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combe. See Journ. Bot., 1928, p 44. — E. C. W. There is 
some blackish purple anthocyan in the stem and calyces, so 
it may be called nigricans, which however, is merely a colour 
condition. On leaf characters my sheet comes under var. 
arvensis Schlecht. with which “ variety ” alone have I seen 
the “ nigricans” condition associated. E. Drabble. 
Galeopsis Tetrahit Linn. Lurgashall, West Sussex, Aug. 
19, 1929.— R. J. Burdon. Yes, the typical form of the species. 
— J. Fraser. This also I should put under var. arvensis 
Schlechtendal. I think arvensis and sylvestris grade into 
one another. — E. Drabble. 
Laminm purpureumG.fi. albis. White Hill, Hitchin, Herts ; 
May 8, 1928. — J. E. Little. 
Laminm hybridum Vill. (entomophilous state) [769] Market 
Garden, Riddy Lane, Hitchin, Herts, May and June, 1929. — 
J. E. Little. 
Teucrium Scorodonia Linn. var. nov. acrotomum L. B. Hall. 
Origin Exmoor, Somerset, 1922. L. B. H. Grown in garden, 
Parkstone, Dorset. Gathered Aug. 17, 1926. See Journal of 
Botany, Oct, 1928. I have now grown this variety in my 
garden for seven years, under various conditions, and it remains 
constant in the essential characters which distinguish it 
from type. The specimens I now send were grown in very 
light and poor sandy soil. — L. B. Hall. 
Ajuga Chamaepitys Schreb. Over-winter plants, in sainfoin, 
near Tingley Wood, Herts. June and July, 1929. [783] — J. E. 
Little. The sainfoin was being fed off by sheep in pens. They 
were clearing off down to the bone everything except docks. 
These plants are the best developed I have ever seen. — J. E. 
Little. Yes, I have not seen such splendid specimens from 
cultivated ground before, but it grows as fine on a rough 
hillside near Chipstead in Surrey. — E. C. Wallace. 
Chenopodium glaucum Linn. Waste ground, Splott, Cardiff, 
Glam. v.c. 41. Coll. A. E. Wade. Aug. 24, 1928. Comm. 
Department of Botany, National Museum of Wales. Yes, 
glaucum. — E. Drabble. 
Axyris amarantoides. L. Waste ground, Splott, Cardiff, 
Glamorgan. R. L. Smith. Aug., 1929. Comm. Nat. Mus. 
of Wales. A neat and interesting casual member of the 
Chenopodiaceae, which has no very close relationship with 
any British species of the family. — J. Fraser. A mid- and north 
Asiatic genus. — Ed. 
