438 THE BOTANICAL EXCHANGE CLUB OF THE BRITISH ISLES. 
on the muddy foot of some migratory water-bird, had dropped to the 
bottom, and was only able to germinate by the recession of the 
water. — F. T. Mott. 
Cerastium arvense, L. v. Andrewsii^ Syme. Pontsallagh, near Black- 
head, Co. Clare, 19th May, 1892. I hardly think this plant is worthy of 
being placed as a variety even of C. arvense. The cutting is not so 
hairy as the type found in the East of Ireland, and Mr. More has 
justly remarked that this variety is to C. a?-vense what Helianthemum 
vineale is to H. marifoliim. — H. C. Levinge. Decidedly doubtful as 
a variety. — W. R. L. 
Stellaria nemorum, L. Near Oakamoor, Staffordshire, 21st July, 
1894. I am sending a few examples of this plant as a record of its 
occurrence in Staffordshire, as I do not find it mentioned in the 
‘Natural History of Staffordshire’ by Garner, nor in the last edition 
of ‘ Topographical Botany.’ It is quite an abundant plant by the river 
Churnet in several places between Alton Towers and Oakamoor. — 
J. E. Bagnall. 
Sagina maritima, Don., v. prostrata, ms. St. Leonards, 27th April, 
1894. Whole plant prostrate, dark green, glabrous. Internodes short. 
Leaves blunt. Flowers large, apetalous, closed ; (calyx closed in 
fruit ?). Sandy loam near the sea. Mons. Maurice Willkomm, to 
whom I sent specimens, writes “ The Sagina of which you have sent 
me some specimens is certainly very like my S. Rodrigiiezii, but it 
differs in the calyx valves being erect and not spreading in the form 
of a cross, and in the peduncles being slightly curved. These are my 
reasons for considering your plant an apetalous variety of A. maritima, 
Don.” — F. Townsend. 
Geraniiwi macrorrhizum, L. Postbridge, Dartmoor, S. Devon, 30th 
July, 1894. Naturalised. — S. T. Dunn. “ Mrs. E. A. Lomax sent 
out specimens from Dartmoor of this Geraniw 7 i three or four years 
ago.” — E. F. Linton. 
Lotus corniculatus, L., v. crassifolius, Pers. Sandhills, Southport, 
Lancs., 17th August, 1894. — J. A. Wheldon. Specimens exhibit 
fairly well the features of Persoon’s plant, which appears to be a 
maritime form rather than a true variety. — W. R. L. 
Astragalus hypos^lottis, L. Near Killeany, Gt. Island of Arran, 
Galway Bay, 14th June, 1894. — Leg. P. B. O’Kelly. This is an 
exceedingly rare plant in Ireland, there being only one locality where 
it is known to grow in the Gt. Island of Arran, Galway Bay. As it 
has never, I believe, been distributed from Ireland, I venture to send 
a batch for the Club. — H. C. Levinge. 
Rubus sp. ? Stream side in boggy wood, Fair Oak, near 
Tintern, Mon., 31st August, 1894. Bush tall, eight to ten feet 
or more. Leaves yellowish-green and rather thicker in texture 
than in typical R. suberectus, nearly all 5-nate, not more than 
three or Wr, mostly deformed 7-nate ones were seen on the 
whole bush, which was a large one. Fruit very abundant, large 
and black when ripe. Some of the specimens were submitted 
