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HARDWICKE'S SCIENCE-GOSSIP. 



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 monograph of the British Hieracia, and those 

 botanists who wish to see our plants studied cannot 

 do better than subscribe to it. 



Carduus arvensis, var. horridus. Perth, etc. B. 

 White, Scot. Nat., 1S85-86. A very spiny state 

 of the plant. 



Carduus {Cnicus) lanceolatus, Willd., var. 

 nemoralis, Reich. Ross. Druce, Journal of Botany, 



1890, p. 42. 



Crepis virens, var. agrcstis, Pryor, Fl. Herts. 



Anthemis cotula, L. , var. maritima, Bromf. 

 Townsend, Fl. Hants, p. 180. Isle of Wight. 

 Leaves fleshy, stem procumbent. 



Sonchus oleraceus, L., var. triangularis, Wallr. 

 O. Hebrides. W. S. Duncan ! Var. lacerus, Wallr. 

 B. White, Scot. Nat., 1S85-S6. 



Sonchus arvensis, L., var. angustif alius. Ex. 

 Glub Report, 1888, p. 124. Norfolk. 



Achillea millefolium, L., var. alpestris, Rich. 

 Beeby, Scot. Nat., 1887-88. Shetland. 



Matricaria inodora, L., var. pha-cephala, Rup. 

 Beeby, Scot. Nat., 1887-88. Shetland. 



Campanula rotundifolia, L., var. hirta, Rich, var. 

 velutina, DC. B. White, Scot. Nat., 1885-86. 



Vaccinium myrtellus, L., f. microphylla, Lange. 

 Beeby, Scot. Nat, 1887. Shetland. 



Vaccinium intermedium, Ruthe. Science Gossip, 

 1872, p. 248, fig. 174. Linnean Soc. Journal, 1888, 

 p. 125. 



Gentiana amarella, f. multicaulis, Lange. Ex. 

 Club Report, 1886, p. 156. Caithness. Many stems, 

 flowers pale. 



Linaria repens, Mill., var. grandiflora, Godr. 

 Druce, Journal of Botany, 1S90, p. 230. Oxford. 



Veronica anagallis, var. anagalliformis, Bor. 

 W. F. Miller, Journal of Botany, 1890, p. 23. 

 Caithness. 



Euphrasia paludosa, Townsend. Journal of Botany, 



1891, p. 161. Aberdeen. 



Melampyrum pratense, L., v. hians. Druce, Scot. 

 Nat., 1885-86, p. 76. Wigton, etc. 



Rhinanthus crista-gallii, L., var. angustifolia, 

 G. et G. Ireland. Druce, Journal ofBotany, 1891, 

 p. 306, szx.fallax, Journal of Botany, 1891, p. 8. 



Rhinanthus crista-gallii, var. Drmnmond-Hayi. 

 B. White, Scot. Nat., 1885-86. Small, hairy, sub- 

 alpine. 



Pinguicula vulgaris, L., var. alpicola, Rechb. 

 Druce. West Ross. 



Pinguicula vulgaris, L., var. bicolor, Nordst. 

 Corolla violet, labium white. Ben Nevis. Marshall, 

 Journal ofBotany, 1889, p. 233. 



Mentha hirsuta, L., var. pedunculata, Pers. Druce, 

 Journal of Botany, 1890, p. 231. Oxford. 



Mentha Nicholsonia, Journal of Botany, 1S89, 



P-57- 



Thymus serpyllum, Fr., var. prostratum, Horn. 

 Shetland. Beeby, Scot. Nat.,*iSS7-88, p. 27. 



Marrtibrium vulgare, L., var. apulum, DC. Druce, 

 Journal of Botany, 1890, p. 230. 



Stachys palustris, var. canesceus, Lange. 6". segetum, 

 Hag. Journal ofBotany, 1890, p. 43. 



Plantago maritinum, L., f. pumila, Kjell. Suther- 

 land. Journal ofBotany, 1889, pp. 108, 377. 



Plantago coronopus, var. pygm&a. Beeby, Scot. Nat., 

 1887-S8, p. 27. Shetland. 



Plantago maritinum, L., var. prostrata, Lange. 

 Druce, Journal ofBotany, 1889, p. 202. 



Polygonum mite, Sch., var. angustifolia, Braun. 

 Druce, Journal ofBotany, 1890, p. 221. Oxford. 



Polygonum viviparum, L., var. alpina, Wahl. 

 Shetland. Beeby, Scot. Nat., 1890, p. 216. Arth. 

 Bennett, Annals of Scot. Nat. History, 1892. 

 O. Hebrides. 



Rumcx propinquus, Aresch. " R. domesticus x 

 crispus." W. H. Beeby, Scot. Nat., 1890, p. 300. 

 Shetland. 



Callitriche polymorpha, LSnnroth. W. H. Beeby, 

 Journal of Botany, 1888, p. 233. Shetland. Arth. 

 Bennett, Journal ofBotany, 1891, p. 85. Surrey. 



Callitriche stagnalis, var. serpyllifolia, Lonn. 

 Sutherlandshire. Marshall, Journal of Botany, 1890, 

 p. 180. Smaller than type, leaves smaller, more 

 rotund, fruit very abundantly produced, smaller than 

 type. 



Hippuris vulgaris, L., var. fluviatilis, " Roth, 

 1788," but Weber had so named it in 1780. Druce, 

 Journal of Botany, 1890, p. 229. Oxford. Deep- 

 water form, with flaccid leaves and stems. 



Urtica dioica, var. angustifolia, A. Blytt. Exch. 

 Club Report, 1888, p. 230. Narrow-leaved form, 

 leaves drawn out at the end. 



Var. atrovirens, G. et G. ? Exch. Club Report, 

 1888, p. 230. Leaves oval, petioles long, stipules 

 large, etc. Not certainly British. 



Var. microphylla, Hausm. Leaves small, stem 

 much branched, etc. Oxford. Druce, Exch. Club 

 Report, 18S8, p. 231. 



Betula intermedia, Thomas. S. Aberdeen. E. S. 

 Marshall, Journal of Botany, 1887, p. 167. Speci- 

 mens have been referred here by good continental 

 botanists, and they seem correct. Like a large B. 

 nana, or small B. glutinosa. 



Betula odorata, var. parvifolia, Wimm. Forfar, 

 Inverness, Sutherland. Journal of Botany, 1890, 

 pp. 43, 169. Small tree, or shrub ; leaves small. 



Salix. Close on forty names have been published. 

 Dr. Buchanan White has published a " Revision of 

 the British Willows " in the Journal of the Linnean 

 Society, pp. 333-457, 1891, in which he recasts our 

 nomenclature, adding many hybrids, etc. Details 

 must be sought there. 



Orchis latifolia-maculata. Townsend, Flora of 

 Hants, p. 341. Journal ofBotany, 1889, p. 244. 



Orchis incarnata, var. ochroleuca, Wustnei, Flora d. 

 Umgegund von Schwerin, 1854. Clarke, Flora 

 Andover. Hants. 



