SOMERSET PLANT-XOTES FOR 10 IG 1S7 



Euplirasia Rostkoviaua Hayne. 1. Between Hawkridge and 

 Dulverton. 3. Hill-pastures, West Buckland. — E. curta Wettst., 

 var. (jlabrescens Wettst. 3. Chipstable. 



Bartsia Odontites Huds., var. serotina Reiclib. 2. Stogiimber, 

 Watson. 



Pedicularis palustris L. 1. Simonsbath, and generally on Ex- 

 moor, Watson. — P. sijlcatica L. 3. Ash Priors Common ; West 

 Buckland. 9, 10. About Priddy and Chewton Mendip, Tucke7\ 



Melampyriim pratense L., var. liians. 2. Koadwater, Watson. 



* Rhinantlius major Ehrh. x minor Ehrli. ( x Alectorolophus 

 fallax Sterneek in Oesterr. Bot. Zeitung, 1895, p. 299 ; A. minor, var. 

 fallax Wimmer & Grabowski, El. Siles. ii., 1, p. 213 [1829]). 

 8. During a field-day on July 6, near Edington Junction, where I 

 had found R. major var. platypterus Fr. in quantity, the ]3revious 

 August, I observed numerous more or less intermediate plants ; the 

 season being very backward, R. minor was still in flower to some 

 extent, whereas the bulk of R. major had only reached the bud stage. 

 On my calling these intermediates to their attention, Messrs. Miller, 

 Salter, Thompson and Watson all, I think, concurred as to their 

 probable hybrid origin. The violet corolla -appendages as a rule 

 resembled those of R. major; the light-green bracts also recalled this, 

 and the seeds were broadly winged. Specimens brought home agreed 

 very closel}^ with Sterneck's description of his X A. fallax {ALono- 

 (jrapliifi, p. 122) : — " Differt ab A. majore corollae tubo recto, labio 

 inferiore patente, dente labii superioris O'l cm. longo, bracteis viri- 

 dibus — ab A. minore corollae tubo elongato, dente labii superioris 

 O'l cm. longo, semper violaceo, corolla tota majcn-e, caule semper 

 nigro-striolato." This hybrid seems to be new for Britain, what was 

 formerly named P. minor \2iY. fallax being R. stenophyllus Schur ; 

 it has occurred in Alsace, Bavaria, Thuringia, Prussia, and Hungar3^ 

 The percentage of sterile pollen-grains is said to be considerably 

 higher than in either of the parents. It may be called X R. fallax. 



Orobanche minor Sm. 2. Abundant in a clover-field at Porlock, 

 Hadden. 



Verbena officinalis L. 2, Horner ; Porlock Weir, Hadden. 



Origanum vulgare\j. 2. Monksilver, Watson. 



Melissa officinalis L. 10. Corner of roads near Leigh Woods, 

 Thompson. 



Nepeta Cataria L. 2. Greenaleigh Point, Watson. 



Scutellaria minor Huds. 2. Horner Woods, Hadden. 



Melittis Melissophyllum L. One patch beside a copse at Boad- 

 water. Dr. Killick, sp. Hawkcombe (one plant), Hadden. 



Marrubium vulgare L. Above Bossington, Hadden. 



Stachf/s officinalis Trevisan {Betonica officinalis, L.). 3. Chip- 

 stable. 10. Chewton Mendip and Litton, Tucker. — S. palustris x 

 sglvatica (^ambigua Sm..). 3. Chipstable ; Bradford. — S. arvensisli. 

 2. Common at Porlock, Hadden. 10. Chewton Mendip ; scarce, 

 Tucker. 



Galeopsis angustifoUa Ehrh. 5. Eailway at Castle Field, Biidg- 

 water, Hamblin. 



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