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to fix the male and female parents. For the same reason no seedlings 
of C. officinalis appeared. Although this hybrid has not yet been 
identified in the wild state, I think it may be useful to distribute 
specimens, as it may be the means of throwing light on some of our 
doubtful plants, such as Mr. Marshall’s No. 1382 (referred to in the 
‘Report’ for 1894, p. 435), which I believe to be a hybrid between 
C. officinalis and C. alp in a, type. Another doubtful plant from Ben 
Lawers, also sent me by Mr. Marshall, seems also to be probably of 
hybrid origin. — W. H. Beeby. 
Viola tricolor , L., var. Glen Spean, West Inverness, 28th July 
1896.— E. S. Marshall and W. A. Shoolbred. 
Viola Curtisii , Forster. On the sandhills east of Portrush, 
Antrim, Ireland, 15th July 1896. Queried for district xi., ‘ Cybele 
Hibernica,’ p. 38. The plant also occurs to the west of Portrush over 
the Londonderry border. — Charles Bailey. 
Silene dichotoma , Ehrh. Casual. Shore of Cropstone Reservoir, 
Leicestershire, July 1894. — F. T. Mott. 
Cerastium arcticum , Lange. Stoh Choin an Eadain, West Inver- 
ness, 5th August 1896. — W. A. Shoolbred. “Surely these were 
mixed? Some, at least, look like alpinum forms.” — A. Bennett. 
Stellaria major , Koch. Growing in company with S. umbrosa , 
Opitz, and indistinguishable in habit, colouring, or mode of growth. 
I could not however detect any specimens of an intermediate character. 
— Augustin Ley. “ But Koch calls this a var., not a species. 
Opiz’s name should be spelled without a ‘ t ’ ; they were two different 
persons.” — A. Bennett. 
Arenaria serpyllifolia , var. glutinosa , Koch. Castleton, Derby- 
shire, 1 8th August 1896. — W. R. Linton. 
Sagina Reitteri, , Boiss. Great Malvern railway station, Worces- 
tershire, 17th June 1896.— C. E. Palmer. 
Geranium nodosum , Linn. Fledge in lane, Allerford, West 
Somerset, 28th June 1896.— E. H. Farr. 
G. Robertianum , L. ; a form or variety with glabrous calyx. 
Limestone, south of Lough Mask, East Mayo, Ireland, 9th June 
1896. — E. S. Marshall. 
Tribulus terrestris, L. Tiverton, near Bath, Somerset; in the same 
locality as Medicago scutellata , All. Introduced from S. Europe, 
where it is a common weed, or possibly a garden stray, for Miller 
(‘Card. Diet.’) mentions it as grown occasionally in English gardens 
in his time (1748). — S. T. Dunn. 
Ononis spinosa , Linn. On the flat, sandy ground, extending from 
Skinburness to Grune Point, near Silloth, Cumberland, 26th 
September 1896. Not recorded for county 70 in ‘Top. Bot ,’ page 
106. — Charles Bailey. 
