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Alectorolophus minor Dumort. = Rhinanthus minor Ehrh. 

 Beitr. vi., 144, is a very widely distributed form in Britain, 

 which I have from Co. Antrim, West Ross, South Aberdeen 

 (as a narrow-leaved form growing at 800 feet), and it is the 

 prevailing plant in Anglesey and Carnarvon. A stout form 

 from Oxford and Berks is my var. fallax Koch, but which does 

 not appear to be recognised by Sterneck, who simply calls it 

 A. minor. It also is found in Buckinghamshire, Northamp- 

 tonshire, Bedfordshire, Middlesex, &c. The " R. major" of 

 Mr. Saunders' collection from Harlingtou in Bedfordshire is, 

 according to Sterneck, only minor, as are the Lincolnshire 

 specimens labelled R. major collected and distributed by J. 

 S. Rowse. R. minor ascends to 1,000 feet at L,lanberris and 

 800 feet at Ballater and Gloucestershire, but doubtless reaches 

 higher elevations. Dr. J. von Sterneck gives specific rank to 

 Dr. Buchanan White's variety Drummond-Hayi, which I have 

 from Forfar, Perth, and West Ross, and which ascends to over 

 3,000 feet in Perth. 



1 have Alectorolophus major Reichb. (=Rhina?ithtcs major 

 Ehrh. 1. c.) from East Ross, from Bodorgan, Anglesey, and 

 with some doubt from Buckinghamshire. I found Alectoro- 

 lophus borealis Sterneck in " Ann. du. Cons, et du Jard. Bot. de 

 Geneve," 1899, p. 25 (=Rhinanthus borealis) at high elevations 

 2,200-3,000 feet on the mountains of Perth and Argyll, and 

 noted at the time "a variety, but not Drummond-Hayif 

 Alectorolophus monticola Sterneck {=■ Rhinanthus monticola) I 

 found on the Black Isle of Cromarty near the coast, and at 

 Invercauld, South Aberdeen, at above 1,500 feet elevation. 



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