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110 ALOHEMILLA VULGABIS AND ITS SEGBEGATEB. 



Section G. 



Polygala Kurtzii, sp. n. Suffrutex erectus ; radice lignosa ; 

 caulibus numerosis, ramosis, G-10 poll, longis, leviter pubescenti- 

 bus ; racemis tenuiiialibus, sat paucifloris ; foliis confertis, anguste 

 ellipticis vel obovatis, 3-4 lin. lougis, 1 lin. latis, utrinque macu- 

 latis, sessilibus, levissime ciliatis ; pedicellis brevissimis, glabris ; 

 bracteis parvis, ovatis, glabris ; sepalis exterioribus glabris ; alis 

 grandibus, ovatis, coeruleis ; corolla variegata, albo-lutea, crista 

 graiidi multifida ornata ; ovario subgloboso, pulchre crenulato ; 

 seiniuibus nigris, leviter hirgutis, hemisphajricis, leviter rostratis, 

 appendicibus duabus loiigis indutis, semeu iBquantibus. 



Kurtz, No. 5963. Valle del Yeso, Cordillera de Malal-hue, 

 Mendoza ; flor. Jan. The creuulate ovary is a distinguisliiug 

 character of this pretty species, which I venture to name after the 

 distinguished collector. 



ALCHEMILLA VULGARIS AND ITS SEGREGATES. 

 By Edward F. Linton, M.A. 



During last year a good representation of British forms of. 

 Aleheiiiilla vuhiaris L., consisting of over fifty sheets from various 

 parts of England and Scotland, were submitted to M. Buser, of 

 Geneva. It was thought unnecessary to send more than a few 

 examples of A. alpinii L., since our British plant shows so small a 

 range of variation. M. Buser was surprised at the brevity of our 

 list, compared with the numerous forms which are found in 

 Scandinavia, more of which he suspects are hidden away among 

 our northern hilly districts ; and he remarks, in contrast, on the 

 fertility of Mont Sal eve, near Geneva, which produces no less than 

 twenty-four species, including al/nna forms. 



Our A. vuhjaris aggregate, as illustrated by the series of speci- 

 mens above mentioned, is separated by M. Buser into the three 

 forms with which British botanihts have come to be familiar, 

 viz., A. vuhjaris L., in a restricted sense, which is probably our 

 commonest species ; A. alpestris Schmidt, which has been also 

 named A. vuhjaris L. var. glabra auct. plur., non DC, a subglabrous 

 variety which abounds in many mountain regions ; and A. jUicaulis 

 Buser, to which belong most of the specimens which are usually 

 labelled "var. montana Willd." M. Buser regards each of these 

 three as species. A. vwntana Willd. we cannot lay any claim to as 

 British. 



As the distribution of these three species, or varieties as some 

 would regard them, will need to be worked out afresh, I give here 

 a list of the counties or vice-counties for which I have seen a 

 specimen of each, since the arrival of M. Buser's notes and 

 determinations ; and add a few notes on the differences between 

 the three plants. 



A, VULGARIS L,, seiisu restricto. A. pratensis (Schmidt). The 



