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By EDMUND G. BAKER, F.L.S. 



etf February llth, 1S9G. 



attention was drawn to the question of Plantago 

 Coronopus, L., and its allies during a botanical 

 excursion in Ireland early in June last year 

 (i.e., 1895). Whilst botanising with my friend 

 Mr. Clement Reid on the extensive sand dunes 

 at Castle Gregory, co. Kerry, we came across 

 a peculiar broad-leaved hairy Plantago, which, 

 being markedly different from typical P. 

 Coronopus, Lin., at once arrested attention. 

 Upon dissection the capsules were found to be generally 3-celled 

 and two seeded. As typical P. Coronopus, L., is 3 or 4-celled and 

 3 or 4-seeded we collected specimens, and I determined to compare 

 them with allied Continental forms upon our return home. 



A little later in the year I spent the remaining portion of my 

 holidays in Dorsetshire, at Lyme Regis, and searched the district 

 pretty thoroughly for Plantagos, and was fortunate enough to find 



