384 CHARLES CARDALE BABINGTON. [1878 



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June 21, 1878. 

 Botanical Exchange Club, 1878. 



Ranunculus fl. Bachii. No. True R.Jluitans. 



JR. truncatus is synonymous with R. peltatus, not a variety of it. 



R, elongatus. I agree with J. T. B. Weak R. peltatus. 



Chelidonium laciniatum of course an escape at Kew. 



Corydalis solida. Is this a native ? 



Fumaria Boraei. Richmond, Yorks. I incline to think this true Boraei. 



Brassica Rapa, etc., a most valuable set from H. C. W. 



Nasturtium siifolium is only a large state of N. officinale. This is 

 scarcely large enough. 



Draba verna. I cannot distinguish the forms as given with beautiful 

 figures in Jordan's " Icones." Doubtless we have many of his twenty. 



Alyssum incanum. I suppose an escape in both places. 



Viola permixta. I continue to have much doubt and difficulty about 

 these plants. Jordan finds a difference in the form of the leaves between 

 V. permixta and V. sepincola. I do not find any difference between the 

 specimens sent, and all name V. permixta. 



Viola from Scilly. Mr. Ralfs. It is certainly, as Mr. Baker thought, 

 very like. 



V. parvula (Linn.), but seems to be too much branched. My Sicilian 

 specimens of V. parvula are nearly simple, as described by Gussone ; ours are 

 all much branched. But other specimens from Sicily, named and distributed 

 by Huet du Pavilion, are exceedingly like ours, and branched. 



Aremonia agrimonidides is, I suppose, an escape from cultivation. 



Pyrus Briggsii. Many thanks for the nice set. My Pyrus wants 

 re-writing for the " Manual." 



Carduus-nutanti-crispus is near typical C. acantho'ides. The down on 

 the under-side of the leaves is usually more abundant than it is said to be in 

 my " Manual." 



Sonchus lacerus. An interesting form of S. oleraceus. 



Hieracium lasiophyllum. Differs considerably from my plant. Far 

 nearer S. pallidum, if not really it. 



Tragopogon porrifolius is really not native. Being on a railway embank- 

 ment is against it. 



Verhascuin pJilomo'ides. Another of the Kew escapes. 



Linaria repens v. hybrida. Why are these considered as hybrids, and 

 with what parents ? 



Mentha puhescens. I call M. hirsuta (L.), and do not separate the 

 forms given in the " Students' Flora," even if they are distinguishable from 

 M. aquatica. If distinguished, this seems to me nearer M. hirsuta than 

 M. pubescens. 



M. sativa. The forms of this are scarcely distinguishable, if worthy of it. 



M. vulgaris. I do not know that name. Is it not M. piperita ? 



M. cardiaca. I think not. 



Thymus Serpyllum from Mr. Brotherton. I doubt if the two bits are 

 from the same plant. 



Chenopodium serotinum (Linn.). This seems very near to Ch. ficifolium, 

 but somewhat different. I am surprised to see Hooker has had difficulty in 

 defining Ch. ficifolium. 



Rumex (hybrid). I wish Dr. Boswell had given us a root leaf of this, as 

 you have not seen any (" B. E. C. R.," 1872 — 4, 34), and he has the plant in 

 cultivation. 



