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Mentha x gentilis L. [M. Smithiana R. Graham.] 17, Surrey; 
vacant building land, Sandeistead, a recent outcast, August 14th 1951. 
A snbs])icnte form; scent like M. spicata, very sweet. — D. P. Young 
(Hef. No. 4220). “ Not M. X Smithiana R. Graham, but M. X gentilis 
Ij. The calyx tubes are ]ierhaps a trifle longer than one finds in many 
exani])les of the latter, but they are essentially campanulate rather 
than tubular. Tn every other character, leaf shape, included stamens 
and mauve corollas, this gathering is normal M. x gentilis.” — R. A. 
Graham. 
T/gcopus europaeus L. (form with broad leaves). 41, Glamorgan; 
canal side, Cardiff, August 18th 1951. This form, which Avas about 
three feet high, grew in a large clump amongst the normal form. The 
plants doubtless originated from a single plant by vegetative repro- 
duction. — A. E. Wadf, comm. Department of Botany, National 
Museum of Wales. “ T do not knoAv any name for this interesting 
variant, nor har-e T matched it among the material in the Kew Her- 
barium.” — J. P. M. Brenan, 
Thymvs Serpylluvi L. em. Mill. ssp. Serpyllum var. ericoides Wimm. 
et Grab. 26, W. Suffolk; abundant on Foxhole Heath, Erisw’ell; open 
vegetation on loose sand on Bush Heath, St. Helena, July 1951. — 0. D. 
Pigott, comm. Bot.any School, Cambridge. 
[Obione pedum culata. (L.) Moq. Denmark; salt marshes at Amager 
Faellad, near KobenhaAm, August 1949. — 0. D. Pigott, comm. Botany 
School, Cambridge.] 
Polygon-vm patvlum M. Bieb. 28, W. Norfolk; in light, sandy arable 
land (alien in carrot-crop), Gt. Massingham, October 20th 1951. — E. L. 
Swann (Ref. No. 22-55). “ Correct.” — J. P. M. Bren.4N. 
Salix trinndra L. x viminalis Ti. 28, W. Norfolk; from a disused 
AvilloAv carr. Reffley Marshes, King’s Lynn, April 30th and September 
7th 1951.— E. L. Swann (Ref. Nos. 22.37 and 2238). “ Correct.”— R. D. . 
Meikle. 
[Spiranthes Pnmanzoffiana Cham. Canada; Alberta; 2 miles south 
west of Fort Smith, N.W.T. ; common in muskeg surrounding small 
lake, July 28th 1950 (Ref. No. 33). — C. C. Loan, comm. Division of 
Botany, Science Sendee, Dept, of Agriculture, Ottawa, Canada, det. 
W. J. Cody. “ Agreed.” — V. S. Summerhayes.] 
lAizula X Borreri Bromf. ex Bab. 14, E. Sussex; margin of Park 
Wood, Hellingly, Avith both parents, but quite as abundant as either, 
March 26th (Ref. No. 3924) and May 13th 1951 (Ref. Nos. 3990-3993). 
Gatherings 3924 and 3990 AA^ere all taken from a single plant. No. 3991 
was taken from various other plants. Specimens of the parents, L. 
Forsteri (Sm.) DO. (Ref. No. 3992) and L. pilosa (L.) Willd. (Ref. No. 
.3993) from the same locality are included. — D. P. Young. 
