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describes, and that Lindeberg’s specimens (Hi. Scand. Eas, 141- 
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H. gothicum var. pseudo-norvegicum. 
H. Friesii Hn. (H. gothicum Fries, Backh.) Berriedale cliffs, 
H. Friesii Hn., var. basifolium Lindeb. Clova Valley, *Forfar. 
Glen Lyon, *Mid-Perth, not far from Fortingal. Mr. Hanbury has 
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naming of the plant; but he unites with it plants gathered by Mr. 
Miller, Mr. A. Somerville, and himself, which after examination we 
consider are not all good for var. basifolium; and remarks that after 
five years’ a of this form it tends to revert to the type. 
Clova plant has a strong rosette of 4-8 ovate-oblong to ovate- 
acuminate root-leaves, and the stem-leaves at once tailing off in 
specimens, from Braemar, also approaches our Clova plant, but in 
lowest part of the stem ; 1 
out any suggestion of its being var. basifolium having been made by 
him. We have stated the matter thus fully to show that this 
variety of Lindeberg’s is still free from the charge of reverting to 
type in cultivation. 
H. Friesii Hn., var. latifolium Backh. Assuming Backhouse’s 
variety to be the broad-leaved Clova form (which we have had in culti- 
vation since 1887, and which is considered by Mr. Hanbury rightly 
