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N. hederacea Trev., forma. Bank of canal, Stonehouse, E. 
Glos., v.c. 33, May 15, 1919.— Ida M. Roper. Miss Roper’s plan 
of sending a piece of silk to shoAv the colour of the dowers is an 
excellent one. It just matches the colour in the plate in “Eng. 
Bot.”, eel. 3. But why forma ? Miss Roper is so careful a collector 
that it is a pity she does not state the reason. — A.B. \es ; but 
why “ forma ” 1 unless owing to pale lilac dower — see silk pattern. 
— C.C.L. 
Melittis Melissophylluvi L. (1)* Lanes and woods below Pen- 
silva in Lynher Valley, E. Cornwall, v.c. 2, July 1, 1919. 
( 2 ) Denham Bridge, S. Devon, v.c. 3, July 9, 1919. Some 
Cornish specimens 3 ft. high had large dowers ; but Archer 
Briggs did not countenance Smith’s var. grandiflora. — H. S. 
Thompson. 
Stachys germanica x alpina. Seedlings sent by C. E. Salmon. 
See “ Jl. Linn. Soc.”, May, 1919. Cult. Ledbury, June 25, 1919. 
— S. H. Bickham. The germanica characters are so preponderant, 
that without Mr. Salmon’s evidence of the hybrid origin, I 
should not have suspected it in the case of this dried specimen. 
Is Mr. Salmon sure that his seedlings of the hybrid have not 
been again crossed with pure germanica 1 — C.C.L. 
Littorella uniflora Ascherson. (Ref. No. 4453). River Barle, 
below Simonsbath, S. Somerset, v.c. 5, Aug. 22, 1918. This tall 
state, with leaves up to 8 inches long, occurs here and there in 
the River Barle, about 2 to 2-| miles below Simonsbath, at 900 
feet or thereabouts ; a very unusual station. It did not show 
any signs of dowering. — E. S. Marshall. 
Clienopodium opidifolium Schrad. Waste heap north of Wel- 
wyn Tunnel, Herts., v.c. 20, Oct. 6, 1913.— J. E. Little. De Can- 
dolle, “FI. Fr.”, vi. 372, (1815), has the following : “ Clienopodium 
opidifolium Schrad. ex Koch ined.- — C. viride Loisel. FI. gall. 145. 
C. erosum Bast. [Figured, but not described, as] C. opidifolio Vaill. 
‘Bot. Par.’ t. 7, f. 1. Cette espece a souvent ete confondue avec 
le C. leiospermum. Comme celle-ci, elle a les graines lisses, mais 
elle en difffere par ses feuilles plus courtes et plus larges, toutes 
inegalement dentees, souvent obtuses, jamais entieres, plus glau- 
ques en clessous ; par ses grappes plus courtes et plus ramassees.” 
Vaillant’s dgure is an excellent and unmistakeable one. No 
enlargement of the seed itself is given. In the “Camb. Brit. 
Flora” the plate has a drawing much enlarged of the seed which 
perhaps gives an impression that the rugosity given by Dr. Moss 
as a character by which the plant may be separated from C. album 
