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specimens  sent  to  me  agree  with  the  description  in 
Hooker’s  “  Student’s  Flora  “  much  branched  ;  branches 
widely  diverging  ” ;  but  they  are  in  poor  condition.  The 
tops  are  broken  off  or  are  otherwise  injured,  which  may 
account  for  the  habit ;  no  stem  leaves  remain. — E.S.M. 
Rhinanthus  major ,  Ehrh.  In  clover  fields,  near 
Tomintoul,  Banff',  v.c.  94,  July  18,  1905.  A  colonist. 
Seeds  with  a  very  narrow  wing  ;  thus  it  appears  to  be  the 
var.  stenoptera  of  Fries,  which  Dr.  von  Sterneck  (I  believe 
rightly)  takes  to  be  the  type. — E.  S.  Marshall. 
Melampyrum  pratense ,  L.,  var.  ericetorum ,  D.  Oliver. 
Thickets  near  “  America,”  Hayward’s  Heath,  E.  Sussex, 
v.c.  14,  Aug.  28,  1905.— R.  S.  Standen.  A  form  of  the 
type,  I  think. — E.S.M. 
M.  pratense ,  L.,  var.  montanum ,  Johnst.  (1)  Woods 
above  the  town,  Dolgelley,  v.c.  48,  Sept.  2,  1905. — W.  A. 
Vice.  I  believe  this  is  only  type  ;  var.  montanum  is  a 
plant  of  heaths,  rather  than  woods,  usually  at  a  consider¬ 
able  elevation. — E.S.M.  (2)  Slopes  of  Cader  Idris,  Merion- 
ethsh.,  v.c.  48,  Sept.  3,  1905.—' W.  A.  Vice.  Correct.— 
E.S.M. 
Pinguicula  lusitanica,  L.,  (Alt.  700  ft.).  Chagford, 
S.  Devon,  v.c.  3,  Aug.,  1905.— Alice  M.  Geldart. 
Mentha  longifolia ,  Huds.,  var.  Nicholsoniana  (Strail.). 
Bank  of  R.  Wye,  Whitney,  Herefordsh.,  v.c.  36,  Aug.  14, 
1905.— S.  H.  Bickham. 
M.  piperita ,  L.,  var.  officinalis  (Hull).  Roadside, 
Robin  Hood’s  Bay,  N.  E.  Yorks.,  v.c.  62,  Sept.  4,  1905.— 
S.  H.  Bickham. 
M.  - .  Underdown,  Ledbury.  (Spontaneous 
weed  in  the  Rev.  A.  Ley’s  garden  at  Sellack).  Aug.  12, 
1905. — S.  H.  Bickham.  “  I  name  it  M.  cardiaca,  which  is 
the  plant  M.  Briquet  in  ‘  Bull.  Herb.  Bossier,’  IV.  (1896) 
p.  776,  calls  M.  gentilis,  var.  cardiaca,  and  is  considered  by 
him  to  be  a  hybrid.  See  Wildeman  and  Durand’s  4  Flore 
de  la  Beige,’  fasc.  12,  p.  686  (1899).”  G.  C.  Druce  in  Rept, 
B.  E.  C.  1903,  p.  26. 
Origanum  vulgare,  L .,  var.  megastachyum,  (Link). 
Bank  under  Coppice  near  Aymestrey,  Herefordsh.,  v.c.  36, 
Sept.  12,  1905. — S.  H.  Bickham.  See  Rept.  B.  E.  C.  1905, 
p.  43. 
