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crossed with a variety of R. glauca Vill. oe the es Subcristata 
But, so far as I know, neit er i ritain n r on the Con- 
with compound glandular serration. The Port Seaton pee I 
iety 
before or at the ripening of the fruit, hich seems to nner sho some- 
what earlier than in the Irish form. I am sending specimens of 
this and of pimpinellifolia x rabiginas oo a National Herbarium 
at South Kensington and to Kew.—W. Barcuay. 
near Wellington, Somerset. The a nts occupied a space abo 
ten yards in length. The subsoil is sandstone, possibly slightly 
th 
calcareous. At one end of the group ZL. alba occurred, and at 
other end L. dioica; whilst between were the aa cae The whole 
appearance was very striking. The hybrids were variable in 
character, as was shown b the colour of the corolla, the inflation 
and colour of the wets and the length of the pedicels. The 
following is a summary of the chief forms of the hybrid plants :— 
(a) Hybrids with the characters almost of ZL. alba, but with a 
Pa ale Pink corolla; calyx inflated, eee or faintly tinged 
(d) Hybrids with pale pink corolla; calyx less inflated than in 
and distinctly reddish or red-streaked. 
(c) Hybrids with SG of a deeper pink, approaching L. dioica; 
y. nflated, however, and r 
(d) Hybrids of a ties distinct type, with corolla having a pink 
flush only, and otherwise like L. alba. 
The arrangement of the plants in the hedgerow i is roughly indi- 
cated in the fo ee oe ae 
Whites 
(Typical 1. alba). Be flated Pale Pinks (a) (a), ie, hana (c). (Typical D dioica). 
Th we sreeys 1 varied between the long pedicel = L. alba and the 
short of L. dioica. Another variable character was seen in 
the dissootion of the petals, this showing ditties of ary and 
character. The intermediates agree fairly well with the crosses 
‘events - by Gaertner and by recent Mendelian workers. The 
a a of the hybrids is very probably due to the 
character (mentioned by Gaertner) of their flowers not oe 
t vements. On the whole, the case appears to be 
saneesting as illust trating the occurrence in nature of pilciiceis 
which have been obtained in Mendelian crossings.—S. R. Price. 
Erica See x oINEREA.—I have aaa xeioatiesl: from Mr. 
= D. Williams, of Speedy: St. conte sored 
parce Erica pats Ni and EB. potty ee ae looks like a 
