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Rhinanthus minor Ehrh. ? By Rennet Canal, Burghfield, 
Berks., June 5th, 1927. I place this as above because the 
branches are shorter than the stem, and the stem-leaves 
shorter than the internodes. However, some plants — marked 
with orange slips of paper — have 2/3 pairs of intercalary 
leaves ; and the calyx teeth are subulate. Ref. Y 134. 
J. E. Lousley. Yes, I think R. minor Ehrh. R. stenophyllus 
would not be flowering and fruiting so early as June 5. As 
this gathering shows, R. minor does occasionally have leaves 
on the stem above the uppermost pair of branches, in spite 
of Sterneck’s statement to the contrary. One could not 
hesitate to place all this gathering under the same name. — 
C. E. Salmon. I believe that these intercalary leaves occur 
chiefly when R. minor is growing in exceptionally moist 
situations (e.g. also at Hedge Court Pond, Surrey). — J. E. 
Lousley. 
Rhinanthus [major Ehrh. var. stenoptera Fries.] Pasture 
by Winch Bridge, Upper Teesdale, N.W. Yorks, side of river, 
July 12, 1927. Ref. Y82. — J. E. Lousley. This is clearly 
no form of R. major ; bracts, corolla, etc., forbid that name. 
It appears to be a tall state of R. minor Ehrh. — C. E. Salmon. 
Utricularia minor L. Peaty pools on Horsell Common, 
Surrey, August, 1927. — W. Biddiscombe. 
Mentha alopecuroides Hull. Ref. 1413. Boggy ground 
by stream, Broadmoor, Leith Hill, Surrey, Sept., 25, 1927. — 
E. C. Wallace. Correct. — A. Bennett. Yes, mine is a very 
typical example.- — C. E. Salmon. Correctly named. The 
leaves on freely growing plants are practically unmistakeable. 
All the specimens were well developed. . . . - — J. Fraser. 
X Mentha cordifolia (Opiz) Fraser, var. dourensis Fraser 
(roiundifolia x spicata.) The Dour, New Aberdour, North 
Aberdeen, v.c. 93, Sept., 17, 1927. The specimens are 
somewhat discoloured, because they were considerably shaded 
by the rank vegetation, consisting of Spiraea Ulmaria, 
Heracleum Sphondylium, etc., with which they were com- 
peting. The variety differs from the type in the spikes 
being more slender, more interrupted, and longer, with dark 
purple instead of pinkish flowers. The leaves are also more 
pointed and the serratures deeper. — J. Fraser. 
Mentha piperita Linn. var. vulgaris Sole (Lon. Cat.) = var. 
subcord ata hraser. Marshy spring-head above Walton-in 
