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2760 Ik Poa palustris, L., var. effusa, Asch. & Graeb. 
By the Severn, Rev. H. J. Riddelsdell. See ‘Joiirn. Bot.’ p. 73; 
possibly native. 
2785. Festuca rubra, L., var. glauca, Koch. Alien, near 
Reading, Dr. Stansfield. 
2793. Festuca maritima, L. Found at Littlestone on Sea, 
Kent, in the Spring, by Mrs. Davy, with other native species, and 
here giving it more claims to be considered native than it previously 
possessed. Mr. F. A. Lees, however, considers it to be native in 
Lincolnshire, an opinion not shared by the Rev. A. Woodruff- 
Peacock. 
2802. Bromus inermis, Leysser, var. aristatus, Schur, Mr. 
Fraser. Leith. 
2S48. Hordeum vioeaceum, Boiss. & Hohen. A native of 
Asia Minor, found by Mr. F. A. Lees at Meanwood, Leeds. 
Recent Publications. 
Among these may be noted : — 
Cyperaceae-caricoideae, Geo. Kiikenthal, in ‘ Das Pflanzen- 
reich,’ pp. 824. Price 41 marks 20 pf. May i8th, 1909. 
Our Honorary Member and Referee, who has for so long kindly 
examined and reported on our Carices, has in this important work 
on this somewhat difficult group most successfully and in a masterly 
manner brought his labours to completion. Tire Ffarrer Kiikenthal 
has clearly described, and illustrated by numerous dissections, 29 
species of Kobrcsia (spelled Cobresia), 23 species of Uncinia, and 
798 species (e.xclusive of hybrids) of Carex. Very numerous varieties 
are also described, but the author has been quite reticent in admit- 
ting plants to the full grade of varieties, reducing many of the 
varieties of our floras to “ forms.” 
The nomenclature adopted agrees very closely with that of the 
‘List,’ the following being exceptions t — lagopina, Wahl., 
instead of C. Lachenalii^ Schkuhr, which is an older name. C. siel- 
iulata, Good., wrongly replaces C. echinata, Murray. C. intermedia. 
Good., instead of C. disticha, Huds., an earlier authority overlooked 
by Kiikenthal. C. Htidsonii, Benn., instead of C. elata, All. (which 
