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PRUNELLA LACINIATA L. IN BRITAIN. 
By Jas. Watrer Waite, F.L.S. 
(Piate 482a.) 
Twenty years ago I noticed a cream-flowered Prunella in more 
than ee spot on the Mendip Hills, but carelessly let it pass for a 
colour-sport of P. vulgaris. In 1899 Mrs. Gregory called my atten- 
tion to it, and I then suspected that this plant might be a conti- 
i 0 of s en: e 
out. The light afforded by available French and German books 
le it Pies i that the plant is much more than a variation of 
the c n Self-heal. It has, in fact, precisely those structural 
Praradtare aptiened to P. laciniata L., which, I think, there can be 
no doubt is a good enough species. 
Prunewia Lacrniata Linn. Sp. Pl. ed. i. 837 (1763). 
P. alba Pallas ex M. Bieb. Fl. Taur.-Caue. ii. 67 (1808) ; Jacq. 
aust. tab. 878; Mutel, f. 885; Parkinson, Theatr. Bot. 527. 
Plant branched at the base; stems four to eight inches, pro- 
an elevation of 500-600 ft., overlooking the moors between Dray- 
cott and Cheddar, North Somerset. Pinmnig: appears to be over 
before the end of Ju 
The distribution, according to Nyman, has included the whole 
common than P, vu ered 
Lobel, Bauhin, Clusius, é&c.— evidently | knew it well as a native of 
France and Germany. The w in ki 
fair figure, and the goa tab. is most admirable. 
There appears to be no doubt that we must call our plant 
aa eee L., as is done by Nyman, and by the editor a Koch’s 
Synopsis, ed. iii., although, in its literal meaning, the name is 
applicable one to the form with divided leaves. Sata, in Sp. 
Pl. ed. i A 8), has “ P. vulgaris x laciniata,” of which he says, 
“Tam multa habet in fructificatione communia, ut vix videatur dis- 
tincta.” In ed. ii. 887 (1763) he raises it to the rank of a species, 
but writes, “ Fructificatio omnino P. vulgaris & qua olim orta; 
Journat or Borany.—Vou. 44. [Novemper, 1906.] 28 
