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of that species. Nevertheless, some of the spechnens show, in the less 

 hairy foliage and laxer habit, an approach to E. nemorosa. Similar 

 plants from Ansdell, Aug. 1914, were distributed bv the Rev. E. "S. 

 ISIarshall (W.B.E.C.).— Westmorland. On Helvellyn, between the 

 lied Tarn and the summit, c. 2500 ft. Stem 5 cm. high, with a few 

 slender branches about the middle ; internodes longer than the leaves ; 

 spike broad, lower internodc about as long as the bract ; leaves small 

 in the specimens seen, about 7 mm. long, more or less densely clothed, 

 as well as the coriaceous bracts, with long hairs ; bracts large, 9 mm. 

 long, with ovate or lanceolate subobtuse teeth ; flowers small, white ; 

 capsules large, longer than the calyx-teeth. This appears to form a 

 transition to E. latifolia, to which it is similar in habit, but is less 

 hairy. 



SfOTLAXD. — Perth. Ben Laiogh, Aug. 1899, fide F. T. Weak 

 forms up to 16 cm. high, simple or with one or two branches and 

 long internodes ; hairs long, fairly numerous. Also more compact 

 forms with shoi'ter hairs, named E. curt a var. glahrescens by Towns- 

 end. — Cruach Ardran, Crianlarich, Aug. 1899. — Near Tyndrum, Aug. 

 1S99. Var. f/lahrfscem, fide F. T. — Argyle. Craig Gliorm, Balia- 

 chulish, Aug." 1899. Kather densely hairy. E. ciirfa, fide F. T.— 

 Maiden Island. Oban Bay. Aug. 1899. E. ciir.fa var glahrescens^ 

 fide F. T. — -Allt a Bhalaich, Kingshouse, Aug. 1899, E. curia var. 

 f/Iahrescens,fide F. T. 



Ireland. — Galwav. Urrisbeg, Roundstone, Aug. 1902. Typical 

 E. curta was not seen here, but plants which aj^pear to be E. curia x 

 gracilis. See under E. gracilis. 



[5. E. c^rulea Tausch. Stem simple, rarel}'' with one or two 

 branches at or above the middle ; internodes long. Spike with few 

 flowers, when in fruit occupying about half the stem ; internodes long. 

 Leaves opposite, 5-7 mm. long, the lower cuneate or obovate-cuneate, 

 obtuse with 1-3 obtuse teeth on each side, upper and middle ovate 

 or ovate-oblong, broadest towards the base or middle, with 3-5 non- 

 aristate teeth on each side. Bracts 5-7 mm. long, subopposite, similar 

 to the leaves but broader ; teeth more acute, not aristate, all green or 

 nigrescent towards the toj) of the stem, usually plicato-striate below. 

 Corolla 5-7 mm. long, violet. Capsule shorter than the calyx-teeth. 

 Setie minute, scattered, on leaves, bracts and calyx ; a few glandular 

 liairs occasionally on calyx. Wetts. Mon. p. 115, t. vii. fig. 9.] 



? Orkney. I)am]> pasture on hill-side, 300 feet above sea-level, 

 Wart Hill, Hoy, Aug. 15th, 1912, H. H. Johnsion. " Corolla lilac, 

 with dark purple lines and a yellow spot on throat of lower lip." As 

 E. curia var. glahrescens Wetts. "I think this is a form of E. curia 

 var. qlahrescens with handsome violet-blue flowers." E.S.M. " ? " 

 C. H. Osienfeld. (B.E.C.) 



The Orkney plant is so near to E. ccerulea that it is extremely 

 probable that it will prove to be identical if looked for earlier in the 

 season, and it is therefore permissible to give the description of 

 E. ca'rulea as a provisional British species. Wettstein associates it 

 with E. curta — the one as a " summer species " and the other as an 

 " autumnal species " (see Wetts. Mon. pp.43 and 117, and Towns. 

 Mon. p. 7) — and states that E. ccvrulca differs in the simple or only 



