Mr. J. Ball on Odontites rubra, with notice of a new species. 29 
Odontites verna, Reich. (O. rubra, Pers. and Benth. in D.C. 
Prod.)—Stem erect, branching, obsoletely tetragonous, hispid 
with reflexed hairs, from 6 to 20 inches in height ; leaves ses- 
sile, lanceolate, narrowed from near the base, and usually blunt- 
ash, remotely serrate, lower leaves elongated, those of the secon- 
dary branches and flowering spike with few—2—4—teeth, the 
last remote from the upper extremity of the leaf ; flowers shortly 
pedunculate, usually shorter than the floral leaves ; calyx seg- 
ments equal to the tube in length, lanceolate, rather acute; 
corolla about twice as long as the calyx, pubescent, upper lip 
slightly convex, suberose, lower lip with three roundish ob- 
long obtuse lobes, the middle lobe somewhat longer and broader 
than the others ; filaments hairy, nearly equaling the length 
of the corolla ; anthers transverse, with a few glandular hairs, 
included in or slightly protruding from the upper lip of the 
corolla ; capsule oblong, hairy, when ripe equaling or slightly 
exceeding the calyx ; style filiform ; stigma minute, capitate, 
hairy ; seeds oblong furrowed. 
Common throughout Europe. 
O. verna var. elegans, nobis. (QO. serotina, Reich. non Bert.)-— 
Leaves narrowed at the base, almost linear ; flowers with longer 
peduncles ; corolla rather smaller, lower lip with three linear- 
oblong, nearly equal segments ; anthers slightly exserted. 
I possess this form from Buda in Hungary, and from Persia 
(Kotschy, Plantz Persize Borealis, 693). I gathered it on the 
Wynd Cliff near Chepstow, on the 50th of August, 1848. From 
the observations of Reichenbach it is clear that this and not the 
following form is that mtended by him (Flora Exe. num. 2450). 
It is probable that this is likewise the plant known to Mr. Ben- 
tham : I altogether concur in the propriety of uniting it to the 
preceding, as has been done by that eminent botanist (D.C. Prod. 
x. 551). 
Odontites Bertolonii, nobis. (Bartsia serotina, Bert.)—Stem as 
in O. verna, seldom exceeding 12 inches in height, branches 
usually more numerous and shorter; leaves very shortly petio- 
late, much smaller than in O. verna, ovato-lanceolate, teeth more 
acute and much more approximate; calyx rather less deeply 
divided ; corolla with a rather shorter tube, lobes of the lower 
lip nearly equal ; anthers slightly exserted ; ripe capsule much 
smaller than in O. verna. 
Though perhaps rather difficult to define by written charac- 
ters, this form appears to me fully entitled to specific distinction, 
in which opinion I am confirmed by the positive statements of 
the accurate Bertoloni. The shape and size of the leaves, the 
