382 THE BOTANICAL EXCHANGE CLUB OF THE BRITISH ISLES, 
would not get rid of any burden, and would result in bringing 
together units of very unequal value. — A. H. Trow. 
All workers at British Botany must thank Prof. Trow for his 
very beautiful specimens, and for the line of research he has under- 
taken. Unfortunately our rules of nomenclature makes us loath 
to accept specific names for these forms. With regard to lanugt- 
nostis, I may say that having seen the small annual form so common 
on the cliffs of Guernsey, and also found in Jersey, and watching it 
in cultivation, under which its distinctive characters were retained 
(although necessarily in richer soil and less exposed situation the 
plant became larger). I had proposed the same name to represent 
this shaggy leaved and stemmed and radial flowered plant as S. 
vulgaris, var. lanuginosa, and I believe it deserves that rank. 
I may also say that I have grown the small violet from 
L’Ancresse, and St. Ouens ( V. nana, Lloyd = V. Kitaibeliana, var. 
nana of my ‘ List ’) from seeds, and it comes perfectly true in the 
size and colouring of its petals, the shape of the leaves, &c., and it 
is only slightly larger than well-developed wild specimens. 
I have also proved the permanency by seed cultivation of the 
white-flowered form of Geratiiwn Rohertianum, and Salureja /irinos, 
so that minute differences are frequently constant. Comparative 
culture of our British critical forms cannot fail to give us important 
information, and Prof. Trow for this contribution deserves our 
hearty gratitude. — G. C. Druce. 
6’. Cineraria, DC. Harbour Cliffs, Newquay, W. Cornwall, 
v.-c. I, 25th June 1908. An outcast from gardens near by, well 
established, and rapidly spreading. The leaf coating is very variable ; 
lower leaves of shoot often nearly entire. I have seen a few plants 
of the hybrid C. Cineraria x Jacobea, but not this year. — C. C. 
ViGURS. 
6". lautus, Forster. Banks of the Tweed, near Galashiels, 
Selkirkshire, Aug. 1908. This is a “ wool introduction,” and grows 
in abundance on the banks of the Gala and the Tweed, the seeds 
probably being washed down by the river from the manufacturing 
town of Galashiels. It is a native of New South Wales, Tasmania, 
South and West Australia and New Zealand. A", lautus grows to 
be a handsome plant of over 2 ft. in height, on alluvial soil. The 
species varies much in the shape of its leaves. I first noticed this 
in Aug. 1908. It is a first record for Great Britain. — I. M. 
Hayward. Miss Hayward showed me the same plant growing 
there in 1909. — G. C. Druce. 
Cnicus tuberosus, Roth. i. Avebury, v.-c. 7, 6th July 1908. 
2. Nash Pt., v.-c. 41, 1st Aug. 1908. 3. The latter, cult. Llandaff, 
1908. Specimens of each of the three gatherings are made up into 
