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a synonym of S. decipiens, Ehrh., and our S. hirta and S. Sternhergii 

 forms of aS'. decipie^is (this, I am convinced, is a mistake). In >S'. 

 decipiens the leaf-segments are blunt, not pointed ; Engler makes both 

 S. caespitosa, L., and S. groenlandica, L., varieties of it, but he was 

 young when his book was pubhshed forty-one years ago, and both are, 

 I believe, specifically distinct." — E. S. Marshall. 



Saxifraga sponhemica, Gmel., var. 1 [Ref. No. 3713.] Cwm 

 Idwal, Carnarvon, v.-c. 49, June 26, 1912. Bright green; usually a 

 neat, compact plant. Flowers as a rule rather small, creamy white. 

 I do not yet know of any precise name for this striking form, which 

 also grows on the Snowdon range. Associated with S. hypnoides, L.; 

 various connecting links occur, probably of hybrid origin. — E. S. 

 Marshall. 



Parnassia palustris, L., var. condensata, Travis and Wheldon. Sand 

 dunes. South Lancashire. Flowers, Freshfield, Aug. 1912; fruit, 

 Birkdale, Sep. 1912. — J. A. Wheldon. (vide Journ. Bot. 1912, p. 

 254). "I gathered this, still more dwarfed, in 1886, at Keiss Links 

 and on cliffs near Wick, Caithness ; then and still it seems to me a 

 coast-sto^e, due to local conditions, rather than a valid variety." — E. 

 S. Marshall. 



Rihes ruhrum, L., var. No. 1. By River Ely below St. Fagan's, in 

 a wood, v.-c. 41, May 1, 1912. Not quite so thickly hairy as No. 7, 

 but the spikes show a tendency to be less drooping. — H. J. Riddels- 

 dell. " Yar. petraeum, Sm. Racemes pubescent, leaves hairy 

 beneath, glabrous above. No. 2 is the same form." — E. S Marshall. 

 " Are not No. 1 and No. 2 the var. a. Bromjieldianum, Syme, E.B. 



iv. , 44 1 Compare the description." — G. C. Druce. 



Rihes rnhrum, L., var. No 2. Wood by R. Ely, below St. Fagan's, 



v. -c. 41, May 1, 1912. Only slightly differing from No. 1 in hairiness, 

 etc. — H. J. Riddelsdell. 



Rihes ruhrum, L., var. No. 5. One plant in middle of small 

 wood, Cwrt Colman, Bridgend, v.-c. 41, May 1912. Much hairier and 

 greyer than the other forms sent. In the garden of Cwrt Colman, 

 half a mile away, were very similar plants, none of which however 

 showed teeth like those of these leaves. Still very probably an 

 escape. Spikes much less drooping than in the other forms. — H. J. 

 Riddelsdell. " Probably var. Smithianum, Syme." — G. C. Druce. 



Rihes ruhrum, L., var. No. 7. By R. Talf, Llandaff, v.-c. 41, April 

 29, 1912. Spikes of fruits considerably hairy, as are also the leaves, 

 especially below. But I cannot assign it to any named variety. — H. 



