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specimens were still flowering in late Sept. 1907. — G. Claridge 
Druce. I do not think Mr. Druce’s ingenious conjecture that this 
may have originated through the wreck of a ship at Carnsore Point 
at all probable. The Point is several miles away; and the plant 
grows at some distance from tidal influence ; nor does it seem at 
all likely that seeds of this marsh-loving species would have been 
conveyed in a cargo of corn from the Western United States. Its 
companions are such plants as Eriophorum angustifoluan, Junciis 
acutus. Orchis incarnata, etc. ; and, unless it was intentionally soiva 
there (as is possible, but not very probable), I believe that it is 
native, and will some day be found elsewhere in Ireland. — Edward 
S. Marshall. 
Asphodelus Jisttilosus, Linn. Frequent in the sandhills about 
Devonshire Road, St. Anne’s-on-the-Sea, north-west Lancashire, 
v.-c. 60, 20th July 1907. The species did not mature its fruits, 
as it did in 1906 on the Orchard Road site. — Charles Bailey. 
Muscari racemosim, Mill., Lam., and DC. Near Kiddington, 
Oxfordshire, where it was discovered by Capt. Gaskell. I think 
there is little doubt that it is a genuine native. Its habitat is a 
large pasture ground in an upland situation, and the plant is so 
abundant as to give a distinct colour to the place. There are 
no ornamental grounds nearer than Ditchley Park, and it is not 
at all likely to have been brought from that place. May 1907. — 
G. Claridge Druce. 
Juncus tennis, Willd. Near Lochgilphead, Argyllshire, Oct. 
1907. So far as I am aware this is a new record for Argyllshire, 
v.-c. 98 : consequently have enclosed a few plants thinking that 
some of the members would like to have one. — P. Ewing. 
J. effusus X glaiicus = J. diffusus, Hoppe. Margin of pond 
in Richmond Park, Surrey, 28th Aug. 1907. Leg. A. B. Jack- 
son and K. Domin. My two specimens are imperfect, the basal 
sheaths not being present. Pith continuous. It is quite sterile ; 
but I am not sure that it is the hybrid.— E. S. M. 
J. lamprocarpus, Ehrh., var. littoralis, Patze = J. nigriteilus, 
Bab. Sandy shore near Ainsdale, South Lancs, (v.-c. 59), October 
1907. Leg. J. A. Wlieldon. It differs from J. lamprocarpus in 
its ascending stems which sometimes root at the nodes, and the 
very dense fasciculate clumps in which it grows. The inner peri- 
anth segments are acute.— J. A. W. I believe that this is what 
Babington called var. nigritellus (Don’s /. nigritellus was probably 
J. alpinus, Vill.). But it seems to me merely a state of maritime 
sands, undeserving of varietal rank. It is much more marked at 
Berrow, N. Somerset. — E. S. M. 
