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origin, so that, whether it is considered a variety, a mutation, or 

 a mere form, it is, perhaps, worthy of a distinctive name. I have 

 deposited the specimen — only one was found — in the National 

 Herbarium ; and, as I can find no reference to any similar form, 

 propose to characterize it thus : — Erica cixerea L. var. schizo- 

 PETALA. Floribus majoribus ; corolUs profunde quadripartitis ; 

 sepahs lineari-acuminatis, atropurpureis, pellucide marginatis. 

 Bingiuood, in comitatu Hantonensi, D. Hazelhy invenit et com- 

 municavit. — G. S. Boulger. 



Parnassia PALUSTRI3 L. vaT. coNDENSATA (p. 254). — On first 

 reading the article of Messrs. Travis and Wheldon I expected to 

 find their littoral variety of Parnassia ixdustris applicable to a 

 short, tufted form of the plant very common in the Alps, and 

 especially on sandy, gravelly river-beds and on glacier moraines, 

 such as those of the Argentiere and Great Aletsch glaciers. But 

 after examining very many specimens from different parts of 

 Switzerland this autumn, and also from different altitudes, it may 

 be worth while recording the fact that I believe the sand-dune 

 Parnassia of Lancashire and Cheshire distinct from any form 

 found in the Alps. The height is of little importance, for in the 

 mountains we very often see Parnassia from 3-10 cms. only in 

 stature ; but in these low, tufted plants the scapes are not so 

 numerous as in condensata, nor are they usually so thick. The 

 fiowers are usually 2-2-5 cms. in diameter, and rarely 3 cms. 

 The size of the capsule seems to vary little in either British or 

 Alpine specimens. In Alpine examples the bract appears to be 

 always more or less elevated above the leaves, as in the type ; and 

 in the specimens examined the lamina of the radical leaves was 

 rather shorter than the petioles, though occasionally as long. 

 Parnassia palustris is extremely common and widely spread in 

 Switzerland, and I have found it once or twice as high as 8000 ft. 

 — H. Stuart Thompson. 



East Gloucester Records. — A good number of new records 

 for v.-c. 33, East Gloucester, has recently come to hand. Of 

 these the most interesting is Teucrium Botrys L. The species 

 was found in large quantity in a native habitat, at a considerable 

 height above the sea. It occurs in a stony field, of the sort 

 frequent in the Cotteswolds. It is in such fields, quite impossible 

 to cultivate and almost useless even for pasture, that some of the 

 most characteristic plants of the Cotteswolds occur, e. g. Anemone 

 Pulsatilla, Thlasin i)erfoliatuni, Senecio integrifolius, Orchis ustu- 

 lata, Sec. A fine plant was sent me, and I hope to be able to 

 distribute a supply through the Botanical Exchange Club. Other 

 new records from v.-c. 33 (received from Mr. A. J. Stephens and 

 Mr. E. M. Day) are Spergularia marginata Kittel (Longney, in 

 the var. glandulosa Druce), Aster Tripolium L. (Longney), Bidens 

 cernua L. (Sandhurst), Senecio viscosiis L. (in various localities, 

 but of doubtful status), Plantago maritima L. (Epney), CJieno- 

 podiiim serotinum L. (Gloucester; brickfields). Acorns Calavius L. 

 (Berkeley Canal), Scirjyus maritiinus L. (Elmore), Carex Pseudo- 



