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rence of E. curta south of Carnarvonshire and Derbyshire is 
doubtful, and that it is most generally distributed in Scotland. 
On the other hand, forms referred to E. nemorosa are common 
throughout almost the whole of England and Wales, in the east 
as much as in the west, but it becomes scarce across the border. 
In Carnarvonshire both plants occur, and typical E. curta grows 
in the Isle of Man. The status of these two plants seems to 
require further consideration, which is complicated by the nume- 
rous different British forms usually included under E. nemorosa . — 
H. W. Pugsley. 
Rhinanthus major Ehrh. Shipham, N. Somerset, June 26, 
1924. In plenty on derelict arable ground full of Trifolium 
hybridum, Orobanche minor , various grasses, etc. — H. S. Thompson. 
I have seen this interesting Somerset Rhinanthus before and noted 
then that it can scarcely come under major, unless as a variety. 
The flowers are too small, the corolla appendages not long 
enough, etc. The seeds are those of R. minor Ehrh., of which it 
seems a robust form — -or possibly R. major x minor ( x R. fallax). 
I should very much like to see examples in good foliage gathered 
a little earlier. The same form occurs in Dorset (Wareham). — 
C. E.S. I think correct. — A.B. 
Orobanche elatior Sutton, on Centaurea Scabiosa. Banstead 
Downs, Surrey, v.c. 17, July 31, 1924. — E. C. Wallace, Comm. 
D. G. Catcheside. 
x Mentha hircina Hull (iff. aquatica x longifolia). In a damp 
grassy lane above Weston-in-Gordano, N. Somerset, Sept. 5, 1924. 
See Rep. B.E.C. 1919, p. 834. — Jas. W. White. Beautiful 
specimens of this rare mint. I have not seen a type of Hulks 
plant, so cannot add anything of value as to the name hircina . — 
C.E.S. If you take the palustris form of pubescens these specimens 
do not look much like it, but the calyx-teeth are much longer 
than in aquatica and the calyx mure longifolia like. The pubes- 
cence of the lower surface of the leaves seems variable, some 
answer very well to the hircina description, others approach the 
palustris Sole ; but the spikes are quite against it being palustris, 
this has spikes much more like longifolia. I have not seen a 
specimen named by Hull, but the var .palustris Sole placed under 
pubescens has no place there. I had Willdenow’s mints sent to 
me, and there is no pubescens among them; and the Abbe Strail, 
Deseglise, and other writers on the genus, all agree that what we 
name pubescens Willd. is M. nepetoicles Lejeune (1824). The 
following synonymy is given for it: M. gratissima Nolte, 
