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cudbrightshire coast.—G. C. Drucr. Cultivation should prove 
whether this is a true variety. At present I incline to consider it 
only a starved state; a very similar form occurs on the exposed 
i Som 
places it is quite normal.—E. S. MarsHaxx. 
Aria Ebrh. var. rupicola Syme? Great Doward, 
true in my herbarium.—Au 
Hedlund writes that further investigation has satisfied him that 
Syme’s P. Aria var. rupicola is identical with S. salicifolia 
Hedlund, and cannot be taken to include the present plant.— 
A. Ley 
“ Pyrus intermedia Ehth. Cheddar, Somerset, v.-c. 6, June 28, 
1909. The plant we have been calling intermedia Ehrh. in Britain 
These specimens have greyer felt than is usual with P. inter- 
media.—AuGusTIN Ley, 
“£yrus scandica Asch. Near Garve, E. Ross, y.-c. 106, 
July 10, 1909 [ref. No. 3372A]; and also sent by W. A. Shoolbred 
(ref. No. 692]. Named by Dr. T. Hedlund (through Rey. A. Ley) 
as sipes syria Shoolbred and I found six trees in all 
one 0 em (m evidently of great age, and fruitin 
abundantly. ‘ sola : Re ish ases 
Ley, 
refer our gatherings. Whether P. intermedia Ehrh. (the oldest 
name) is really the same as P. scandica Asch. I do not know. 
Anthers brownish pink.—E. S$. Marsnaru.. 
“ Melampyrum | var. purpureum ©. J. Hartm. ? 
Dam dy, turfy ws grani 
np, sandy, turfy ground over ite below the crags at th 
head of Glen Eunach, at 2400 ft. Also slope of Geal-charn, Glen 
