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Platanthera chlorantha. 



Platanthera bifolia. 



and rather inclined to take a prone chlorantha, nor is it in general so 

 than a horizontal direction. pronely directed as in that, but 



tends more to a horizontal than a 

 vertical position. 



In size, P. bifolia is usually inferior to P. chlorantha, but specimens 

 of the former may often be met with as tall as most of the latter. I 

 find the degree of greenness or whiteness in the flowers a variable 

 and reciprocal character ; neither can I detect any difference in the 

 leaves, bracts or other organs, except the floral ones, unless it be that 

 in P. bifolia the leaves look commonly as if highly varnished under- 

 neath, which is perhaps less frequently and conspicuously seen in P. 

 chlorantha. Pollen- grains in both oblong and truncate, pale yellow. 



W. A. Bromfield. 



Selborne, Hants, June 14, 1850. 



Note on Agraphis nutans. By George Ltjxford, A.L.S., &c. 



This pretty plant is known by the name of Blue-bottle in many 

 parts of Surrey, as well as in the Isle of Wight (Phytol. iii. 973) ; but 

 when a boy, I was taught to believe that this name had reference to 

 the flask-shaped ovary and style, divested of the floral envelopes, not 

 to the form of the flower. Last May I had the pleasure of seeing the 

 delicate white variety in considerable abundance in a wood near 

 Chislehurst, in Kent. 



G. Luxford. 



East Temple Chambers, 

 August 1, 1850. 



