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drier ground in deep, spongy tui-f. In September E. nemorosa was 

 still abundant in the lane, but was apparently a second crop, badly 

 nibbled, small and not well developed. This extended into the boggy 

 ground, where it was often excessively branched as in the specimens 

 of E. Kerneri examined by Townsend. The plants were quite 

 glabrous and could not be taken for E. ciirta, nor is that species to be 

 found in the neighbourhood. Under these circumstances it must 

 be acknowledged that E. Kerneri is more likely to be one of the 

 parents of the hybrid plant than E. cvrta. This was described by 

 Wettstein under the name of E. Recliinqeri in Osterr. hot. Zeitschr. 

 xliv. Bd. No. 12 (1894). See Wetts. Mon. p. 289. 



Wilts. Chalk downs, Boreham, near Warminster, Sept. 1914. 

 Stem 8 cm. high with numerous crowded branches ; flowers small. — 

 SuBREY. CoUey Hill, Beigate, C. E. Salmon. — Bletchworth Hill, 

 E. S. Salmon. — Chipstead, i2. S. St an den. — Guildford, J. Comber, as 



E. sfricta. All these are characteristic E. Kerneri, with flowers 

 varying from 7 to 10 mm. in length. — Biddlesdown 1885. Herl). 

 Bailey ex herb. Eyre de Crespigny. Small plants with large flowers 

 12 mm. long and lip very broad. — Buckingham. Kemble, Aug. 1909, 



F. L. Foord-Kelcey. — W. Gloucester. On the oolite above Wotton- 

 under-Edge, Sept. 1907 and 1914. Some of these are fairly typical, 

 but others pai-take of the characters of E. Kerneri and E. nemorosa, 

 and a])pcar to be intermediate or hybrid forms. They have stems 

 lG-80 cm. high with few branches, and internodes much longer than 

 the Surrey plants ; corolla conspicuous, 9 mm. long, lilac and white. 

 Neither Wettstein nor Townsend records a hybrid between these 

 species. — On ground below Amberley Inn, Amberley, near Stroud, 

 Sept. 1907, C. Bailey. Very strong, copiously branched plants, 

 forming small bushes 15 cm. high and broad ; flowers rather small. 

 This also is on oolite and deviates from the type. — ^Westmorland. 

 Koadside througli woodland above Arnside, Aug. 1915. Small plants 

 with a few short branches ; coroUa 8 mm. long, conspicuous and 

 brightly coloured. 



17. E. KosTKOTiANA Hayne. Stem with few, rarely many, long 

 branches from below or above the middle ; internodes long. Spike 

 stout, lower internodes often much longer than the bracts. Leaves 

 large, 8-11 nnn. long. Bracts 7-10 mm. or more long, the upper 

 with triangular or ovate teeth in young plants, ovate-lanceolate or 

 subulate, acute, a]>iculate or aristate when old. Corolla normally 

 lai-ge, the tube elongated after flowering. Glandular hairs numerous, 

 long, flexuous, on the stem, bracts and calyx, often shorter and less 

 numerous on the leaves ; eglandular hairs long and spreading on the 

 uj)per part of the stem and branches, short on the leaves and bracts. 

 Wetts. Mon. t. ix. fig. 1 ; Towns. Mon. t. 877. 



Easily distinguished from all other British species except 

 E.fennica by the long, flexuous, glandular hairs. 



England. — N. Somerset. Peatmoor, Shapwick, June ]898 and 

 July 1906. Stems simple or much branched. Aug. 1914, /. M. 

 Jioper. Stem simple, 86 cm. high. — Peatmoor, Ashcott, July 1915. 

 Stem 7 cm. higli with lea\-^s and flowers smaller than usual. — 

 Cheddar. July 1907. I. M. Boper.-Mowhiin-ow, Sept. 1907. Stem 



