358 THE BOTANICAL EXCHANGE CLUB OF THE BRITISH ISLES, 
R. acris, L., var. ? Marshy meadow, Kilgwrrwg Bottom, 
Mon., v.-c. 35, 19th May 1908, — W. A. Shoolbred. A very in- 
teresting form — remarkably glabrous, and in that respect differing 
from any British gathering we have yet seen. It agrees well with 
specimens gathered at high'altitude in Switzerland, which are placed 
under R. rectus (Jord.) as a glabrous state. — C. Bucknall and 
J. W. White. 
R. acris, L., var. ? [ref. No. 3263]. Rocky streamlet (Allt 
Tarsuinn), near Oykell Bridge, E, Sutherland, v.-c. 107, loth July 
1908. Perhaps only a state of Boneanus (Jord.) Rootstock pr<emose. 
— E. S. Marshall. A weak form of Borceanus ; nearer to that 
than to rectus, but the radical leaves are in bad order. — C. Bucknall 
and J. W. White. 
R. acris, L., intermediate between sub-sp. Borceanus and rectus, 
Walton, S. Lancs., v.-c. 59, July 1908. — J. A. Wheldon. This 
does not remind us at all of Borceanus. We name it tomophyllus. 
— C. Bucknall and J. W. White. 
Berberis Aiiuifolium x vulgaris \x>d. No. 3171]. Hedge, near 
Bossington, v.-c. 5, S. Somerset, 9th June 1908. Nearly past 
flowering at this date. I am confirmed in my original opinion as 
to its parentage. Evidently of long standing, as it extends for about 
20 yards. B. vulgaris is frequent in the neighbourhood ; usually, 
but not always, in hedges. — E. S. Marshall. 
Originally recorded ‘ Journ. Bot,,’ 1907, p. 393, “as a natural 
Berberis-hyhnd in England. In the hedge-row of a narrow unfre- 
quented lane, midway between the hamlet of Bossington and 
Hurlstone Point, v.-c. 5, S. Somerset, A brief examination of 
the characters convinced me that it was a hybrid between the 
common Barberry and the Shrubbery plant of our gardens, B. 
aquifolium, and this determination is fully borne out by comparison 
with the parents. I believe B. vulgaris is the female parent ; the 
agency both of insects and birds must, I think, have contributed to 
its production, as the locality is about half-a-mile from the nearest 
house. It is curious that this plant [a full description of which is 
given] should so strongly incline towards one species \ 7 >ulgaris'\ in 
habit, armature, and simple foliage, and to the other in fruit. 'Phe 
Somerset plant appears to be the first known instance of a quasi-wild 
hybrid in the genus,” 
[Later the Rev. E. S, Marshall writes : “ My supposed B. 
aquifolium x vulgaris has been identified at Kew, as B. aristata, 
DC., a Himalayan species. It is more likely bird-sown than 
purposely planted.”] 
This is a Berberis not uncommon in the Kumaon-Chamba 
Himalaya at about 6,000 — 9,000 feet elevation. Mr. Marshall’s 
