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Pangbourn and Bradfield. In this situation it has all the appear- 
ance of a native species. No introduced plants are near, nor is the 
place a plantation or near houses. I am making investigations into 
the history of the woodland and in other directions, but its occur- 
rence here gives it a different status from what the plant previously 
possessed. The Rev. H. J. Riddelsdell was with me when these 
were gathered in June 1907. A new county record. — G. Claridge 
Druce. From both localities also by H. J. R. 
Bromiis giganteus, L., var. triflot'usy Syme, Saundersfoot, v.-c. 
45, 22nd Aug. 1907. On a specimen sent to Mr. A. Bennett he 
remarked “ Yes.” — S. H. Bickham. 
B. racanostcs, L. Canal bank near Aintree, Liverpool, 30th 
July 1907. — J. A. Wheldon. I believe, correct. — E. S. M. Not 
Bromus racemosus, L., but B mollis^ var. glabrescens, Coss. Apart 
from other characters. B. racemosus is, perhaps, most readily 
distinguished from “ mollis ” forms by its differently shaped lower 
pale, as described by many authors. — D. Fry. To the same effect. 
— Jas. W. White. 
B. brachystachys, Horniing. Canal bank near Aintree, Liver- 
pool (59), 30th July 1907. New to South Lancs. This has been 
noticed for several years and taken for a starved form of B. race- 
mosus^ with which it grows in plenty. It may, however, be readily 
distinguished by its paler colour, smaller and more shining spike- 
lets, and very contracted panicle, besides the difference in the 
shape of the glumes, &c. — J. A. Wheldon. B. mollis^ var. lepto- 
stachys, Pers. — E. Hacked. 
B. interruptus^ Druce, In a field at Rainham Camp, 
Northants, 6th June 1907. — H. J. Riddelsdell. 
Lolhcm micltiflorum^ Lam., var. mutiaim, DC., ‘ FI. Fr.’, Ed. 3, 
V. 286 (1816). Rough grassy places, Kew Gardens, Aug. 1907. 
Coll. A. B. Jackson and K. Domin. The Italian rye grass was 
abundant in rough grassy places on the west side of Kew Gardens 
last summer, and assumed a great variety of forms, among them 
being the above, which is distinguished by its awnless glumes. 
I recorded the same variety from Leicestershire (‘Journ. Bot.’, 
1904, p. 349). This grass might be passed by for the common 
L. perenne, but it is easily separated from that by its scabrid rachis. 
A form which has some of the flowering glumes shortly awned seems 
to connect var. muticum with the type. When very luxuriant the 
spikelets of both type and var. become branched. We have seen 
similar forms near Richmond, Oxford, and St. Alban’s. — A. B. 
Jackson and K. Domin. 
