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var. nefrens. 2. Clyffe Pypard, E. H. Goddanl. — Melampyrum 

 pratense var. latifolium Syme. 5. Eedlynch (new to Wilts South ).— 

 Mentha hirsuta var. £. Trimmer. 5. Grimstead. — M. arvensis var. 

 precox Sole. 5. Whiteparish. — Thymus Chamaidrys Fr. 2. Cal- 



stone and Midford, Rogers \ Kingsdown and Box, Clarke. 4. 

 Savernake, Rogers. 6. Wilbury and Ford. 7. Old Samoa. 8. 

 Groveley Wood. 10. Alderbury and Odstock. 11. Mere Down, 

 Murray (new to Wilts South). 



Chenop odium polyspermia L. 5. Hamptworth. G. Clarendon 

 (new to Wilts South). — A triplex hmtata L. 1. Westbury. 2. 

 Corsham, Rogers. 5. Eedlynch. 9. Semley, Rogers (new to Wilts 

 South). — Rumex sanguineus L. 5. Hamptworth and Whiteparish. 

 10. Alderbury (new to Wilts S mth). — Salix ciuerea L., androgynous 

 form. Grimstead. — S. re pens var. pa rci folia Sm. 5. Grimstead. 



J uncut supinus Moeneh. 1. Longleat (new to Wilts North). 

 — Scirpits setaceus L. 5. Hamptworth. ]0. Alderbury (new to 

 Wilts South). — Carex binervis Sin. 1. Longleat, Clarke d latum* 

 5. Grimstead, Hamptworth, Landlord. — Arena satiea L., awnkss 

 var. (fide Baker). G. Alhngton. — Bromus mollis var. inter rupta 

 Haeckel. 6. Allinston. 



EPILOBIUM DURLEI: A BEJOINDER. 

 By the Fiev. E. S. Marshall, MA., F.L.S. 



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Mr. Clarke's reply (pp. 78-81) to my previous remarks seems 

 to demand some comment from me. My chief object in approaching 

 tins subject was to try and prevent a common enough state of our 

 E. wontanum from masquerading in the guise of the Continental 

 E. Dnrim, which I again very decidedly affirm to be a distinct, 

 though certainly an allied, plant. 



The stolons of K. Durmi are, I repeat, if not precisely identical 

 with those of alsinefolium (perhaps a slight exaggeration), at any 

 rate much nearer to it than to any state of montauum. The 

 resemblance to Duriai in the "forma minor aprira '' of the last- 

 named species is merely superficial, and at ouce disappears under 



culture in an ordinary garden -border ; whereas, in the true E. 



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Duricei, the character chiefly relied on is a permanent one. 



I did not state that the inflorescence of Dur'uri was simple, but 



the stew*; thereby inteuding the leaf-bearing part of the plant, 

 between the rootstock and the panicle. The word is so used by 

 Haussknecht, and I believe also by many other authors. The 

 panicle, moreover, bears but one basal branch, in Barbey's figure ; 

 but I agree that this point is a minor one. 



Everybody is, of course, at liberty to form his own conception 

 of what a " species " should mean. Some will reduce E. Duriui, 

 collinum y hypericifolium, and lanceolatum to varieties under K. 

 wontanum. I am of a different opinion, as all of them have 

 marked structural and physiological characters of their own, stand 

 the test of prolonged cultivation, aud come true from seed. Also, 



