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a great extent, if not entirely, the plant which Schur, in the Enum. 
Plant. Transs, 512, called R. stenophyllus; and this has a wide 
. Levinge distributed it as var. fallax, to Co. Cork, where I 
gathered it in 1890. This is the plant which was distributed by 
Mr. - Hanbury from Tain, East Ross, in 1890, under the name 
i 
R. nae phys See Ann. Scot. Nat. Hist., 1901, 177.—G. Cranmner 
Drve ‘*Dr. von Sterneck’s determination on the label is ‘ Alec- 
sorolo pas minor (Ehrh.) Wimm.’ In his Monograph (p. 12) he 
gives 1747 as the date of Haller’s name; this, however, would be 
Pisanias Crista-galli L. var. eee sacs Downs 
above Sutton, v.-c. 18, W. Sussex, 8rd August, 1901.—E. F. 
Linton. eae ent, oeage a name, from the same station, by 
EK. 8. Mar (No. 2584.) ‘ Determined by Dr. von Sterneck 
as ‘ Al. rae ee (Schur) Sterneck.’ This is the plant referred 
to above by Mr. Druce; oad pated described it as R. minor 
sent stenophyllus (1866), n cies. Older varietal names 
e R. minor y angusiolee Kock (1844) and B angustifolius Gren. 
and Godr. (1850); but these will fall, as there is a species named 
R. angustifolius by Gmelin fh 1806. The plant so abundant on 
heaths near Tain, now a here by Sterneck, was thought by 
Mr. Hanbury and myself to be a distinct species when we found it 
in 1890; Prof. Haussknecht wrongly determined it as R. major, 
and Prof. Lange afterwards named a4 R. minor Ehrh. var. angusti- 
Jfolius Koch, which turns out to be correct.”-—Ep. 
Ballota ruderalis Sw. In two places at Studland Bay, Miabig 
June, 1901. Having gathered B. ruderalis for the first time at 
Studland, I am satisfied as to its specific distinctness from e. alba 
( ep “ia plur. The soft, velvety appearance of the whole plant, 
and pleasant odour when bruised, contrast sharply with the common 
black seen nd. Nyman, Consp. Fl. Eur. p. 581, admits the two 
species—BP., alb. a (L), with synonym fatida Lam., the common spe- 
cies; and B. nigra L., with synonym ruderalis Sw., the species with 
more teasing diskobation, Babington (Man. ed. 8, p. 284) dis- 
tinguishes the two species, while Hooker (Student's Flora, p. 330) 
unites them. Of course, Bentham does likewise.—J. Cosmo Mey, 
Salicornia lignosa Woods. Gravelly shores near Bosham, West 
Sussex, in plenty, scp 16th, 1901.—Ar. Bennett and E. 8. 
MarsHa.t. t’s valuable remarks are ap eheniet oh 
ee Fagiage 4 mith nF Bot. Pe 1691 1 . fruticosa Sm, 
: nie sat cig Rafin. Fl. Tellur. iii. 
Bot. 2467, non 
p. re (1886) —this I Thaw not seen. ia Fruticosa L, B radicans Gren. 
