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Mentha longifolia Huds., b. nemorosa (Willd). [Ref. No. 85]. 

 By ditch, Carbrooke Fen, v.-c. 28, August 20, 1914. — F. Robinson. 

 "So I should name it. Leaves rather short." — E. S. Marshall. 



Mentha rotundifolia x longifolia = villosa Huds. Roadside near 

 Dilty Moss, Forfar, v.-c. 90, September 7, 1914.— R. & M. Corstor- 

 PHiNE. " I believe this is correctly named." — C.E.Salmon. "Seems 

 rather a £food intermediate." — E. S. Marshall. 



Mentha citrata Ehrh. Origin Northaw, Herts (H. Peirson), Hort. 

 Reigate, Surrey, September 1914. This is the plant of Pryor's Fl. 

 Herts (1887), p. 336, where it stands as a variety of M. hirsuta. 

 These specimens show the globular heads of M. aquatica {hirsuta) and, 

 whilst not absolutely glabrous, the whole plant is more so than in Mr 

 White's ''citrata'' from Priddy Nine Barrows (Rep. for 1908, p. 393, 

 and Wats. B.E.C. Rep. for 1909-10, p. 250). It will be noted, too, 

 that the leaves are broader and more cordate than in Mr White's 

 plant — all points in favour of citrata. Ehrhart's original description 

 is extremely terse — " Folia ovata, petiolata, serrata, glabra. Capitula 

 obtusa. Stamina corolla breviora." Beitr. vii. (1792), p. 150. — C. E. 

 Salmon. 



Mentha hirsuta L., var. suh-glahra Baker. Crombie Den, near 

 Arbroath, v.-c. 90, September 20, 1914. — R & M. Corstorphine. 

 "Judging by examples named by Mr Baker- I believe he would pass 

 this as his variety." — C. E. Salmon. "Probably. I have not seen 

 Baker's plant. A form, apparently referable to this, found in 1906 at 

 Braemar by W. A. Shoolbred and myself, had the sweet scent of 

 M. citrata.'' — E. S. Marshall. "Yes, but not extreme."— G. C. 

 Druce. 



Mentha Pulegium L., var. erecta Syme. Marshy ground, Limps- 

 field Common, Surrey, August 23, 1914. — A. B. Jackson and J. 

 Eraser. "This agrees much better with Rouy's description of 

 vulgaris Briquet than with var. erecta Wirtgen, whose name antedates 

 Syme's."— E. S. Marshall. " Yes, but Briquet in his Lahiees, p. 93, 

 gives the authority for erecta as Wirtgen." — G. C. Druce. 



Thymus Serpyllum L,, var. Linneaiius G. & G. [Ref. No. 126]. 

 Edge of road, Albecq, Guernsey, July 31, 1914. — W. C. Barton. 

 "This, I think, is our assumed type." — E. S. Marshall. 



Stachys palustris x sylvatica. [Ref. No. 1238]. Green Lane, 

 Merton parish, Surrey, July 18, 1914. — C. E. Britton. "Yes; con- 

 siderably nearer to S. palustris." — E. S. Marshall. " Yes ; and very 

 like the figure of Smith's amhigua in E.B., t. 2089." — C. E. Salmon. 

 Also from bank of stream, the Hall Dell, Melmerby, Cumberland, 



