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umbrosa  to  the  Club  in  1906,  which  the  Bevs.  A.  Ley  and 
E.  F.  Linton  passed.  My  example  of  this  1906  plant 
certainly  looks  more  robust  than  the  present  specimens, 
and  has  a  stouter  (?  biennial)  root.  Dr.  F.  N.  Williams 
considers  Babington’s  plant  to  be  synonymous  with  var. 
sylvestris  Schlech. — C.E.S. 
Lithospermum  pur  pure  o  -  eceruleum  L.  Flowers,  Sand- 
ford  Hill ;  fruit,  Cheddar  Wood,  Mendip,  N.  Somerset,  v.c. 
6,  June  7  and  22,  1915.  ( See  “  Jl.  Bot.,”  1884,  p.  74). _ 
H.  S.  Thompson. 
Verbascum  pulverulentum  Vill.  Eaton,  Norwich, 
Norfolk,  v.c.  27,  Sept.  1915. — F.  Long. 
Linaria  purpurea  Mill.  Old  walls,  Ledbury,  Here- 
fordsh.,  v.c.  86,  Aug.  1915.— -S.  H.  Bickham. 
Scrophularia  alata  Gilib.  Little  Malvern,  Worcs., 
v.c.  87,  Aug.  18,  1915. — A.  J.  Crosfield.  Mine  is  a  poor 
specimen.  It  does  not  agree  well  with  Babington’s 
description  of  S.  Ehrharti  C.  A.  Stev.,  usually  accepted  as 
synonymous.  But  Babington  says  his  plant  is  not 
S.  alata  Gilib. — J.W.W. 
Veronica  spicata  L.  Origin,  Culford  Heath,  W.  Suffolk, 
v.c.  26  (E.  F.  Linton).  Cult.  Underdown,  Ledbury,  July  15, 
1915. — S.  H.  Bickham.  Writing  from'  memory  I  led 
Mr.  Bickham  to  suppose  that  this  plant  of  V.  spicata  came 
from  Culford  Heath,  Suffolk,  whence  the  Rev.  J.  D.  Gray 
sent  me  specimens  long  ago.  I  find,  however,  that  the 
plant  I  have  in  cultivation  and  sent  Mr.  Bickham  a  root 
of,  was  given  me  by  Mr.  F.  J.  Hanbury,  F.L.S.,  who 
gathered  it  in  August,  1890,  and  on  his  label  wrote 
“  Cambridgeshire,”  withholding  any  more  precise  locality. 
_ e.f.l. 
Euphrasia  borealis  Towns.  (Bef.  No.  153).  On  wall 
top,  Harlech  Golf  Links,  Merionethsh.,  v.c.  48,  Aug.  11, 
1915.  f .  C.  Barton.  This  may  be  dwarfed  E.  borealis. 
Were  no  better-developed  plants  found  on  the  ground  near 
the  wall?  It  is  extremely  difficult  and  unsafe  to  name 
starved  plants. — E.D.  Yes,  E.  borealis  Towns.,  but  rather 
small. — C.B. 
