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Mr.  Marshall’s  gathering),  July  6,  1913.  Although  not 
ZIZ  nlth  01iVer;?  ty.pe’  1  believe  this  »  correctly 
“  The  PhvLr^f--  VW1,  1  th<?  original  des^Ption  in 
„  p  ®.  Phytologist,  particularly  in  the  following  points— 
Entue  plant  more  or  less  hispid . frequently  eauallv 
arge  with  M  pratense . bracts  frequently  with  one  two 
tuhl  ' '  ••  -leaves  lanceolate  or  ifnear-lanceolate 
......tube  of  corolla  mostly,  in  the  open  flower,  straw- 
°  Ju  :WtlUe'  Oliver  also  remarks,  “  I  think  it 
Vai'  r^tonum  may  be  but  a  diminished 
or  alteied  form  of  this,  a  statement  that  deserves 
considerable  attention,  I  think.— C.  E.  Salmon.  These 
two  gatherings,  I  think,  are  not  the  variety.  There  are 
Rirr8tlDg  notes  on  plants  somewhat  simiiar  to  this  in 
B.E.C.  Eept.,  1888  (p.  226),  where  the  verdict  of  Prof 
Rabmgton  was  against  either  being  var.  ericetorum.  The 
pubescence  of  the  Scotch  (and  North-Midland)  pubescent 
forms  is  less  pronounced  and  softer  than  in  the  Round- 
materjr^Vp  ,Colour  °f,  the  c°roUa  tube  is  not 
material.  Var.  ericetorum  Oliver  is  more  condensed 
mternodes  short,  bracts  frequently  toothed— E.F.L.  (See 
pp°487J18)0f  BOt‘  1914’  P'  140’  and  Sep*-”  1913, 
Kpn; 0rlb^nche  caryophyllacea  Sm.  Deal,  Sandwich,  E. 
E  E  L.  ’  ne  28’  1913.-W.  C.  Barton.  I  agree— 
Mentha  rotundifolia  Huds.,  var.  Bauhini  Ten.  Roots 
fW  th-6  °"gmal  locality  where  Dr.  Long  discovered  it. 
own  in  the  garden,  Edmondsham  Rectory,  Dorset 
— E r P  ^Linton  ltS  chara°tei'  unchanged,  Sept.'  20,  1913.’ 
v  c  28  al0^r°id,es  m‘J!;  Orig.  E.  Harling,  W.  Norfolk, 
1918.— E.  F.  Linfonm°  ReCt°l'y’  D°rSet’  ^  20’ 
M  aquatica ,  var.  eitrata  (Ehrh.).  Origin  •  edge  of 
pond,  Northaw,  Herts.,  v.c.  20  (see  note  by  H  PeEson- 
who  sent  roots-in  “Jl.  Rot.”  1911,  p.  346)  Cult 
Underdown,  Ledbury,  Sept.  13,  1913— S  H.  Bickham 
its'chnr„S°fn  klndn  -8ent  ,me  roots  of  this>  and  it  retains 
ts  characters  well  in  cultivation.  It  is  just  my  idea  of 
