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P. SCORZONER^FOLIA Lam. Illustr. p. 342 (1791). This plant 

 was established by Lamarck on P. armenia scorzonercefolia, 

 Tournef. Cor. 5, 1703, from the Orient. There is a specimen from 

 Tournefort of his plant in the National Herbarium. It has long, 

 narrow leaves densely villose at the base. Dr. Williams considers 

 it synonymous with P. maritima L. var. latifolia Syme, and 

 names it var. scorzonerifolia WiUiams. We think it cannot be 

 placed with var. latifolia, as the leaves in Tournefort 's type are 

 not particularly broad. 



P. HiRSUTA GiUbert, Fl. Lithuanica, i. p. 17 (1781). In 

 English Botany (ed. 3, vii. p. 172 (1867) ), Syme describes a var. 

 hirsiUa of P. maritima L. from the Orkneys, which Dr. Williams 

 considers synonymous with P. hirsiita. We have been unable to 

 find specimens of this plant in herbaria, and more information 

 seems desirable before accepting this identification. 



P. ALPiNA Linn. Sp. PI. 114 (1753). Buchanan White in 

 Trans. Bot. Soc. Edin. vol. x. 171 (1870), records P. alpina L. for 

 alpine pastures, Ben VoirHch, Dumbartonshire. The leading 

 characteristics of this species are : — 



(a) The lanceolate-linear or linear leaves narrowed at both 

 ends, ± thin, generally 3 -nerved — the lateral nerves nearer to the 

 margin than to the midrib. 



(b) The ovate, pointed bracts. 



(c) The capsules are shorter than in P. maritima L. 



It may be added that the plant generally blackens when 

 pressed. 



Continental authors generally consider P. alpina L. as a 

 distinct species, though closely allied to P. maritima L. and 

 P. recurvata L. 



We should be grateful for British specimens of any plants 

 possessing the above characters, as the occurrence of the 

 true plant in Britain is doubtful. Specimens may be sent to 

 Botanical Dept., Natural History Museum, South Kensington. 



P. CoRONOPus var. crithmifolia Willkomm, in Willkomm & 

 Lange, Prodr. Fl. Hisp. 2, p. 359 (1870). We are much indebted 

 to Professor Henriques, of Coimbra University, for specimens of 

 this variety. The leaves are + 4 cm. long, not carnose, hirsute, 

 bipinnati-partite, with the rachis dilated towards the apex, sub- 

 trinerved, lacini^ oval-lanceolate, and the peduncles ascending. 



From the following localities British specimens in Herb. Mus. 

 Brit, agree with this description : — Coast, Cladach Kirkibost, N. 

 Uist, W. A. Shoolbred (in part); Sanday, Orkney, Laing \ Isle of 

 Walney, E. Hodgson ; Dunnett, Caithness, E. S. Marshall. 



Signor Beguinot, in his " Eevisione monographica del genere 

 Plaiitago," in Nuovo Giorn. Bot. Ital. vol. xviii. tav. xiv. fig. 4, 

 (1911) figures a plant which greatly resembles the above, under the 

 name var. Columnm. 



P. CoRONOPus var. latifolia DC. Fl. France iii. p. 417 (1805). 

 De CandoUe founds this variety on P. Columned of Gouan's Illustr. 

 p. 6 (1773), and describes it as having " la feuille tr6s grande et un 



