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slightly-branched stem with the branches at or above the middle, 

 the violet tlowers, the less hairy leaves and bracts, and in the early 

 flowering. In all these particulars excej^t the last the Orkney plants 

 agree. Having, by the kindness of Mr. Charles Bailey, compared the 

 plants with specimens in his herbarium from Bohemia, Silesia and 

 Brandenburg, the onh' difference I can detect lies in the more 

 numerous and less widely-spaced leaves and bracts. Wettstein states 

 that the flowering season is from May to July, and those I have 

 examined are dated Jime and July, some bearing fully-formed fruit. 

 The Orkney plant, gathered on Aug. loth, still bears flowers in good 

 condition, but the fruiting-spike is longer and more advanced than in 

 the Continental examples. 



E. ccerulea is recorded from isolated areas in Central Europe from 

 Bohemia to Silesia and Pomerania, the latter station being on the 

 Baltic, about 700 miles distant from the Orkneys. 



6. E. LATIFOLTA Pursli. Stem simple or with a few branches at 

 or below the middle, stout ; internodes long. Fruiting-spike very 

 broad with short internodes, which are hidden by the bracts. Leaves 

 obovate with cuneate base, or broadly ovate with an obtuse terminal 

 tooth which is broader than long, and 1-4 triangular or ovate, obtuse 

 teeth on each side, the largest 8-11 mm. long. Upper bracts closely 

 imbricate with many, up to 7, triangular or lanceolate, subobtuse or 

 acute teeth on each side, 7-8 mm. long. Corolla 5-7 mm., or in f. 

 grand i flora 12 mm. long, pale or dark violet. Capsule exceeding 

 calyx-teeth. Hairs long, flexuous, white on the stem, especially below 

 the nodes, on leaves, bracts, and calyx long and dense, or occasionally 

 sjioi'ter and scattered. Wetts. Mon. t. xi. flg. 13 ; Towns. Mon. 

 t. 375. 



This is described more fully to avoid confusion with E. ciirta^ 

 from which it is distinguished by the habit, by the shape of the leaves 

 and bracts, and by the dense clothing of long white hairs. The 

 British plant appears to be generallv eglandular. 



W. SuTHEKLAXD. Tongue Bay, July 1900, E. S. MarsJialL — 

 Bank above the Xaver, near Betty Hill, July 1897, E. S. Marshall 

 and W. A. Shoolbr&d. This is the f. grandijlora Wetts. with corolla 

 12 mm. in length and stem attaining 12 cm. in height. Plants from 

 Melvich, Sutherlandshire, distributed by Townsend in 1897 as E. curta, 

 and from lieay, Caithness, by Mr. Marshall in 1915 under the same 

 name, are, as far as my s^^ecimens are concerned, very similar to 

 E. I at i folia. 



7. E. FOULAENSis Townsend. Stem 1-10 cm. high, shorter and 

 less branched than in E. latifolia ; internodes long or short. Spike 

 stout, dense. Lower leaves obovate, with obtuse subquadrate terminal 

 lobe, which is broader than long, and 1-3 ovate obtuse teeth on each 

 side. Bracts closely imbricate, broadly ovate or subrotund, obtuse, 

 with 3-4 ovate obtuse teeth, or the uppermost with acute teeth. 

 Largest leaves and bracts 7-8 mm. long. Flowers small. Capsule 

 longer than calyx-teeth. Leaves, bracts, and calyx glabrous or 

 sparingly setulose. Wetts. Mon. t. xii. figs. 7, S ; Towns. Mon. 

 t. 37g! 



