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—A.  Ley  and  E.F.L.  Hardly  looks  large-flowered  enough  for 
umbrosa. — C.E . S.  In  March,  1889,  Prof.  Babington  wrote 
to  me  as  follows  : — “  I  have  struck  the  word  umbrosa  out, 
and  am  sorry  to  find  it  in  the  L.C.  I  believe  it  to  be  only 
a  shade-plant  with  broader  leaves  and  larger  flowers,  but 
undeserving  of  special  notice.”  It  is  expunged  from  Bab. 
Man.,  ed.  IX. — E.S.M. 
Cuscuta  europcea,  L.  (1)  Clover  field,  Hauxton, 
Cambs.,  v.c.  29,  Sept.  1906.— E.  J.  Allard.  Seems  to  me 
correct.— S.H.B.  I  should  call  this  plant  C.  Trifolii,  Bab. 
_ E.F.L.  I  have  never  seen  C.  europwa  growing  on 
Clover ,  or  in  cultivated  fields ,  it  occurs  on  very  many 
species  by  roadsides,  especially  by  streams  on  Nettles, 
Calystegia,  etc. — A.B.  Fringed  scales  present  in  my 
specimens,  but  very  bard  to  see  in  old  flowers.  I,  too, 
have  never  seen  this  species  on  Clover. — C.E.S.  (2)  Hedge¬ 
row  and  field,  Comberton,  Cambs.,  Aug.  1906.  E.  J.  Allard. 
I  think  correct. — S.H.B.  I  am  inclined  to  agree  to  this 
being  C.  europcea. — E.F.L.  Both  these  plants  seem  to  me 
not  to  be  the  true  europcea ,  but  the  var.  nefrens,  Fries 
Herb.  Normale,  XI.  17.  I  am  not  sure  of  my  premises, 
but  I  have  failed  to  find  the  scales  with  corolla— if  present 
they  are  so  assimilated  with  the  corolla  in  drying  that  I 
have  failed  to  see  them ;  when  fresh,  in  the  ordinary  form, 
they  are  easily  seen.  If  the  scales  are  absent  or  nearly 
obsolete  then  it  is  Fries’  plant.  This  form  has  been  found 
in  England  (Thirsk,  Yorks,  and  Twycross,  Leics.),  cf.  Syme, 
Eng.  Bot.,  Yol.  VI.  (1866),  p.  90,  but  be  considers  it  not 
native. — A.B.  Lange  (“  Haandbog  i  den  danske  Flora,” 
ed.  IV.,  p.  483),  says  of  the  variety: — “Form  /i,  which 
according  to  Fries  is  found  on  Vicia  sativa,  is  perhaps  a 
distinct  species,  which  deserves  further  investigation.”  He 
identifies  it  (with  a  query)  with  C.  Schkuhriana  Pfeiffer 
(Bot.  Zeit.  1846,  p.  20).  I  do  not  know  the  var.— E.S.M. 
Linaria  repens ,  Mill.  Railway  bank,  Luton,  Beds., 
v.c.  30,  July  28,  1906.— D.  M.  Higgins. 
Veronica  peregrina,  L.  Killiow,  near  Truro,  W.  Corn¬ 
wall,  v.c.  1,  Aug.  4,  1906.  Very  abundant  all  over  the 
grounds,  and  has  been  so  established  many  years.— F.  H. 
Davey.  Matches  specimens  in  my  herb,  so  named  by  Rev. 
W.  Hind  from  Belfast.— S.H.B.  Rightly  named.— E.F.L. 
Agrees  with  what  I  have  under  this  name.— E.S.M. 
