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X Mentha rubra Sm. By stream on Nut field Marsh, 
Surrey, Aug. 31, 1929. — E. C. Wallace. The underside 
of the leaves of this are pilose on the principal nerves, the 
petioles are hairy, and the stem is shortly pubescent with a 
few scattered longer hairs, most plentiful at the nodes. The 
bracts are ovate, acute or shortly acuminate. These char- 
acters make the plant x M. rubra Sm. var. raripila Briq. I 
am puzzled to know how Mr. Wallace has been able to find 
so many specimens of this pilose variety, seeing that I 
noted only the typical subglabrous plant at Nutfield Marsh 
at the beginning of this century, and as recently as 1916. — 
J. Fraser. 
X Mentha rubra Sm. [1296]. Brook, near Albury, 
Surrey, Sept. 7, 1929. — E. C. Wallace. These are x M. 
rubra Sm. var. raripila Briq. The leaves on both sides, 
the petioles, stems and bracts are more hairy than those 
from Nutfield Marsh. Occasionally the lower part of the 
stems are quite hirsute. The hairs are most numerous on 
all parts near the base of the plants and diminish upwards, 
contrary to this in most or all other Mints, which become more 
and more hairy as they grow up from the source of moisture. 
My specimens from Brook are the subglabrous type.— J. 
Fraser. 
Mentha cardiaca Baker. Orig. Ripley, Surrey. Hort. 
Reigate. Aug. 22, 1929. — C. E. Salmon. Agrees well with 
Baker’s description and plate in Journ. Bot. 1865, p. 245. — 
C. E. Salmon. Correctly named, even though I am a disciple 
of John Briquet, and name it x M. gentilis L. var. cardiaca 
(Baker) Briq. I collected it near Ripley in 1901. — J. Fraser. 
Mentha arvensis L. Wet roadside, Poulner, near Ringwood, 
S. Hampshire. Aug. 1, 1929. — I. A. Williams. For 
favour of more exact determination. The two gatherings 
from this locality were from two adjacent, but distinct, 
patches, growing among other lush wet vegetation. I much 
regret that, owing to an accident some of the specimens have 
been broken. — I. A. Williams. Correctly named. Very 
tall plants for this species, and they must have been growing 
amongst rank vegetation. The pedicels are glabrous, which 
is right for the type of Linnaeus. — J. Fraser. 
Galeopsis Tetraliit var. nigricans Breb. Gomshall, Surrey, 
Aug. 1929 ; blowers white. This is fairly common in Surrey, 
but may be of interest to some of the members.— W. Biddis- 
