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Watson and myself, to be R. conspersus, Hartm. Whether the Scan- 

 dinavian R. conapursux be a species or not I do not know, but I am 

 convinced that Dr. Walker-Arnott was right in considering the Kin- 

 ross-shire plant a hybrid between R. obtusifoUus, L., and R. domesticm, 

 Hartm. ; it is only found in company with these two species, and very 

 few of the fruits of each panicle come to maturity, so that the fruit- 

 panicle bears but few fruits with enlarged petals, the gTeater number 

 remaining undeveloped. 



R. crispo-obtusifoUns ? Under this name I have sent out speci- 

 mens of a Rimiex extremely similar to R. pratensls, Mert. and Koch, 

 but differing in having but few of the fruits in each panicle coming to 

 maturity; in the enlarged petals being rather larger and less highly 

 coloured ; and varying by the enlarged petals approximating more to 

 those of R. obtiis'ifolius on the one hand, and more to those of R. 

 crispiis on the other. It occurs near Balmuto, wherever these two 

 species grow together ; and I suppose it to be a hybrid between them, 

 and not identical with the English R. prateiisis. The Scotch specimens 

 from Aberdeen and Musselburgh which I referred to R. pratensis in 

 the third edition of ' English Botany,' are identical with the Fife 

 plant, which, if not a hybrid, may be a sub-barren state of R. obtmi- 

 fulius. I should be much obliged if any botanist would send rae 

 thoroughly ripe seeds of R. pratensis from England, in order that I 

 may cultivate that species along with the supposed hybrid. 



Qiiercus pednncnlata, Ehrt., var. angudifolia. " Distributed in order 

 to correct a former misnomer. As mentioned on the labels, specimens 

 of Q. Cerrifs, the Turkey Oak, were inadvertently connected with the 

 labels intended for this variety under dale of 1867." — H. C.Watson. 



Iris Psei/dacor/is, L., var. t/enuina. I. Pst^Hducoriis, Bor., occurs at 

 Otterston Loch, Fife. I have sent out a few specimens, but from 

 the difficulty of drying flovvfers of Iris, they will prove of little use for 

 comparison with the var. acori/orms, so common in the neighbourhood 

 of London. 



Allinni carinatum, Fries, non Sm. An Alliinn growing by the side 

 of the Tay below Perth, pointed out to me by Mr. .John Sim, is this spe- 

 cies ; but as the Tay-side is a perfect nursery of aliens, its occurrence 

 there is not sufficient to entitle it to a place in the British flora, — 

 though, from its numerous head-bulbs, it will probably prove a per- 

 manent inhabitant, and, if so, in after years it may be allowed to enter 

 the list as a naturalized species. On the Newark locality, see Repoi't 

 for 1867. The exserted stamens and dark reddish-purple flower at 

 once distinguish the true A. carinatum from the flat-leaved varieties of 

 A. oleraceum. 



A. paradoxum, Don. Mr. A. Craig Christie sends a specimen of 

 this from Benny Craig Woods, near Edinburgh. The plant readily 

 establishes itself by its head-bulbs, and, after undergoing a sufficient 

 term of probation, it will probably be recognized as a naturalized plant, 

 like A. carinatum. 



