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peregrinum  Ledeb. — A.B.J.  A  very  difficult  genus  to 
determine  the  species  of.  Cei'tainly  not  officinale.  We 
have  now  several  in  cultivation  from  Russia  and  other 
parts.  It  may  be  S.  asperrimum  Bieb. — A.B.  I  do  not 
think  this  is  any  officinale  form,  the  flowers  appear  to  be 
blue.  It  looks  like  the  same  plant  that  was  sent  to  the 
Club  in  1904  by  Mr.  J.  W.  White,  labelled  S.  asperrimum 
Bieb.,  but  which  was  thought  by  various  botanists  not  to 
be  that  but  a  form  of  S.  peregrinum  Ledeb.  See  Kept. 
Watson  B.E.C.,  1904-5,  p.  19.— C.E.S.  This  plant  is  well 
known  to  me,  occurring  as  it  does  with  some  frequency  in 
the  Bristol  district  and  often  in  considerable  quantity.  I 
take  it  to  be  a  varying  hybrid  between  S.  asperrimum 
Bieb.  and  S.  officinale,  and  am  labelling  it  for  the  present 
?  S.  peregrinum  Ledeb.  Plants  from  the  various  localities 
in  this  neighbourhood  do  not  all  exactly  correspond;  some 
are  much  more  asperous  than  others  and  there  are  differ¬ 
ences  besides.  They  seem  to  vary  as  hybrids  are  wont  to 
do  in  their  relation  to  the  respective  parents.  Good  fruit 
is  certainly  produced  by  several  of  them.  This  specimen 
is  one  of  the  smoother  forms.  With  us  this  is  much  more 
handsome  than  the  Common  Comfrey  ever  becomes.  It 
runs  up  to  over  four  feet  on  occasion  and  there  is  always 
a  distinct  note  of  blue  in  the  corolla.  It  seems  hardly 
necessary  to  add  that  the  plant  we  are  considering  has 
nothing  to  do  do  with  “  S.  patens  Sibthorp,”  which  is  only 
a  red  or  purple-flowered  officniale.  A  good  deal  of  trouble 
in  this  connection  has  been  caused  by  an  erroneous  figure 
in  E.B.  ed.  iii.,  where  S.  peregrinum  ?  is  represented  under 
the  name  of  S.  officinale,  var.  patens.  See  Jl.  Bot.  1900, 
p.  279.— J.W.W. 
S.  peregrinum  Ledeb.  Bakewell,  Derbysh.,  v.c.  57, 
Aug.  1908. — E.  &  H.  Drabble.  Apparently  identical  with  a 
specimen  of  mine  so  named,  from  the  Boswell  herbarium, 
gathered  at  Bath  by  T.  B.  Flower. — E.S.M. 
Lithospermum  officinale  L.,  var.  pseudo -latifolium 
C.  E.  Salmon.  (1)  Orig.  Isle  of  Wight.  Cult.  Reigate, 
July  1,  1909. — C.  E.  Salmon.  (2)  Orig.  I.  of  Wight,  1900. 
Cult.  Townlands,  Lindfield,  Sussex,  Aug.  1,  1909.  Fide 
C.  E.  Salmon.— R.  S.  Standen. 
Cuscuta  Trifolii  Bab.  Clover  field,  Luton,  Beds.,  v.c. 
90,  Aug.  1905. — D.  M.  Higgins.  Floral  characters  not 
