352 SHORT NOTES. 



(Fl. Hampshire, 57), an eglandular plant having short pedicels, and 

 thus approaching var. Lloydii (Jordan). — E. G. Baker. 



RuMEx AcETosELLA L. var. ANGiocARPUs. — Under this name Dr. 

 Pospichal (Fl. Oesterr. Klistenl. i. 383 (1897)) refers to a plant 

 which was described as a species by Dr. Mnrbeck in 1892. Pospi- 

 chal's character for the form is " Fruchtklappen der Frucht ange- 

 wachsen, Bltiten winzig (1 mm.)." As, however, we find in the 

 very wide distribution which Murbeck assigns to the plant "Irland : 

 Comity Down, 1. Ball," it may be well to transcribe the full 

 description for the benefit of British botanists : — 



RuMEx ANGIOCARPUS Murbeck, Beitrage Fl. Siidbosn. & Herce- 

 gowina (in Acta Soc. Phys. Lund, xxvii. 1892, p. 46). " Radix 

 perennis, perpendicularis, foliorum fascicules caulisque erectos vel 

 adscendentes, superne vel jam a basi ramosos, 1*5-4 dm. altos 

 emittens. Rami erecti vel suberecti, strict! vel subflexuosi, superi- 

 ores paniculam aphyllam constitnentes. Folia rosularum sterilium 

 cauliiiaeque inferiora nunc hastato-lanceolata, lobis lateralibus tri- 

 angularibus vel linearibus indivisis, nunc omnia vel nonnulla 

 hastato-tripartita lanceolata, lacinia media oblongo-lanceolata apice 

 obtusiuscula vel rotundato-obtusa, lateralibus palmato-2-5-fidis 

 divaricatis ; caulina superiora lanceolato-linearia, hastato-trifida 

 vel integerrima. Folia omnia petiolata, glabra vel infima papillosa, 

 glaucescentia vel cauo-viridia. Verticillastri pauciflori, subdistauces. 

 Flores dioici, pedunculi demum reflexi, apice articulati. Perigonii 

 phylla exteriora oblongo-lanceolata, erecta ; interiora in floribus 

 femineis fructiferis obsolete nervosa, ecallosa, acheuio arete connata 

 eoque nee latiora nee longiora. Achenium acute triquetrum, quam 

 in R. Acetosella plerumque paullo majus. — Fl. & fruct. Jun.-Aug." 



Gymnadenia conopsea X ALBiDA IN ScoTLAND. — Latc in June two 

 or three specimens of an orchid were forwarded to me from the 

 neighbourhood of Arisaig, West Inverness, which I thought, from 

 description, might be G. odoratissium Rich., or perhaps the above 

 hybrid. I suggested the former name to the sender as a possibility, 

 but through a misinterpretation of my letter a note was unfortu- 

 nately published in the Gardeners' Chronicle of July 23rd that the 

 plant had been identified at Kew. This, however, was not the case, 

 and on my subsequently taking the specimen to Kew, Mr. Rolfe 

 kindly undertook its diagnosis, and pronounced it to he G. conopsea 

 X albida ; he has published a notice thereon in the Orchid Review for 

 August, p. 238. The specimens were gathered by Mr. Dixon, who first 

 noticed the plant, growing very sparingly in the company of its two 

 parents, at about 100 ft. above sea- level. It should be looked for 

 elsewhere, where the two species grow together. It has the general 

 aspect of G. conopsea, but with a much shorter and stouter spur. — 



A. H. WOLLEY DOD. 



[Mr. Rolfe's notice, after a paragraph conveying the above 

 information, runs : — " These two species are very dissimilar. G. 

 albida has white flowers, an equally tricuspidate lip, and a short, 

 swollen and obtuse spur, not equalling the lip ; while G. conopsea 

 has rose-purple flowers, an unequally trilobed lip, and a filiform, 



