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S. grandiflorum DC. (- S. ibericum Stev.). Cultivated in the 
garden of Bristol University, June 1917. A native of the Cau- 
casus, Turkey and Armenia, and so little known to botanists that 
it had not been identified in either of the Botanic Gardens (at 
Geneva, Cambridge and Bristol) in which Mr. Bucknall found it 
growing. It is an interesting plant, inasmuch as it is the only 
known Comfrey that produces decumbent barren shoots. The 
name grandijlorum does not strike one as appropriate, the inflor- 
escence being comparatively inconspicuous and unattractive. 
Still, the measurements given by Bucknall in his “ Revision ” 
show that the corollas may reach 22 mm. in length against 
17 mm. assigned as a limit to those of S. officinale. — Jas. W. 
White. 
Lithospermum officinale L. Gravelly soil, roadside, Kelling, 
E. Norfolk, v.c. 27. Nutlets perfectly white, a state which Mr. 
Bennett had never seen before. There were a great many plants 
altogether, and they presented a very picturesque appearance 
at the side of the road. A fortnight afterwards the nutlets had 
become partly brown. — F. Long. Although by book descriptions 
the nutlets should be white, yet in nearly all the specimens of 
this plant I have the nutlets show the brownish tint mentioned 
by Dr. Long, and which is so well marked on his examples. I 
conclude this colouring must be a normal condition. — C.E.S. 
Solanum nigrum L., var. miniatum (Bernh.). Origin, Quenvais, 
Jersey (W. R. Attenborough). Cultivated at Ventnor by E. W. 
Hunnybun, who sent it fresh, Sept. 8, 1917. Comm. S. H. 
Bickham. Right; perhaps a distinct species, or sub-species. — 
E.S.M. The remarkable toothing of the leaves seems as good a 
distinguishing character of this interesting plant as the red 
berries. — C.E.S. 
Linaria purpurea Mill. Waste ground, Kingsdown, Kent, 
v.c. 16, June 26, 1915. — H. E. Fox. 
Euphrasia Rostkoviana Hayne. (1) (Ref. No. 151). Wet 
ground (at 800 ft.), Arthog, Merionethsh., v.c. 48, Aug. 5, 1915 
(fide C. Bucknall). — W. C. Barton. (2) (Ref. No. 155 B). Dry 
ground, Dolgelley, Merionethsh., v.c. 48, Aug. 9, 1915. — W. C. 
Barton. Correct. — E.S.M. & E. & H.D. 
E. fennica Kihlman. (Ref. No. 277). Above Myrtleberry 
Cleave, E. Lyn Valley (800 ft.), N. Devon, v.c. 4, Aug. 21, 1917. 
Mr. Bucknall and Mr. Druce assent. Quite distinct in appear- 
ance when fresh from Rostkoviana , of which at first I thought it a 
