REPORT FOR 1903. 
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April 1903. — W. R. Linton. This evidently comes under aggre- 
gate E. praecox, DC. Some of the specimens may perhaps pass 
as E. brachycarpa, Jord., though the pods are scarcely so broad in 
proportion as are his type at the British Museum. — E. S. 
Marshall. 
Viola arve 7 isis, Murr., subsp. Eeseglisei, Jord. (Middle lobe 
of sepals foliaceous ; carpels ciliate.) Waste ground near Lytham, 
W. Lancs. (6o), July 1903. — J. A. Wheldon. Mr. Baker does 
not say whether this is correctly named, but gives the characteristic 
points of V. D'esegUsei, Jord. ‘Stems i — 4 dec. lateral spreading 
ascending ; leaves, radical sub-cordiform oval ; upper lanceolate ; 
stipules terminal lobe lanceolate foliaceous ; upper petals white 
or bluish ; lower yellow, especially at the base, with violet lines •, 
spur violet, slightly longer than the appendage \ capsule oval oblong. 
Type is recorded as growing in sandy fields.’ 
Viola carpatica, Ramford, S. Lancs. (59), June 1903. I 
send one or two more examples in order to place on record the fact 
that our plant is certainly sometimes perennial, if not always. Plants 
sowed in 1902 bloomed in 1903, and the lengthened old stems are 
now, Dec. i6th, 1903, dying away, but the old crowns are sending 
up healthy, vigorous shoots for next year’s blooming. Whether this 
is a character of any specific value is a moot point. ... It would be 
a boon if Mr. Baker would somewhere give us a key to the numer- 
ous British forms of this section that are now named. — J. A. Whel- 
don. No comment by Mr. E. G. Baker. 
Viola Pesneatti, Jord. ( V. Cui'tisii, var. Pesneaui). Sands of 
Glen Luce, Wigton, August 1899. — G. Claridge Druce. Yes. 
— Mr. E. G. Baker. 
Viola alpestris, Jord. ( V. tricolor, Linn., f.v. saxatilis, Schm., 
a. alpestris, Rouy and Fouc.) Arable fields, with numerous flint 
fragments, near Slough, Bucks, June 1901. — G. Claridge Druce. 
Closely allied to V. alpestris ; the continental specimens which I 
have seen are from mountainous situations. The leading charac- 
teristics of alpestris are, perennial, much branched from base, with 
ascending branches ; median lobe of stipule foliaceous ; lower 
leaves oval, upper oval-oblong or oblong ; petals always longer than 
sepals, yellowish or yellowish-white. — E. G. Baker. 
Viola subtilisy Jord. Brickhill, Bucks, June 1901. — G. Cla- 
ridge Druce. The leading points of this species are : upper 
leaves and median lobes of stipules elongated ; lateral lobes of 
stipules very narrow ; flowers small ; petals generally shorter than 
sepals. — E. G. Baker. 
Viola obtusifolia, Jord. Winslow, Bucks, July 1901. — G. Cla- 
ridge Druce. This agrees in most of its leading characteristics 
