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regarded as 8. viridis in one or other of its forms.— R. F. 

 Towndrow. 



alba J L., var. New Pool, Malvern Wells, Worcestershire, 

 May 28th and Sept. 4th, 1888. I send a further supply of this 

 willow, as last year I failed to send mature leaves. Since label- 

 ling these specimens for the Club, I have received from Dr. F. 

 Buchanan White an opinion upon the plant and he considers it 

 B, viridis y^ds. albescens, And., very near c^//^^." — R. F. Towndrow. 



8. alba, L., var. vitellina, L. Newland, Malvern, Worcester- 

 shire. I am sorry to be unable to furnish leaves to these 

 specimens, the tree from which I gathered them was cut down 

 before I made my second visit to the place. — R. F. Towndrow. 



S. ferruginea, Forbes. Stagsden Bedfordshire. — W. R. Linton. 

 8. rugosa, Leefe. Shirley, S. Derbyshire. — W. R. Linton. The 

 hybrids which S. viminalis makes with the Cinerascentes (i.e. 

 8. Caprea, S. cinerea, and 8, aurita) are so variable and at 

 the same time so closely related that it is almost if not quite 

 impossible to say to what parentage some specimens should be 

 referred. Therefore they must in the meantime be treated as 

 Andersson has treated them, and considered as varieties of one 

 species — 8. 8milhiana, Willd. The two plants mentioned above, 

 though somewhat different, appear to be nearest to the var. 

 sericans (S. sericans, Tausch). The Bedfordshire specimen bears 

 no resemblance to 8. ferruginea, And., Forbes, beyond being 

 also a form of 8. 8mithiana. — F. Buchanan White. 



Epipactis purpurata, Sm. Thedden, Hants., Aug., 1888. — 

 Rev. J. Vaughan. I suppose these are meant to be the same as 

 the E. violacea, Boreau (Durand-Duqesney of Syme in English 

 Botany). Apparently they are so, as one of the specimens has 

 the secondary bud showing the tufted root, but they are single 

 stems only. Smith's plant has been declared a monstrosity. 

 OnthisseeMr. Prior'snotesin the Journal of Botany . — A. Bennett. 



E. atro-rubens, Schultz. Settle, Yorks., July, 1888. — Rev. W. H. 

 Painter. For some time I have felt that there must be two 

 plants near Settle, or forms of one. An original specimen 

 gathered by Tatham to me looks different from others gathered 

 since, insomuch that Tatham' s plant has a very unlike look to 

 latifolia. These specimens and others I have seen look to 

 me more like a small form of latifolia, others again seem to 



