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and destroyed, — J, Cosmo Melvill. I have never seen C. flacca 
before with such a slender, weak habit. The persistence of this 
character mentioned by Mr. Melvill would perhaps justify a varietal 
name. — E. S. Marshall. C. glauca^ Murray, forma pallida^ Beck. 
KiiKENTHAL. 
Carex li/nosa, L. Peat bog, near Loch Bhreach, E. Ross, v.-c. 
106, July 13, 1909. — W. A. Shoolbred. C. Ihnosa^ L., typica . — 
Kukenthal. 
Carex acuta, L., var. Millpond, Hoby, Leicester, v.-c. 
55, July, 1909. About this part the River Wreake is very prolific 
of sedges, C. acuta being one of the most noticeable. Those plants 
on the river banks are quite typical — one specimen enclosed ; 
but those on a small ait are large and lush, with branching spikelets. 
Messrs. H. and J. Groves state m litt., “ We have several times seen 
similar forms, with branching spikelets ; but do not know of any 
name for it. We should leave it under type.” — W. Bell. Carex 
prolixa, Fries., Mant., iii. (1842), 150. C. strictifolia, Opiz ! (1846). 
C. acuta, L., var. strictifolia, Uechtritz. C. gracilis, Curt., var. 
strictifolia, Asch. FI. Brand. (1864). C. acuta, C.,\zx. prolixa, Hart- 
mann. In the specimen said to be type I see only a young specimen 
of the above. — A. Bennett. I do not see how it can be separated 
from acuta type as I understand it. — A. B. Jackson. 
Carex riparia. Curt, (small var., or form) [ref. No. 3417]. 
Damp, sandy, coast, about a mile north of Berrow Church, N. Somer- 
set, v.-c. 6. Height 12 to 20 inches. Foliage green, only slightly 
glaucous. A very different-looking plant from the type, which I 
did not see thereabouts ; smaller and much more slender. Mr. C. 
E. Salmon does not consider it to be the var. humilis, Uechtr., 
which is still smaller, and is said to resemble C. distans in habit. — 
E. S. Marshall. It is quite likely that soil or situation would 
account for the look of this plant. I see no variety in it. — E. F. Lin- 
ton. “ C. riparia. Curt., var. humilis, Uechtritz.” — Kukenthal. 
Carex inflata x vesicaria\yti. No. 3388]. Near Conan, E. Ross., 
v.-c. 106, July 16, 1909. This grew with both parents in a swamp on 
an island in the Conan River and is a good intermediate. I believe 
that C. involuta, Bab., is a different form of the same hybrid, with 
narrower leaves ; being descended from a narrow-leaved C. inflata 
{ampullacea), such as I have seen at Wybunbiiry Moss, Cheshire, 
&c. — E. S. Marshall. Ves, C.rostrata x vcsicaria. — Kukenthal. 
Is probably what Mr. Marshall names it and so the x Panne- 
witziana, Figert. ; most certainly not involuta, which you were one 
of the first to distribute after G. E. Hunt from Cheshire, where it 
was denied to be a hybrid. . Mr. J. Sidebotham wrote to H, C. 
