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Upper less broad (box-like), and the central vein of the sepals tends 
rather more to branching, but the two can hardly be kept separate.” — 
E, S. Marshall. “ Very fine large-flowered P. vulgaris^ but differing 
from the var. in fruit, and, I think, in a leaf-character as well.” — 
E. F. Linton. 
Polgvala ca/carea, F. .Schultz. Chalk downs near Winchester, S. 
Hants, May 1898. — A. B. Jackson. “This formed a prominent feature 
of the vegetation of the downs, occurring in patches of brilliant blue, 
visible at a considerable distance.” — A. B. J. 
Dianthus gallicus, Pers. Syn., i., 495 (1805). Near St. Ouen’s 
Bay, Jersey, October 1898. — 'Coll. — Hurst; Comm. G. C. Druce. 
“This is the plant recorded as D. cczsius by the Jersey botanists, but 
when my friend Mr. Hurst sent me a specimen I saw that it could 
not be the Cheddar Pink, and Mr. F. N. Williams has referred it to 
the above species, which is a native of Northern France. I suspect 
that it has, either accidentally or intentionally, been introduced to the 
Jersey locality, as it is scarcely probable that so conspicuous a plant 
could have escaped the attention of the many botanists who have 
visited that classic hunting ground for the Jersey rarities.” — G. C. D. 
A single specimen sent. 
Saponaria Vaccaria, L. Ballast, Aintree, S. Lancashire, August 
1898. — J. A. Wheldon. 
A. officinalis, L., var. puberula, Wierzb. Hightown, S. Lancashire, 
August 1898. — S. Gasking. 
Silene Cucubalus, Wibel., var. brachiata (Jord. in Bor., ‘FI. du 
Centr. Fr.,’ ed. 3, ii, 94, as a species). In a field of clover, Cumnor, 
Berks, June 1898. — G. C. Druce. “Named for me by Herr Freyn. 
The following is the description given by Boreau : — ‘Tige de 3 a 6 dec. 
ascendante ou dressee, rameuse dichotome, presque glabre ; feuilles 
oblongues ou elliptiques aigues, peu retrecies a la base, glaucescentes 
a peu pres glabres, a bord un peu cartilagineux, souvent cilie ; fleurs 
un peu penchees en panicule multiflore, dichotome terminate; calice 
ovale, petales blancs bipartis, a lobes oblongs, styles tres allonges, 
epaissis, antheres Was, capsule ovoide arrondie, a support court et 
epais ; graines brun fonce, reniformes anguleuses, chargees de petits 
tubercules fins.’” — G. C. U. Is not this our ordinary English form? 
Boreau splits up S. inflata (A. Cucubalus) into four species, A. vesicaria, 
Schrad., A. puberula, Jord., A. brachiata, Jord., and A. oleracea, Bor., 
A. brachiata being indicated as the commonest. — J. G. 
A. dichotoma, Ehrh., teste Ar. Bennett. Ballast at Aintree, Lanca- 
shire, August 1892. — J. A. Wheldon. Also sent by the Rev. S. 
Gasking from ballast at Garston, July 1898. 
A. anglica x quinqueviilnera. West Mount, Jersey, 25th May 
1898. — Jas. W. White. “Wherever A. quinquevulnera and A. anglica 
