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don, sparingly. Intermediate in character ; stigma obsoletely 

 four-lobed ; petals, when first unfolded, pale flesh-coloured, with 

 darker veins. A beautiful and very different state has been 

 gathered at Malvern by Mr. Towndrow, which looks like the 

 offspring of a narrow-leaved roseum and an unusually toothed 

 wontanum, both being forms of an open, sunny situation. Kecorded 

 from many German stations. 



E. obscurum x palustre (E. Schmidtianum Rostkov.). Ditches 

 near Peperharow, Surrey, with the parents. Forms which I con- 

 sider to be this hybrid are in the Perthshire collection from Glen 

 Artney, Ochtertyre, Rae Loch, Pitcairn Green, and Keltie Den, all 

 collected by Dr. White ; those from the two last-named places 

 appear to be shade -grown plants. 



E. obscurum x parviflorum (E . Dacicum Borbas). In plenty 

 near Tilford, both as a " f. aprica" and a " f . minor"; ditch near 

 Witley ; between Hambledon and Hascombe ; in three states (" f. 

 major," "aprica," and " umbrosa"), near Worplesdon. In each 

 case both species were present. Also seen from Abernethy, E. 

 Perth (leg. Drummond-Hay). 



*E. obscurum x roseum (E. brachiatum Celakovsky). Sparingly 

 near Worplesdon; also near Elstead (a form approaching obscurum, 

 f. flaccida). For some reason or other, these two appear to cross 

 much less freely than parviflorum and roseum. When well- 

 developed, this is a pretty and characteristic hybrid, showing its 

 origin quite plainly. Seeds imperfect in all my specimens. Re- 

 corded from about a dozen places in Germany and Transylvania. 



E. palustre x parviflorum. The Rev. W. Moyle Rogers 

 kindly gave me a specimen from Bridgerule, N. Devon, where he 

 has frequently observed it. In the Perthshire collection is a plant 

 from near Cherrybank (leg. Meldrum), which belongs here. 



*E. palustre x roseum (E. purpureum Fries). Ditch near 

 Worplesdon ; only one plant seen, which was much more closely 

 allied to palustre than to the other. Flowers very small, pale lilac- 

 rose. Seeds towards palustre, partly developed, but sterile. The 

 distinctly-petioled and obscurely-toothed lower leaves, together 

 with the flowers, shew the influence of roseum. I expect to find 

 this also near Elstead, Surrey, where the two species occur 

 together in good quantity, 



E. parviflorum x roseum. In great quantity, and extremely 

 variable, near Worplesdon; every gradation being met with, from 

 a state six inches high to one reaching nearly four feet, and 

 branching from the base. Sparingly near Elstead, and in two 

 spots near Witley; also near Ash, Surrey (leg. Beeby). I have 

 seen it from Shirley, Derbyshire (leg. W. R. Linton). 



E. (montanum x roseum) x roseum. One specimen only, near 

 Worplesdon, which I had queried as "montanum x roseum, ad 

 roseum vergens." 



E. montanum x roseum x parviflorum. From the same 

 locality as the last. Two plants were found, one of which I have 

 in cultivation. They completely puzzled me, as there seemed to 

 be clear traces of both montanum and parviflorum, while yet the 



