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see  in  Druce’s  “  List  of  British  Plants  ”  that  this  variety 
is  placed  under  M.  rubra ,  but  I  think  that  L’Abbe  Ch.  A. 
St  rail  is  right  in  regarding  it  as  a  form  of  gentilis.— 
C.E.S.  M.  gentilis  L.,  approaching  var.  Wirtgeniana  in 
the  subglabrous  stem  and  leaves  and  calyx  thinly  hairy, 
but  failing  in  the  points  l’Abbe  Strail  (B.E.C.  Kept.  1887, 
p.  187)  emphasized,  e.g.,  “  the  floral  whorls  are  all  stalked, 
the  lower  ones  with  very  long  stalks,  in  the  variety.” 
This  plant  has  the  whorls  mostly  sessile,  a  few  only  in  the 
middle  of  the  spike  being  shortly-stalked.  This  is  borne 
out  by  Dr.  Wirtgen’s  specimens  of  M.  Wirtgeniana  F. 
Schultz,  No.  4  “  Herb.  Menthar.  Rhenan.”  ed.  III.,  which 
are  also  nearly  glabrous  in  foliage _ E.F.L.  The  Abbe 
Strail,  in  “  Essai  de  classification  et  descriptions  des 
Menthes  qu’on  rencontre  en  Belgique  ”  (Bull.  Soc.  roy.  de 
botanique  de  Belgique,  XXVL  (1887),  p.  68-168)  gives  (1) 
Calice  tubuleux,  a  dents  longuement  subulees  etc.  ( M .  Wirt¬ 
geniana  Schultz) ;  (2)  Calice  campanula  et  a  dents  plus  ou 
moins  courtes  ( M .  gentilis  Smith).  He  gives  “ M .  Wirtgen¬ 
iana  =  M.  rubra  Lej.  et  Court.,  Comp.  fl.  Belg.  et.  Sm.” 
On  the  whole  it  seems  to  me,  judging  by  Strail’s  detailed 
descriptions,  that  this  belongs  to  gentilis _ A.B. 
Salvia  prat ensis  L.  Root  from  Reigate,  Surrey,  v.c,  17, 
Cult.,  West  Monkton,  May  27,  1910.  As  this  is  scarce  in 
the  Reigate  station,  where  it  was  discovered  by  Mr.  C.  E. 
Salmon,  and  apparently  seldom  flowers,  cultivated  speci¬ 
mens  may  be  acceptable.  In  two  years  it  has  increased 
from  a  scrap  to  a  strong  plant.  Rev.  E.  F.  Linton  tells 
me  that  this  species  in  his  garden  has  much  larger  flowers. 
— Edward  S.  Marshall. 
S.  verticillata  L.  (1)  Falmouth  Docks,  W.  Cornwall, 
v.c.  1,  Aug.  9,  1910.  Evidently  long  established. — F.  H. 
Davey.  (2)  Buckland  Hill,  Surrey,  v.c.  17,  Aug.  1,  1910. 
— A.  J.  Crosfield. 
Melittis  Melissophyllum  L.,  var.  grandiflora  (Sm.). 
Bushy  places  near  the  sea,  (apparently  indigenous). 
Coverack  and  Lowland  Point,  W.  Cornwall,  v.c.  1,  July, 
1910.— H.  E.  Fox.  The  only  mark  of  distinction  is  absent 
from  my  two  specimens,  the  calyces  being  empty.  Quite 
useless  for  determination. — E.S.M.  Smith’s  description 
of  this  plant  (Fl.  Brit.  II.  1800,  p.  644)  reads:  “Melittis 
