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I  then  stated  that  it  was  an  annual  form.  This  Mr. 
Marshall  queried.  In  the  autumn  of  1912  the  field, 
including  the  waterlogged  portion  where  this  plant  grows, 
was  ploughed  up,  but  the  plant  appeared  there  in  the 
same  abundance  in  1913.  I  went  down  to  the  field  again 
on  Jan.  16,  1914.  Most  of  the  plants  which  flowered  are 
this  year  dead  or  dying,  but  there  are  fresh  plants  with 
creeping  stems,  wThich  will  flower  this  next  season,  if 
undisturbed.  It  is  not,  I  think,  a  perennial  form  at  any 
rate,  as  is  stated  by  Mr.  Druce  (l.c.)  to  be  the  normal. 
It  may  be  a  biennial,  or  even  merely  an  over- winter 
plant.  If  the  latter,  it  comes  close  to  being  annual.— 
J.  E.  Little. 
Euphrasia  Kerneri  Wettst.  Colley  Hill,  Reigate, 
Surrey,  v.c.  17,  Aug.  30,  1913.— R.  S.  Standen.  Correct.— 
E.D.  &  E.S.M.  One  specimen  is  typical  Kemieri,  but  two 
others  approach  E.  nemorosa  in  habit  and  in  the  smaller 
flowers.  Does  E.  nemorosa  also  grow  on  Colley  Hill? 
— C.B. 
E. - .  Calcareous  pasture,  Saltby,  Leics.,  v.c. 
55,  Aug.  1913.— A.  R.  Horwood.  Too  far  advanced  to  be 
of  any  use ;  E.  nemorosa ,  I  think. — E.S.M.  Possibly 
E.  stricta  Host.,  but  the  specimens  are  too  old  and 
dilapidated  for  determination.— C.B.  Such  bad  specimens 
as  these  cannot  be  named. — E.D. 
E.  curta  Wettst.,  var .  glabrescens  Wettst.  Askham, 
Westmorland,  v.c.  69,  Aug.  1913.— Coll.  D.  Lumb.  Comm. 
C.  E.  Salmon.  Specimens  sent  in  a  fresh  condition  to  me 
by  Mr.  Lumb,  who  was  in  doubt  as  to  name.  I  believe 
the  labelling  is  right  according  to  Wettstein’s  Monograph. 
_ C.E.S.  Correct.— C.B. ,  E.D.,  &  E.S.M. 
Melampyrum  pratense ,  L.,  var.  ericetoru?n  Oliver? 
(Ref.  No.  3799).  (1)  Grassy,  bushy  Knoll,  above  Inch 
Garth,  near  Fortingal,  Mid  Perthsh.,  v.c.  88,  July  6,  1913. 
Plant  hispid,  reddish  brown ;  corolla-tube  whitish ;  upper- 
bracts  usually  toothed.  So  named  on  the  spot  by  Mr. 
C.  E.  Salmon.  It  seems  to  agree  well  enough  with  the 
original  description  in  “  Phytologist,”  p.  678  (1852),  but 
I  have  not  seen  Irish  specimens. —  Edward  S.  Marshall. 
(2)  Near  Inch  Garth,  Keltney  Burn  (the  same  locality  as 
