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most rare, in this country ; and var. xdocarpa gradually shades off 
towards C. (Ederi^ Retz. — Edward S. Marshall. 
C. hirla, var. hirtaefannis, Pers. Cropstone, Leicestershire, 
July 28, 1910. — A. R. Horwood. Yes. — G. Kukenthal. Very 
near hirtaefor7nis , though slightly hairy. I have, however, traced 
every gradation from type to hirtaeformis in a W. Sussex 
locality ; and the latter (at least as regards Britain) is purely and 
simply a state, due to growing in water or very wet ground \ the 
drier the soil, the greater the amount of pubescence. — Edward S. 
Marshall. The earliest varietal name for this plant appears to 
be C. hirta, var. sublaevis, Hornem., ‘FI. Dan.’ t. 1711, 1821. 
Persoon described it as a species. Kukenthal (‘Cyp. Caric.’ p. 
751) reduces it to a form, but I have retained it as a variety in my 
‘ List.’ — G. Claridge Druce. 
Carex inflata, Huds., forma. In old river bed of River Aire, 
near Skipton, Yorkshire, v.-c. 64, July 15, 1910. Growing in water 
about 12 inches in depth in considerable abundance along with 
Carex acutiformis, Ehrh., C. Goodenowii, Gay., C. hirta, L., and 
typical C. inflata, Huds. I looked for but did not find C. vesicaria, 
L. — John Cryer. Typical C. rostrata, Stokes. — G. Kukenthal. 
A pretty narrow-leaved small-fruited state, for which I cannot 
find a varietal name. — C. E. Salmon. A frequent form northwards, 
with narrow leaves and neat, slender, crowded spikelets. I do not 
know of any special name for this, though probably it may have 
received one from some Continental author. Mr. Cryer’s specimens 
(mine, at least) are rather dark-spiked, and might perhaps be placed 
under var. brumiescens, And. — Edward S. Marshall. 
Carex inflata x vesicaria [ref. No. 3476]. Near Dalmally, 
v.-c. 98 Argyle, June 30, 1910. The parents grow together in great 
abundance in the lower part of Strath Orchy, towards the head of 
Loch Awe, and hybrids are frequently produced. This gathering 
is very fairly intermediate ; a specimen has been passed as correct 
by Rev. E. F. Linton. —Edward S. Marshall. C. rostrata y. 
vesicaria. — G. Kukenthal. Yes, there is little doubt that these 
excellent specimens are the hybrid indicated x C. Pannezoitziana, 
jHqgg. — G. Claridge Druce. 
Carex vesicaria, L., forma? [ref. No. 3480]. In the lower 
part of Strath Orchy, near Dalmally (towards the head of Loch 
Awe), v.-c. 98 Argyle, June 30, 1910. C. vesicaria is remarkably 
constant in this neighbourhood ; the female spikelets being broader 
and shorter than in the present plant, which grew among a large 
quantity of the normal form, and by its appearance suggested 
hybridity with C. inflata, Huds. {anipullacea, Good.). Nuts are 
