342 SHORT NOTES. 



Flores albi. 



Var. angustifolia . Folia 5*0 cm. long., 0*2 cm. lat. 



Hab. Distr. Pungo Andongo inter Lombe et Canduniba. (No. 



5098.) 



Dubicr. 



Nos. 5124, 5203, J. sp. (§ Betonica?). Specimina maxime 

 imperfecta fortasse ad J. Betonicam referenda. 



No. 5120. J. (§ Rostellaria) sp. nov. ut videtur aff. J. Nepetm noh. 



Herba 1-3-pedalis, ramosissima, graveolens. Flores ex Wel- 

 witscliio "pallide purpurei" nobis non obvii. 



No. 5066. J.sp. (§ Rostellaria). Bamulus parvus tantum a 

 nobis visus. 



No. 5136. J. sp. (§ Rostellaria). Specimen valde mancum an 

 ad J. viossamedeam referendum ? 



No. 5137. Fragmentum an aff. J. mossamede® ? 



No. 5032 cujus iconem et fragmentum parvulum tantum vidi 

 videtur eadem ac No. 5137. 



No. 5211. Fortasse forma magnibracteata J. Anselliance, T. 

 And., sed specimen imperfectum. 



No. 5077. Fragmentum. An hujus generis ? 



R. communis, Nees. 



Ehinacanthus, Nees. 



Hab. Mata de Pungo distr. Pungo Andongo et distr. Jeha do 

 Principe sine loci indicatione et Serra de Xella distr. Bumbo. 

 (Nos. 5191, 5204, 5010.) 



The Bumbo plant is the large-flowered hairy form. 



(To be continued.) 



SHORT NOTES. 



Non-germination of Aectic Seeds (see p. 306).— I think it right 

 to mention that the experiments made at the Glasnevin and College 

 Botanic Gardens cannot be considered quite conclusive, inasmuch 

 as the seeds were taken from herbarium specimens collected in 

 1875 and 1876, and afterwards kept in a damp ship's cabin, and 

 the trial was not made until the spring of 1880.— H. C. Hart. 



Cardamine Hayneana, Welw. — The note about this form of 

 Cardamine pratemis in the ' Beport of the Botanical Exchange Club 

 lor 1879' (p. 5) is misleading. It runs thus: — " Cardamine allied 

 to Hayneana, Welwitsch. Mr. George Nicholson also distributes 

 specimens of a plant he collected between Kew and Mortlake. In 

 the ' Journal of Botany ' Mr. Nicholson says it agrees thoroughly 

 with Welwitsch's specimens, and only differs in its having lanceolate 

 leaves." I sent to the Club specimens of a distinct variety which 



Hay 



dill 



and I wrote to Mr. Bailey to that effect, asking him to cross out 



