Lancs., June 1899. — J. A. Wheldon and A. Wilson. 
“ This may pass as corniculatum though it is not very pronounced, the 
phyllaries are emarginate at the summit; some are corniculate, others 
not.”— W. R. L. 
T. paiustre, DC., forma. Bogs, Easegill, W. Lancs., June 1899. — 
J. A. Wheldon and A. Wilson. “No note was sent with this; I 
fail to see in what it differs from the usual plant.” — W. R. L. 
Xanthium spinosum, Linn. Ballast, Bootle, S. Lancs., October 
1899. Flowering specimens are rare with us, and may be welcome to 
some. — J. A. Wheldon. 
Statice Limonium} var. pyramida/is, Syme. Preesall, W. Lancs., 
nth September 1899. The plant sent may be a hybrid with S. 
auriculcefolia. — J. A. Wheldon. “ Some of these are rightly named 
pyramidalis^ but the variety is an unsatisfactory one.” — W. R. L. 
