652 THE BOTANICAL EXCHANGE CLUB OF THE BRITISH ISLES. 
on noticing the grasses present, as Bromus commutatus , Schrad., 
which was present in some quantity, as it is in similar meadows up the 
Dorset Stour. — E. F. Linton. “This determination appeared to me 
erroneous ; and Dr. Hackel reports that the specimens are Lolium 
perennc. L., var. sphcerostachyum , Masters in ‘Journ. Bot.’, 1863, p. 8.” 
— G. C. Druce. 
Brachypodium gracile ) Beauv., var. glabrescens , Syme. Border of 
Frankton Wood, Warwickshire, August 1900. — H. Bromwich. “The 
authority for the varietal name should be enclosed in brackets, since 
Syme described it as a var. of B. sylvaticum. These specimens, 
however, are the type.” — G. C. Druce. “ The sheet submitted to me 
is the type — B. gracile , Beauv.” — E. F. Linton. 
Agropyron junceum , Beauv., var megastachyum (Fries., ‘Mantissa,’ 
iii., p. 12), sub Tritico. On the sand dunes between Abersoch and 
Pwllheli, Carnarvonshire. The description, which I owe to the kind- 
ness of Mr. E. G. Baker, who has extracted it from the ‘ Mantissa,’ 
is : “ Foliis planioribus spiculis majoribus floribus obtusis muticis. 
Triticum rigidum olim pr. p. cfr. T. strictum , Dethard, ab spiculie 
glabrae.” The very large spikelets and broader and flatter lower 
leaves at first led me to hope that it was a different species, but Prof. 
Hackel identifies it as above, and it is, I think, a variety not hitherto 
described as British. — G. Claridge Druce. 
Athyrium Filix-famina , Roth., var. convexum , Newman. Wood 
near Quernmore, W. Lancashire, August 1900. — J. A. Wheldon. 
“Good Athyriuvi rhaticum , Roth.”— J. G Baker. 
Lastrcea cristata , Presl. Marsh near Whitesley, Hickling, E. 
Norfolk, July 1900. — A. and J. Bennett. 
L. spinulosa , Presl. Llanwrtyd Wells, Brecon, June 1900. — W. H. 
Painter. “ This has the scales of spinulosa , but is more compound 
than the usual form.” — J. G. Baker. 
Equisetum sylvaticum , L., var. capillare , Hoffm. Damp wood, 
Trossachs, Perthshire, July 1898. — C. H. Waddell. 
Chara fragilis, Desv. Reservoir, Wellington, Salop, August 1900. 
Fide J. Groves. A new county record. — W. H. Painter. 
C. vulgaris , L., var. longibracteata, Kuetz. Ponds near Walton, 
S. Lancashire, July 1900 (named by Mr. James Groves). Ponds by 
Middle Lane, between Blackpool and St. Annes. Record for v.-c. 60? 
— J, A. Wheldon. 
