. pale lilac, so that to ask for a yellow ribbon as primrose-coloured would . 
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296 TWO FORMS. UNDER SAME CONDITIONS. 
the purple variety being distinctly marked by its darker foliage and 
narrower petals, as well as by the colour of the flower.» 3 
The flower of Primula vulgaris varies also considerably in colour, - 
even in plants which grow on the same soil, and in the same position. - 
In Pembrokeshire, especially near Broadhaven, the prevailing colour is. 
be a misnomer. Specimens of both varieties may be found growingon . 
the same stone wall (which in thig. district take the. place of hedges), - 
sometimes so close together as to appear almost as if they arose from — 
the same root. Some specimens may occasionally be seen with nearly 
white flowers. 
- Occasionally a beautiful pink variety of Oxalis Acetosella may 
be found among the usual white form.  Dillenius, in his edition of 
Ray’s * Synopsis,’ records it as var. “ flore purpureo," and on the au- 
thority of Dr. Richardson, one of the most enlightened naturalists and 
intelligent observers of his age, describes it as “a less plant than the 
common, and flowers later.” 
I have lately observed in the lane leading from Kew to the “ Black 
Horse," at East Sheen, large quantities of Lamium album of the usual 
colour, but in certain beds of it, especially in one bed near Hope Cottage, 
there are many plants which have rose-coloured flowers, the outside of 
the upper lip being darkest in colour. 
On the bank of the river, near Kew, there grow two forms of An- 
thriscus sylvestris, which are very distinct from one another in size and 
external appearance, but like the white Dead-nettle, they grow side by 
. Side in the same bed, and there is no apparent reason for the difference 
in size and colour, either in the soil, exposure, or situation of the plants- 
The one is a large strong plant with green foliage and large white 
flowers, and with a thick green stem with large angular projections on 
it. The other is a slender straggling plant, with the leaves far apart, 
small flowers, and stem not thicker than a crowquill, cylindrical and 
with numerous equal ridges. The stem and foliage are generally purple 
or blackish, rarely dark-green. These two plants, where extreme forms 
are examined, are so distinet that I am surprised they have not been 
described as distinct species in some of the Continental Floras; but I 
do not find them noticed in either British or foreign writers. : 
This plant is remarkable among the Umbelliferse for having some 
small scales or se£ulz at the base of the fruit, which, but for their posi- 
