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the brightly-coloured flowers, the dark stem, and the numerous 
branches in some of the specimens. — C.B. It is certainly more 
freely branched than usual, but it has the hairy margins of the 
leaves and tracts, and the obtuse teeth of the lower bracts of 
scottica. The colour in flow r and stem is far too variable a 
character, in my experience, to carry much weight. — E.D. Not 
E. gracilis (as suggested by Mr. Hack nail), which is mainly a 
plant of dry heaths, etc. The tv o are, of course, very closely allied ; 
but j E. scothca often has a rather metallic look in the foliage when 
fresh, and the centra' lobe of the lower lip exceeds the lateral 
ones. This grew in decidedly moist places ; it is the prevailing 
species of the district, varying much in habit, and considerably 
in the olour of the flowers. Specimens from exactly the same 
station were confirmed by Wettstein as his scottica. — E.S.M. 
Barisa Oddhtites Huds., var. seroti/na (Bert.), f. divergens 
(Jord.). Ref No. 236. Roadside, Calbourne, I of Wight, v.e. 
10, Sept. 15, 1916. This plant, with wide-spreading branches, 
occurs on the chrdk down between Carisbrooke and Oalbourr.e, 
and was far more abundant than any other form near Calbourne 
station. In many of the specimens the lower branches spread 
at right angles co the stem. 1 doubt whether divergens can be 
put outside serotim ; but the species is treated unsatisfactorily in 
the books, and needs further study, especially as to distribution 
of forms. — W. C. Barton. Yes; I should think this is correctly 
named. — C.E.S. What I have as Odontites divergens Jord. (B. 
Odontites, var. divergens Balbis), distributed in 1892 through the 
Bot. Exch. Club by Major Wolley-Dod from Blackmore, Essex, 
has the branches spreading approximately at right angles ; not 
patent-ascending, as in my specimens of Mr. Barton's plants, 
which seem to be rather slender serotina. — E.S.M. 
Bhinanthus major Ehrh., var. pfatypterus Fries. Peat-moor 
near Edington Junction, N. Somerset v c. 6, June 6, 1916.— 
11. S. Thompson, in company with Mr. L. S. Marshall and others. 
(See 32nd Report, p. 548). I should like to see this in i ipe fruit. 
The only capsule examined was immature, containing young- 
seeds. These were mostly rather broadly vinged. It must be 
remembered that when the seeds of “ var. apterus Fries ” are 
young they are often narrowly winged; *Fis caused Ostenfeld to 
include both apterus and ste.wptenis Fr under his Aleeto olophus 
apt mis Ostenf. Eouy (‘ FI. Fr.”) strangely omits any mention of 
both platypierus and stenopter s in his account of the genus. — 
C.E.S. 
