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certainly  comes  under  (3  pubescens,  and  is  unlike  the  plants 
for  which  Mr.  Druce  suggests  the  name  litoralis  (Rent. 
B.B.C.,  1912,  p.  275).  Syme,  “  Eng.  Bot.,”  describes  S. 
galericulata  with  “  calyx  pubescent,  tube  of  corolla  very 
finely  pubescent,  plant  subglabrous  with  angles  of  the 
stem,  leaves,  and  doweling  calyx  finely  pubescent,  some¬ 
times  rather  thickly  so.”  Is  vulgaris  Mutel  found  in  the 
British  Isles? — W.  C.  Barton.  My  herbarium-specimens 
vary  much  in  amount  of  pubescence;  but  none  of  them 
have  the  leaves  quite  glabrous. — E.S.M.  I  agree  with 
Mr.  Barton’s  note,  and,  in  answer  to  his  query,  I  have  not, 
so  far,  seen  any  specimens  from  Britain  coming  under 
Mutel’s  glabrous  vulgaris. — C.E.S.  Mr.  Barton  asks,  “  Is 
S.  vulgaris  Mutel  found  in  the  British  Isles.”  My  answer 
is  “Yes.”  I  have  a  specimen  gathered  by  myself  “Between 
Alford  and  Cranleigh,  Surrey,  Aug.  1884.”  Another  from 
“  Gatehouse,  Kirkcudbright,  July  1887,  Prof.  D.  Oliver,” 
comes  very  near  to  it,  but  is  really  slightly  hairy.  A 
specimen  from  “Andover,  N.  Hants.,  July  18,  1878,  C.  B. 
Clarke,”  is  intensely  hairy,  so  much  so  that  the  corollas, 
calices,  and  under  surface  of  leaves  are  quite  whitish 
with  the  density  of  the  hairs.  Mr.  Barton’s  observation 
that  “  the  pubescence  (of  his  specimens)  is  not  due  to  dry 
or  exposed  situation”  is  apt,  because  in  the  case  of 
Teucrium  Scordium  L.  it  is  so,  as  the  Devon  specimens 
are  usually  very  hairy,  while  others  from  near  Ely,  growing 
in  water,  are  nearly  glabrous.  But  there  is  another  agent 
to  consider ;  i.e.,  age.  In  Vicia  Orobus  the  plants  are 
densely  hairy  up  to  the  buds  of  the  flowrers  showing,  they 
then  gradually  become  semiglabrous  as  the  flowering  and 
seeding  proceeds.  Neither  Grenier  and  Godron  (FI.  France), 
nor  Cosson  and  Germain  (FI.  Env.  Paris),  mention  the 
variety  pubescens,  but  Boreau  “FI.  centre  de  la  France  ”  II., 
p.  422  (1849)  has  a  fS  pubescens  as  of  his  own  authority, 
and  for  his  var.  a  has  “calice  ordinairement  glabre.” — A.B. 
Galeopsis  Tetrahit  L .,  var.  nigricans  Breb.  (Ref. 
No.  145).  Aslimausworth,  N.  Hants.,  v.c.  12,  Sept.  14, 
1915. — W.  C.  Barton.  I  believe  so.  The  Rev.  E.  Ellman 
tells  me  that  in  Sussex  this  appears  to  be  the  native  form. 
— E.S.M.  I  agree. — C.E.S. 
Lamium  molucelli folium  Fr.  ( =  intermedium  Fr.)  x 
purpureum  L.,  n.  hybr.  ?  (Ref.  No.  4128).  Hotel  kitchen- 
