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where neither of the supposed parents can be seen, I have not, 
however, had an opportunity of searching for fruits in late summer. 
— James W. White. Yes ; G. MollugO x vei-um, decidedly on the 
veriim side. I have gathered a similar form in W. Sussex. — 
E. S. M. 
Valeriana Mikanii, Syme, On the lias limestone between 
East and West Leake, Notts., 27th July 1907. — Leg. A. B. Jack- 
son and T. E. Routh. • I should say undoubtedly V. Mikatiii, 
Syme, though not thoroughly characteristic, as the lower stem- 
leaves have much fewer leaflets than is usual in well developed 
plants, in which they often run to 8 or 10 pairs. — D, Fry. This 
is now identified with V. officinalis, L. Correct. — E. S, M. 
Valerianella eriocarpa, Desv. Portland and other places near 
Weymouth, v.-c. 9, June 1907. The locality by the backwater 
looks a native one. — H. J. Riddelsdell. From the description 
of the station in Mansel-Pleydell’s Flora, this might well be a native 
in Portland. It appears to be common in W. France. — E. S, M. 
Solidago virgaurea, L., var. cambrica (Huds.). Rocks by the 
Wye, Brecon, and Radnor, 25th June 1907. Leaves varying in 
breadth, usually broad; somewhat hairy; margin shortly ciliate ; 
heads large. — Augustin Ley. 
S. virgaurea, L. Variety. In river gravel at Abergwesyn, 
Brecon, 23rd July 1907. Leaves narrow lanceolate, somewhat 
coarsely serrate ; somewhat hairy, and with ciliate margin ; heads 
large. These varieties of Golden Rod agree with S. cambrica, 
Huds,, in having fewer larger heads than the typical plant ; in 
flowering earlier, and in growing mainly on rocks, eitlier by streams 
or on mountain cliffs ; but differ from it, and vary extremely among 
themselves in breadth of leaf. Would it not be more satisfactory 
to disregard the breadth and shape of the leaf and unite them 
all as a vzx. prcecox” of the type ? — Augustin Ley. 
Aster . By the railway between Yarnton and ^\^olvercote, 
Oxfordshire, in great quantity, Oct. 1907. Perhaps best referred to 
A. novi-belgii, L. — G. Claridge Druce. In spite of the very few 
serrations on the leaves, I ‘believe this is the same as the Wicken Fen 
plant, on which there is a note in ‘ B.E.C. Report,’ 1897, p. 551. 
Those who can understand the note will be able to supply the 
name. My Dorset specimens of the same plant vary greatly in the 
number of serrations. — E. F. L. 
Ambrosia arteniisifolia, Linn. Plate IV., issued with this 
Report, illustrates the growth of this alien, which has been 
