10 BRTTTSn EUPHEASTE 



St. Thomas's Head near Kewstoke, July 1907. — Cheddar, June 1906. 

 Stem 3 cm. his^h, simple or with 1-2 branches ; glands very few. This 

 might easily be taken for E. curta. — Dorset. Grassy slopes on the 

 coast, Swana"-e, July 1903. Strong compact plants with stout stem 

 about 8 cm. high, and stout compound branches ; hairs long and 

 numerous, many of them gland-tipped. — Sea cliffs, the AVinspit, 

 A\^orth Matravers; June 1916, /. M. Roper. Stem 4-8 cm. high, 

 sometimes much longer than the branches, or simple.— I. Wight. 

 Open down near Hoy's Monument, Whitwell, 600-700 ft., Aug. 

 191(5. — On the coast," Steephill Cove, Aug. 1916. Stem 9 cm. high, 

 Avith long fruiting-spike and a few short branches. 



Scotland. — Haddixg^ton. Marshy places amongst the sand- 

 dunes, Aberlady, May 1911, McTafjgart Coir an. lief erred by me 

 to E. curta, but tlie presence of glandular hairs and the compact 

 habit leave no doubt that it is E. Occident alis. 



Orkxev. Heathery pasture, 90 ft. above sea-level, Black Crag, 

 Stromness, Mainland, Aug. 1912, R. H. Johnston, as E. curta var. 

 (flahrescens ; E. horealis,fide E.S.M. " Not E. curta " C. H. Osten- 

 feld. " Corolla pale purple or whitish-purple, with dark purple lines 

 and a yellow spot on throat of lower lip " (B.E.C., corrections in 

 Report for 1912). It is here stated that Mr. Marshall's final opinion 

 was that all the specimens came under E. boreal iti and some of them 

 under the var. pubescens Towns. Now all the specimens on this sheet 

 are glandular, as was pointed out b}^ Mr. D. Lumb in a letter to 

 Mr. I)ruce. and they are in all respects similar to southern E. occi- 

 dentalis except th:it the flowers are larger — 8 mm. long. This plant 

 appears to be distinct from E. latifolia, but the question arises as 

 to whether the glandular form of the latter may not be allied to 

 E. occid entails. 



Var. PRiECOX, var. nov. Plant small, compact, 1-2 cm. high and 

 broad. Stem branched, internodes very short, so that the stem 

 and branches are often hidden by the leaves and bracts. Corolla 

 small, white, lilac or violet. Stalked glands more or less numerous ; 

 setae minute and inconspicuous on leaves, bracts and calyx. 



Planta nana compacta, 1-2 cm. alta et lata. Caulis ramosus, inter- 

 nodiis brevissimis itacjue caulis et rami foliis bracteisque celati sunt. 

 Corolla parva, alba, lilacina vel violacea. Folia, bracteae et calyces, 

 vel solum brae tea?, pilis glanduliferis plus minus numerosis et setis 

 minimis sparsim obsiti. 



E.V(iLAND. — E. Cornwall. On the coast, Polzeath, May 18th, 

 1916, J. IV. White. I^ants 2 cm. high and broad, with full-sized 

 leaves and well-developed fruit ; flowers white or lilac. Also on the 

 Spire bank. Hock near St. ]\Iinver, with stem 1 cm. high, and violet 

 flowers. — N. Somerset. Brean Down, July 1911 and June 1916. 

 Similar to the Cornish plants but stem up to 4 cm. high, not so com- 

 pactly branched ; glands very few, best seen in the fresh plant on the 

 upper surface of the spreading bracts. — Purn Hill, Bleadon, May 

 1916. Like the Cornish plants, 1 cm. high. In the Somerset 

 localities plants occm- on which no glands can be detected except on 

 the corolla. 



