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for “ except.” The plant distributed would well pass as 
glabrous. — C. E. Britton. This is a well-known station for 
the species, w r hich appears to be quite glabrous there. In a 
Middlesex locality the plant, though similar in general 
appearance and in scent, is more or less hairy. — I. 0. Williams. 
Mentha aquatica L. ^ var. subglabra Baker. Very robust. 
Border of pond below Chew Magna Reservoir, N. Somerset, 
Sept. 18, 1933. — H. S. Thompson. Correct, but not extreme. 
— J. Fraser. 
Mentha aquatica L. x arvensis ( sativa L.) ? Collected in 
two forms as A and B ; Shapwick peatmoor, N. Somerset, 
Aug. 22, 1933. — H. S. Thompson. (A) This is M. aquatica L. 
var. Lobeliana Beck., which varies a little on different soils, 
but has small leaves and small capitula. — J. Fraser. (B) M. 
aquatica L. var. Lobeliana Beck., a small-leaved, small- 
heacled form. In clay soil and unbranched the head may get 
considerably larger. — J. Fraser. M. aquatica L., very near 
var. capitata Briquet, I think. — H. W. Pugsley. 
Mentha arvensis L. (including two sheets of ? var. cuneifolia 
Lej. et Court.). Vegetable garden, Chew Magna, N. Somerset, 
Sept. 18, Oct. 4, 1933. — H. S. Thompson. This rounded, 
obtuse-leaved Mint is M. arvensis L. var. agrestis (Sole). — 
J. Fraser. 
Melissa officinalis L. A large colony on waste ground 
adjoining bank of R. Avon, Hotwells, W. Glos., Sept. 3, 1933. 
— H. S. Thompson. 
Littorella uniflora Aschers. Dried up expanses of Blagdon 
Lake, N. Somerset, Sept. 5, Oct. 2 and 13, 1933. Strangely 
rare in Somerset and absent from Glos.— H. S. Thompson. 
Chenopodium ficifolium Sm. Waste peaty ground, Shap- 
wick station, N. Somerset, July 18 and Aug. 22. — H. S. 
Thompson. Correct. The dry summer or a dry situation 
has reduced the characteristic leaves considerably. — J. Fraser. 
Chenopodium urbicum L. [Ref. 1814]. Farmyard at 
Southease, near Lewes, E. Sussex, v.c. 14, Aug. 27, 1933. — 
E. C. Wallace. Quite good C. urbicum. — J. Fraser. Yes, 
approaching var. intermedium Koch. — I. M. Roper. This is 
not typical C. urbicum L., which has triangular and nearly 
entire leaves. It is var. intermedium (M. & K.) Moq., which 
differs considerably by its coarsely dentate foliage. — H. W. 
Pugsley. 
