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Rumex crispiis^ L,, subcordatus^ Warren. Marshy meadow, Hill 
Wootton, Warwickshire, September, 1892. — H. Bromwich. “Seems 
to be the plant so named ; but according to Dr. Boswell (‘ Exch. 
Club Report,’ 1872-4, p. 36), Mr. Warren withdrew that name, and 
substituted that of dentatus (which he had the right to do, as the 
name was not then published), but Dr. Boswell remarks, “ I'he 
denticLilation at the base of the petals is not a constant character.” — 
Arthur Bennett. “ Should not be distributed without the lower 
leaves to show the subcordate character.” — J. Gilbert Baker. 
Euphorbia duicis, Linn. Conan river, in Brahan Castle grounds, 
E. Ross; quite naturalized. August, 1892. — E. S. Marshall. 
Quercus intermedia^ D. Don, fide E. F. Linton. South Harting, 
Sussex, 8th October, 1892. — M. L. Hodgson. Peduncle too long for 
intermedia but petiole short ; a connecting link between Robur and 
inter) 7 iediaP — J. G. Baker. “ Surely there is nothing to separate the 
South Harting Q. intermedia from ordinary pedunculataP — W. Moyle 
Rogers. The name Q. sessiliflora is undoubtedly antedated by that 
of Q. fxmina^ Miller, ‘ Gard. Diet.’ Ed. viii. (1768). I should not 
separate my specimens of the foregoing from Q. Robur, L. — G. C. 
Druce. 
Saiix cinerea x phylicifolia, cult, origin, Clova, Forfar ; May and 
July, 1892. Both $ and d • — W. R. Linton. 
S. nigricans, Sm., var. Forsteriana, Sm. Shrewly Pool, June 
and August, 1891, Warwickshire. — H. Bromwich. 
S. nigricans, Sm., var. damascena (Forbes). Shrewly Pool, 
Warwickshire, June and August, 1891. — H. Bromwich. 
S. repens, L. var. prostrata, Sm. Swansea, Glamorgan, 1886. — 
W. R. Linton. 
S. repcfis V. parinfolia, Sm. Swansea, cult. 1891. The leaves 
are larger in cultivation. The plant agrees generally with Smith’s 
description. — W. R. Linton. 
A. repens v. incubacea, Sm. Holme, Hunts., 1888; and cult. 
May and August, 1890. No. 13. May I point out the inconsistency 
of the Club asking in the Desiderata List for the vars. c.e.f. of 
S. 7 'epens, and ignoring them when sent up by treating them as mere 
variant forms to which no name is worth attaching. The course 
pursued brings no advance in our knowledge of the repe 7 is group, 
whilst the attempt to number and name the many (not innumerable) 
forms is justified by the success attending similar work in Hieracia 
and Rubi. — Wm. R. Linton. “ A form only, no variety, a most 
variable species.” — E. S. Marshall. “ In putting my pen through the 
varietal names of some repe 7 is (and one nigrica 7 is) forms, I do not 
wish to be taken as meaning that these var. names have not been 
correctly applied — so far as they are worth anything — by the sender 
of the specimens. All I mean is that in such polymorphic species 
the perpetuation of names for varieties is worse than useless — it is a 
hindrance to study. British willows would have been much better 
understood long ago if they had not been overloaded with varietal 
names, in many cases founded on single individual bushes.” — P' 
Buchanan White. 
