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L. The sea side form,” — Arthur Bennett. F. rubra^ L., teste E. 
Hackel. 
Festuca arimdinacea, Schreb. Rail side by Portmeadow, Oxford, 
July, 1892. — G. C. Druce. 
Bromus teciorum^'L. Casual. Rubbish heap, Botley, Oxon, July 
and August, 1891. Casual. — G. C. Druce. 
B. erectus, Huds. Abingdon, Berks, July, 1892. The specimen 
determined by Hudson himself from Pulteney’s Plerbarium is 
hairy, i.e., the var. pubescens, Gx2i.y =vilIosus, Syme, which will thus 
stand as the type with a var. glabrescens, mihi. The Berks specimen 
is glabrescent, i.e., var. glabrescens. — G, C. Druce. 
B. conwiutatus, Schrad. Wytham, Berks, July, 1892. — G. C. 
Druce. Prof. E. Hackel kindly gives a distinction by which this and 
B. secalinus can be distinguished when they are in a flowering state. B. 
cominutatus — upper pales shorter than the inferior. B. secalinus — 
upper pales longer than the inferior. 
B. mollis, L., var. Border of cornfield. Freshwater Gate, Isle of 
Wight, 13th July, 1892. A perfectly prostrate plant, though the 
surrounding vegetation was tall and luxuriant. There was nothing to 
account for its state except that it was within a hundred yards of the 
edge of the cliff. It looks like large Serrafalcus Ferronii, Mabille. — 
A. H. Wolley-Dod, B. mollis, var. conglomeratus, Pers.” — E. 
Hackel. The name B. hordeaceus, L., of ed. i. ‘ Sp. PL,’ was changed 
by LinncEus in ed. ii. to B. mollis, L., as pointed out by Prof. Hackel, 
but he does not approve of altering the existing nomenclature. — G. 
C. Druce. 
B. arvensis, L. Railside, Didcot, Berks, July and August, 1892, 
New County Record. Introduced probably with hay for the horses 
employed by G. W. R., as a number of plants often of S. European 
origin are found from time to time in the vicinity. The Bromus 
arvensis, however, is abundant, and extends along the line to Oxford 
where our herbarium assistant. Baker, found it in the preceding 
June. — G. C. Druce. 
Brachypodium pinotatum, Beauv., var. pubesce?is, Syme. Near 
Abingdon, Berks, July, 1882. — G. C. Druce. 
Loliujn perenne, L. f. Oxford, Aug., 1892. — G. C. Druce. 
Agropyron pungens, R. & S. var. littorale (Reichb.). Lowestoft, 
Suffolk, 14th July, 1892. — H. D. Geldart. 
A. repefis, Beauv. var. batPatum (Duval Jouve). Beauly, 
Easterness, August, 1889. — G. C. Druce. 
Hordeumjiibaticm, L. Crossness, nearErith, Kent, 3rd July, 1892. 
A North American species found occasionally in this locality, but 
scarcely naturalized, I think. I send it in case any member may 
care to have it, if only on account of its beauty. — A. H. Wolley-Dod. 
“ Yes.” — E. Hackel. A few plants occurred by rail side at Oxford. 
— G. C. Druce. 
Ceterach officinarum, Willd., var. crenatum, Milde. Near 
Bally vaughan, Clare, 19th May, 1892. — H. C. Levinge. 
Cystopteris montana, Bernh. Ben Laoigh, Argyle, August, 1889. 
— G. C. Druce. 
