SHORT NOTES. 135 stock, Penruddocke; Compton. 10. Harnham. — Tragopogon pon-l- folium L. (W.) 7. Established for many years on railway-bank at Salisbury, Tucker d Miles. — Mentha officinalis Hull (W.). 9. Anstey and Dinton, Rogers. — M. hirsuta forma capitata (W.). 10. Britford. — M. rubra Sm. 10. Britford. — Polygonum minus Huds. (W.) 7. Stratford. 8. S. Newton. — Allium vineale var. bulbiferum (W.). 5. W. Dean. — Potamogeton interruptus Kit. 8. River Wily at Wishford. — Lastrea Filix-mas var. paleacea (W.). 9. Swallowcliffe, Rogers. — Chora fragilis Desv. (W.) 5. Hampt- worth. 7. Amesbury, Groves. Of aliens and casuals : — Lepidium perfoliatum (W.). 9. Dinton, Mrs. Audland. — Trigonella Fcenum- grcBcum L. (W.) 7. Turnip-field at Stratford, R. R. Smith. — Spircea salicifolia L. (W.) 11. Sedgehill, Mrs. Oldfield. — Poly- gonum tataricum. 5. Farley, Henderson. 10. Britford. — Edward J. Tatum. S. Hants Records. — Rosa stylosa Desv. Mottisfont. — Crepis taraxacifolia Thuill. Fordingbridge. — Edward J. Tatum. Exchange Club for Mosses and Hepatice (p. 88). — The Rev. C. H. Waddell's suggestion will, I believe, be welcomed by bryolo- gists, and would, if carried out, I have no doubt, serve a very useful purpose. There is one thing, however, which ought very carefully to be avoided, viz. the danger lest such a club tend towards the extermination of our rarer species. I need only quote the following sentence from the report of the committee appointed by the British Association to investigate the disappearance of our native plants, to show that the danger is not a fancied one : — "Most of the correspondents agree, however, that the injudicious action of botanists themselves, and of botanical exchange clubs, have been a potent factor in the changes which have taken place " [Brit. Ass. Rep, 1889, 435). I think it would be necessary so to frame the rules that the avoidance of such results should be care- fully provided for, and not left to chance. If this is possible, and is carried into effect, I should be very glad to add my name to Mr. Waddell's supporters. — H. N. Dixon. Epilobium lanceolatum in Yorkshire. — In looking through the willow-herbs of the Boswell-Syme Herbarium at Upper Clapton, I have found two good specimens of this plant, labelled '* Rpilobium roseum? Thirsk, Yorkshire. Augt. 1865. W. W. Newbould." This (if native) is a great extension of its known occurrence in England, and the specimens do not look at all as if they had been cultivated, besides which such a careful worker as Mr. Newbould would scarcely have failed to note anything suspicious about the station. — Edward S. Marshall. Cheshire Plants. — The following brambles, not previously recorded for this county, have been named by Mr. Moyle Rogers : — Rubus nitidus Wh. & N. Wybunbury Moss, in some plenty. — R. plicatus W. & N., var. Bertramii (G. Braun). Thicket, S.E. end of Wybunbury Moss; a very erect plant, with few prickles, leaflets quite flat, large white petals, and stamens far exceeding the styles. — R, Ldndleianus x puhherrimus. Near Bollington ; a very pretty
