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Orobanche minor Sm. Form growing on Crepis virens. Road- 
side, near Freckenham, West Suffolk, July 11, 1931. [C 158]. 
This appears to be the form of minor which has sometimes 
been referred to 0. Picridis. However, it is quite unlike the 
plant accepted under that name on the Continent, and differs 
considerably from the specimens of Newbould and others 
who have found authentic Picridis in Britain. See also 
Pugsley in Journ. Bot. 1926, 18. — J. E. Lousley. I would 
say 0. minor, as I can see only one nerve in the bifid sepals. 
This species grows on the roots of many Orders of plants. — 
J. Fraser. 
Mentha rotundifolia Huds. Border of ancient cultivation 
at Shipham, on Mendip, N. Somerset, Aug. 23, 1916. — J. W. 
White. Yes ; the best form of it, with dense tomentum on 
the underside of the leaves. — J. Fraser. 
Mentha rotundifolia x spicata var. brevi folia Fraser. Cult, 
at Sutton, Surrey, from root found at Wheddon Cross, Exmoor, 
v.c. 5, Aug., 1931. — E. C. Wallace. This is rather the primary 
or oldest of the three varieties of the hybrid I have described, 
namely, var. cordifolia (Opiz) Fraser. Opiz described it as a 
species. It is also a long-leavecl form of it. I have one such 
from Cornwall. — J. Fraser. 
Mentha longifolia Huds. Right bank of R. Chew, above 
Pensford, N. Somerset, Aug. 28, 1931. This species is more 
frequent a few miles lower down the Chew Valley. — H. S. 
Thompson. Yes ; very vigorous. It has had an excess of 
rain or moisture from the river, because the anthers are 
perfect, but the filaments abnormally short. — J. Fraser. The 
river had recently been in flood. — Ed. 
Mentha longifolia x spicata ( X M. Nouletiana Timb.-Lagr.). 
By Light Railway, Clevedon, N. Somerset, Aug. 12, 1931. — 
Ida M. Roper. Conforms in every way to the specimens 
distributed by Mr. J. W. White through the B.E.C. in 1926. 
It is nearer to the M. longifolia parent, just as M. villoso- 
nervata (Opiz) Fraser is nearer the spicata parent. The 
features of the plant are the very long leaves, and their very 
deep, irregular serratures. — J. Fraser. 
Mentha • . Wet edge of field, near Ledbury, Hereford, 
Sept., 1931. — S. H. Bickman. M. citrata Ehrh., with the finest 
heads of bloom I have seen. — J. Fraser, 
