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in Sept. 1914, to a fresh rockery. — H. S, Thompsox, This closely 

 a])proaches the County Clare plants so named (Black Head and 

 Ballyrvan); but typical *S'. Sternhergii, as figured by Sternberg 

 from his original cultivated plant, differs greatly, and I rather 

 doubt whether they can be specifically identical. I have in culti- 

 vation a Saxifrage, from near the summit of Brandon Mountain, 

 which exactlv agrees with Sternberg's figure of his cultivated plant ; 

 it is likewise bright green, but the petals are broader and rounder, 

 never j)inkish (as in the present case) ; the sepals broad and obtuse ; 

 the leaf-segments broad and blunt : so that it comes much nearer to 

 S. rosacea MoQ\w\\ {(Iccijjifns ^\\y\\.; imlmata Sm.) in characters, 

 thou^-h clearly distinct from that. In a wild state it is densely caespi- 

 tose ; under cultivation it becomes somewhat laxer, but less so than in 

 the Clare and Brandon Head examples. — E. S. Maeshall. 



Galium verum L., var. maritimum DC. Sandy shore, Fairbourne, 

 near Barmouth, Merionethsh., Aug. 4, 1915. — W. C. Bartox. This 

 is, I think, what has been so named in Britain ; but it does not quite 

 agree w4th the description in De Candolle's ' Prodromus,'' iv. 608 : — 

 " caule demisso ramosissimo basi glabro apice villoso, ovariis glabris," 

 the stem not being villous, upwards. It may be the var. littorale 

 Brebisson ; but it is probabl}^ a state, due to poor sand and exposure, 

 rather than a real variety. — E. S. Marshall. 



Ana (/all is arvensis L., var. carnea Schrank. Barmouth, Merio- 

 nethsh., Aug. 18, 1915. Petals wdth glandular ciliate margins. The 

 scarlet- Ho wered plant was plentiful, but I saw none with blue flowers 

 in the district. The pale-fiowered form occurred chiefly on roadsides, 

 trodden ground or poor stony soil, and a few were intermediate in 

 colour. — W. C. Barton. 



Scutellaria galericulata L. [In answer to a question by Mr. W. 

 C. Barton, whether the form wdth glabrous leaves and calyxes 

 (n. vuU/aris Mutel.) is found in the British Isles, Mr. Arthur 

 Bennett writes :] " Yes. I have a sf>ecimen gathered b}'' myself 

 between Alford and Cranleigh, Surrey, Aug. 1884." Another 

 from "Gatehouse, Kirkcudbright, July 1887, Prof. D. Oliver," 

 comes verv near to it, but is really slightlv hairv. A specimen 

 from "Andover, N. Hants, July 18, 1878, C. "^B. Clarke," is 

 intensely hairy, so much so that the corollas, calices, and under sur- 

 face of leaves are quite whitish with the density of the hairs. 

 Mr. Bai*ton's observation that " the pubescence (of his specimens) 

 is not due to dry or exposed situation " is apt, because in the case of 

 Tencrium Scordium L. it is so, as the Devon specimens are usually 

 very hairy, while others from near Ely, growing in water, are nearly 

 gla])rous. But there is another agent to consider ; i. e., age. In 

 ricia Ornhns the ])lants are densely hairy up to the buds of the 

 flowers showing, they then gradually become semiglabrous as the 

 flowering and seeding j)r()ceed. 



Fulantoijeton crispus X alpinus. Kiver Earn above Dalreoch 

 Bridge, ^lid JVi-tlish., Se])t. 22, 1915. This hybrid was discovered 

 by Mr. .1. II. Matthews and myself whilst botanising on the bank of 

 the river Earn above Dalreoch Jiridge, nearly opposite the village 

 of Dunning, on the 2(3th Aug. last Not being able to identify it,"l 



