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Stellaria umbrosa, Opitz Kimberton, Salop, May, 1894. — 

 W. H, Painter. I do not think the authority given ever named 

 a plant ; the mistake is however so common, it may be well to 

 point out that Opitz was F. Opitz, a doctor of Medicine, of Prague, 

 contemporary of, and a collaborateur with Opiz. Opiz, named 

 after him Mentha Opitziana, Opiz, Nomenclator Botanicus, p. 72, 

 (1831), the botanical author's name being Philip Maximilian 

 Opiz. He was the author and co-author with Count Berthold 

 of many botanical works, and the namer of a large number of 

 species as Bohemian plants ; as an example he gave a list of 

 Bohemian Veronicas under 34 specific names in his Naturalien- 

 tausch, No. 8, pp. 109-1 .'3. — A. B. 



Elatine Hyihopiper, L. Lough Beichan, Co. Down, June, 1894. 

 — H. W. Lett. Excellent specimens of this rare plant. 



Hypericum humifusum, b. decumhens, Petermann. Jersey, 14th 

 July, 1888. — M. Dawber. The same as specimens to which 

 Dr. Boswell directed the application of this name, but I have 

 not seen Petermann's plant, which I suppose is described in 

 Reichenbach's Flora Saxonica, Ed, i. — A. B. 



TrifoUum pratense v. sylve&tre. Grassy slopes above Cape Corn- 

 wall, Cornwall, ioth August, 1894. — E. S. Gregory. This variety 

 is characterised according to Syme's English Botany by the 

 slender stem, the smaller stipules, calyx teeth spreading in fruit, 

 and the deeper colour of the corolla. Mr. Gregory's specimens 

 agree with Syme's description in several of the features, and 

 therefore is probably correctly named ; but I am not well 

 well acquainted with the variety. — W. R. L. 



T. repens (var. ?). Cliff overhanging sea, Newlyn, Penzance, 

 Cornwall, Aug., 1894. — E. S. Gregory. A frondescent state 

 which this and other species of clover occasionally assume. 

 As only one example was sent there is none available for dis- 

 tribution.— W. R. L. 



Astragalus hypoglottis, L. Near Killeany, Gt Isle of Arran, 

 Galway Bay, 14th June, 1894. — Leg. P. B. O'Kelly. Is an 

 exceedingly rare plant in Ireland, there being only one locality 

 where it is known to grow in the Gt. Island of Arran. — H. C. 



