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obovate form. Indeed, there is reason to believe that the 

 plants of this second variety are sometimes named Hyperi- 

 cum maculatum by botanists ; and I once met with a good 

 specimen of it intermixed with a number of specimens of 

 H. dubium, which were sent to me by a botanical friend. 

 This fact is mentioned for the purpose of indicating the 

 strong resemblance a certain form of H. perforatum bears 

 to H. dubium. The second variety of Hypericum perfora- 

 tum is a permanent one, and has remained constant to its 

 characters, in very many situations, for several years. It 

 may be presumed that the range of its localities is not very 

 limited, as it appears to have attracted the notice of the 

 late Dr. Bromfield in Hampshire, and is mentioned by hira 

 in the ' Phylologist' (iii. 272). 

 Melilotus arvensis, Wallr. Clover-field, Kelvedon. 

 Melilotus vulgaris, Wallr. Clover-field, Kelvedon. 

 Trifolium elegans, Savi. Has maintained its position for some 

 years about the sides of certain hilly fields of corn-land at Great 

 Braxted ; but to the history of its introduction no clew can be 

 obtained. 



Epilobium roseuin, L. " Scions none," Hook. 8f Arnott ; " scions 

 wanting," Bablngton. On the Kelvedon plants of this species, short 

 scions, terminated by a rosette, are found in the autumn. Scions are 

 also denied to Epilobium montanum, Z., by the same authors ; but, 

 nevertheless, long suckers are to be found attached to the lowermost 

 underground joints of the stem ? of that species. In their young con- 

 dition, these suckers are faithfully delineated by the artist in ' Eng- 

 lish Botany,' plate 1177; and Smith says of the root of Epilobium 

 montanum, L. (' English Flora,' vol. ii. p. 214), that it has " red 

 shoots." 



Helminthia echioides, Gaertner. " Annual," Smith and Babing- 

 ton ; " perennial," Hook. ^ Arnott. This plant might well appear to 

 be only of a biennial character, to a person who had merely observed 

 its autumnal tuft of leaves, succeeded by stem and flowers in the 

 ensuing year. And to such an extent I was, for some time, accus- 

 tomed to view its duration. But, in reference to the perennial cha- 

 racter ascribed to Helminthia echioides by Hooker & Arnott, 1 must 

 remark that I believe those writers to be correct in extending the 

 duration of the plant from the biennial to the perennial character ; for 

 I have seen young and vigorous stems of H. echioides, growing in lately 

 cleared woods, side by side with the decayed stems of the past year. 



