484 THE BOTANICAL EXCHANGE CLUB OF THE BRITISH ISLES. 



Specimens with more ti)an one llower are rare. White flowered 

 specimens were noticed amongst the others. — F. Robinson. 



Gentiana Amarella L. Pegsdon Hills, Herts and Beds., v.-c. 20 

 and 30, Aug. 19, 1913. Some few plants, gathered at same time 

 (not sent), had four-merous flowers. These I suppose can hardly be 

 var. proecox Raf., as they occur amongst, and flower with, those sent. 

 — J. E. Little. " Yes, G. Amarella" — G. C. Druce. 



Gentiana germa^iica Willd. Chalk pasture at the foot of Beacon 

 Hill, Ellesborough, Bucks, Aug. 26, 1913.— F. L. Foord-Kelcey. 

 " Did not appear in 1914." — Ed. 



Gentiana Pamplinii Druce {G. Amarella x germanica). Growing 

 with both parents in abundance on a chalk pasture at the foot of 

 Beacon Hill, Ellesborough, Bucks, Aug. 26, 1913. The hybrids were 

 very variable. Most of these specimens, Mr Druce considers, too 

 near to G. germa/riica to be quite true Pamplinii. — F. L. Foord- 

 Kelcey. 



X Gentiana Pamplinii Druce = G. germanica x Amarella. 

 With both parents at Shalbourn, Wilts, Sept. 1913, coll. C. P. Hurst. 

 It was also in great abundance at Ellesborough, Bucks, this year, 

 when Mrs Foord-Kelcey took me to it; G. Amarella was then almost over 

 flowei", but G. germanica was in great beauty. Plenty of seed is 

 produced, but a good percentage of it is barren. — Comm. by G. C. Druce. 



Gentiana campestris L. Sent by Mr C. P. Hurst to ascertain 

 whether this is to be put under the type or under baltica, the latter 

 seems rather a condition than a true species. The smaller specimens 

 (10018) are from Bedwyn Common, the larger (10019) from near 

 Folly Farm, Great Bedwyn. — G. C. Druce. 



Symphytum officiriale L., var. purpureum Persoon. {S. patens 

 Sibthorp). By the Land Yeo stream, near Flax Bourton, N. 

 Somerset, June 13, 1912. The form with flowers of a deep red purple 

 hue. " aS'. offlciyiale, when sterile, has the segments of the calyx spread- 

 ing after flowering, and it is not improbable that from this circum- 

 stance Sibthorp gave the name of patens to the ' red-flowered ' com- 

 frey." C. Bucknall in Journ. Bot. 1912, p. 333.— Jas. W. White. 



Symphytum lilacinum Bucknall {S. officinale a ochroleucum x 

 /3 purpureum x peregrinum). See Journ. Bot. 1912, p. 334. By 

 the Land Yeo at Wraxall, N. Somerset, June 1912. — J. W. White. 



Symphytum caeruleum Petitmengin {S. officinale a ochroleucum x 

 peregrinum). See Journ. Bot. 1912, p. 335. Cultivated in the 

 University Garden, Bristol, June 1913, — J, W. White, 



