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Althouo'h all lioras say of the type " raceme secuncl, " this 

 var. can hardly be more than a form. I have seen no 

 British specimens that answer to this. 



I believe that the species of this genus are semi-parasitic, 

 see Yuyck, Die Plant, der Dunien (1898), p. 189, and 

 MacMillan, Minnesota Plant Life (1899), p. 89. 



The following additions to the distribution have accrued 

 since Supp. to Top. Botany : — 

 P. rotundifolia. 



80. Roxburgh, Sec. Rep. Bot. E. Club, 273, 1916* 

 P. media. 



40. Salop; Phillips, 1899. 102. Ebudes south, Somerville. 

 P. minor. 



81. Berwick; Ann. Scot. Nat. Hist., 99, 1907. 101. 

 Cantire; ibid., 172, 1906. 



P. secunda. 



41. Glamorgan; Carr. sp. 42. Brecon; Knight sp. 69. 

 Westmoreland ; Baker in N. Yorkshire. 80. Roxburgh ; 

 Edinb. herb., 1837. 83. Edinburgh; ibid., Parnell. 85. 

 Fife; W. Arnot, 1839, Herb. Edinb. 102. Ebudes south, 

 Somerville ! 



In the Supp. to Top. Botany 57, " 112. Shetland" under 

 P. rohindifolia is an error, the reference there,is to Orkney. 



It is possible that some day P. chlorantha, Swartz, may 

 be found in Scotland : it has broad, short cah'x segments 

 and anther pores like P. unijiora. Its European distribution 

 is not asrainst its occurrence with us. 



Vaccinium Myrtillus, Linn., var. pygmaeus, Osten- 



FELD, F. MICROPHYLLA, LaNGE, IN LITT. TO BeEBY. 



By Arthur Bennett, A.L.S. 



(Read 10th December 1920.) 



This very small forma was gathered by the late Mr. 

 A. Somerville on Ben Bharrain (2345 feet alt.). Isle of 

 Arran, 8th August 1904. It was recorded from Saxa Vord 



* See also Trail in Trans. Bot. Soc. Edin., xxii (1903), p. 296. 



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