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White ^ has reported from the Scottish Highlands: »Calyx pubes- 

 cent with short hairs. Stem more or less shaggy (especially at 

 the lower part) with articulated hairs. Plant dwarf, 2—5 inches 

 high, in our specimens not branched.« Through the kindness of 

 Dr. Murbeck I have had an opportunity of becoming acquainted 

 with the original specimens of this small form which is mentioned 

 as a variety of Rhinanthus crista galli (= A. minor) and I am of 

 opinion that they are identical with small Icelandic speciriiens, 

 which again coincide with the description of A. horealis; the latter 

 is beyond doubt a low, more densely hairy variety of the main 

 species A. groenkmdicus, both of which, however, have sometimes 

 the hairy calyx, but while this is rarely the case with regard to the 

 main species, it often occurs in the variety. The latter ought to be 

 called by the old name given by White. 



I give below a short description of A. groenlandiciis and its var. 

 Drummond-Haiji together wåth a list of the localities whence I have 

 seen specimens (all of which, except where otherwise stated, are to 

 be found in the coUection of the Botanical Gardens in Copenhagen). 



Alectopolophus groenlandicus (Chab.) Ostenf. emend.; Fig. 22, 1-3; 

 Syn. Rhinanthus groenlandicus Chabert, Bull. Herb. Boissier 1899, p. 515. 



Stem 15—45 cm. high, more or less shaggy at the angles, simple, 

 or with a few short ascending branches. The length of the inter- 

 nodes varying from half as long as the leaves to twice as long. 



Leaves large, somewhat fleshy, coarsely serrate with spreading 

 teeth, broadly lanceolate or ovate-lanceolate (A. minor has narrowly 

 lanceolate leaves, serrate with adpressed teeth.). 



Bracts glabrous, seldom hairy, large, the lowest at least twice 

 as long at the calyx, with bristle-pointed gradually diminishing teeth. 



Calyx large, 13—25 mm. long [A. minor, about 10—12 mm.), glabrous 

 on the surface, rarely with unicellular short hairs, edges pubescent. 



Corolla like that of A. minor, but bright yellow excepting the 

 two minute teeth below the apex of the upper lip. 



Capsule large, 10— 18 mm. long [A. minor, about 7 mm.); seeds 

 winged. 



The whole plant especially the upper part is of a bright yellow- 

 green colour without the violet-brownish tinge which is characteri- 

 stic of A. minor. 



Fl. July — August, Fr. August— ^September. 



1 F. Buchanan White, »Notes of the Herbarium of the Perthshire Natural 

 History Museum«:; The Scottish Naturalist, 1883—86, p. ."524. 



