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called var. micrantha. My original micrantha was a small 
delicate plant with very tiny corollas (about 3 mm. in diameter 
when spread open) which rarely or never opened naturally 
and fell readily. It was ephemeral in habit and the important 
point is that it retained these characters year after year in 
cultivation in garden soil. Mr. Little’s plants are very stout, 
with large leaves and capsules, and persist with great vigour 
into the late Autumn, while the closed corollas are about 3 mm. 
in length and nearly 6 mm. in diameter when spread open. I 
fear I was responsible for Mr. Little’s labelling. Further 
examination has led me to reject these from var. micrantha . — 
E. Drabble. Are not the small corollas due to the late date of 
collecting (16 Nov.) ? The specimen sent had been flowering 
for some months. — HAV. Pugsley. The small size of the corolla 
in true var. micrantha is certainly not a seasonal effect. — E. 
Drabble. 
Veronica persica Poir. var. Aschersoniana Lehm. [2665]. 
Simulating var. Kochiana in its small leaves on the upper 
two-thirds of its long shoots. Arable field, near Newton St. 
Loe, N. Somerset, Aug. 6 and 11, 1932. — H. S. Thompson. 
Yes, my sheet is correctly named ; var. Aschersoniana often 
runs to this small-leaved state, especially on dry ground. — 
E. Drabble. 
Veronica persica Poir. var. Kochiana Goclr. [990]. Near 
Nine Springs, Great Wymondley, Herts., Oct, 1932. — J. E. 
Little. Correct for all the specimens on my sheet. — E. 
Drabble. 
Veronica persica Poir. var. Kochiana G. and G. Ramsfold, 
Lurgashall, W. Sussex, Aug. 23, 1932. — R. J. Burdon and 
J. E. Little. Yes, correct for all the specimens on my sheet. 
— E. Drabble. 
Veronica \ persica Poir. var. Corrensiana (Lehm.). [989], 
Wymondley Road, Hitchin, Herts., Sept., Oct., 1932. — J. E. 
Little. Yes, var. Corrensiana (Lehm.), very luxuriant 
Corrensiana occurs in two forms (which I think grade into one 
another) : (1) a dark green very hairy form and (2) a less 
hairy paler green form. Both are represented in Mr. Little’s 
gathering. — E. Drabble. 
Veronica serpyllifolia L. forma. Ashcott peat-moor, N. 
Somerset, Aug. 10, 1932. The small and mostly entire leaves 
average only 7x5 mm. A few glandular hairs on most 
