66 OUR ENDEMIC LIST. 
H. C. Watson a great many years ago, is not variable, and is easily 
apparent to anyone who is accustomed to compare the two. Un- 
doubtedly, however, C. arcticum is more nearly allied to C. alpinum 
than to C. latifoliwn L. 
Anthyllis Vulneraria L., var. ovata.—I am disappointed to learn 
that this remarkably beautiful plant reverts at once to the type in 
cultivation ; from Mr. J. er’s experiment it would appear 
that it is merely a state due to situation, and it should accordingly 
be expunged from our lists. 
there in situations similar to those which here produce pseudo- 
botryodes. 
rex tnvoluta Bab.—Accepted as endemic by Hooker, who 
remarks, however, that it is probably a hybrid between C. vesicaria 
C. ul. 
veractum. — Mr. Bennett quotes fifteen endemic forms, a 
number which might be greatly increased. On all of these Sir J. 
‘ ker say :—* No case can be made of these. 
They are local forms with the shadowiest of shady characters.” I 
confess that the real intent of this criticism seems to me somewhat 
obscure (some might feel inclined to ask, what n endemic 
species but a local form ?); but surely nobody would expect to find 
1m a recently separated island, forms as distinct hose found in 
eweaniac : c 
Hieracium are Just what they ought to be, although this, the really 
: tical, or in other words, more 
plastic, groups. We know that the great bulk of our named 
Hieracia are not merely states due to situation; their characters 
