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albidis reversis pubescens, rubescens, vel fuscescens ? Folia numer- 
tertia parte inferiore latissime, inferiores obtuse vel acute dentibus 
utringue 3 acutis, superiores acutw, dentibus 2-3 acutis. Folia 
mnia planiuscula, sicca nigricantia, in pagina superiore et inferiore 
setis sublongis crispulis albidis obsita. Flores pauci subsessiles in 
spica brevi, fructu paululum elongata. Calyx indumento ei foliotum 
et bractearum similis, dentibus triangularibus acutis. orolla 
parva 3-4 mm. longa alba labiis equilongis striis (cceruleis ?) notata ; 
lobi labii inferioris subequales, emarginati, macula flava picti; lobi 
labii superiores integri. Stigma curvatum. Capsula superne lata 
truncata vix emarginata, basin versus angustata, longitudine lati- 
tudinem circa duplo-superans, calycis dentes non superans plerumque 
able characters. Our plant differs from E. micrantha Brenner by 
its flowers, which exceed the bracts, the latter being acutely, not 
obtusely toothed, by the entire lobes of the upper lip of the corolla, 
and by the pubescence just alluded to. From dwarf unbranched 
Ranunoutus Lixeva in Berxsame.—On Aug. 24 I found 
Ranunculus Lingua in some quantity in a pond at Yattendon, in 
the Pang district, for which it is not recorded in the Flora of 
Berkshire.—Jamus Brrrven. 
Erica Sruartt.—Under this name the Rev. EH. F. Linton de- 
Scribes in the Annals of Scottish Natural History for July (p. 177) a 
heath found in Connemara by the late Dr. Charles Stuart, which 
r. Linton considers to be hybrid between E. mediterranea and 
E. Mackati. His description is as follows :— 
Erk tuarti, nov. hybr.—Leaves in whorls of four, or 
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