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Origanum vulgare , L. approaching macrostachyum , Limestone 
bank, Llandebie, Carmarthenshire, Sept. 27, 1883. — Augustin Ley. 
Mr. Baker looks upon this as O. vulgare, and Mr. Arthur Bennett 
sends the following note respecting it : — “ A form of vulgare which is 
common on the chalk hills in Surrey. Kentish specimens from 
Folkestone much more resemble var. macrostachyumP 
Nepeta Glechoma , Benth. var. parviflora ? Grimston in Holder- 
ness, July, 1883. — Geo. Webster. This differs from the type in its 
smaller flowers, which — as far as could be judged from the dried 
specimens — seem functionally unisexual. The stigmatic lobes were 
well developed, but the stamens were much shorter than usual, and 
the anthers apparentl} abortive. In a couple of flowers, softened by 
boiling and dissectedj there was only one pair of stamens present, 
and these imperfect. 
Scutellaria galericulata x minor. Virginia Water, Surrey, July and 
August, 1883. — Geo. Nicholson. I think there can be little doubt 
of this being a hybrid. It grows in considerable quantity at the 
station named, occurring in both Berkshire and Surrey. Dr. Focke, 
who has made a special study of plant hybrids, says “ Intermediate 
between S. galericulata and S. minor ; probably a hybrid.” The only 
hybrid Scutellaria mentioned in Dr. Focke’s great work, “ Die 
Pflanzenmischlinge,” is S. pubescens Martrin-Donos ; the description 
of which given by its author in the “ Florule du Tarn” will not fit in 
with my plant. I recently had the opportunity of examining in the 
Paris Herbarium, a type specimen of S. minori-galericulata , Michalet, 
(Notice sur quelques plantes recemment observees dans le departement 
du Jura et le pays de Gex) the description of which seems to have 
escaped Dr. Focke. This plant comes nearer S. galericulata than any 
of those distributed to the Club. 
Ballota , var., with calyx teeth larger than nigra and approaching 
ruderalis. Roadside between Preston and Monkseaton, Northumber- 
land, July, 1883. — W. H. Brown. “ There is nothing marked about 
this, simply B. fodida ; it might be matched on almost any hedge 
bank.” — Arthur Bennett. 
Ballota nigra , L., var. ruderalis l Hedge bank, Saint Weonards, 
Herefordshire, Aug., 1883. One or two specimens are sent, as 
constituting the nearest approach to the variety described in Prof. 
Babington’s Manual of any which I have seen in Herefordshire. — 
Augustin Ley. “ Not ruderalis — exactly the same form occurs on 
the Kentish coast, near Margate, and is noticeable for its softly hairy, 
pale foliage.” — Arthur Bennett. 
Lamium decipiens. Weed, garden, Durham, August, 1883. — H. E. Fox. 
Myosotis alpestris , Schmidt. Ben Lawers, Perth, 3,700ft., July 
31, 1882. — Revs. W. R, Linton and E. F. Linton, the latter 
sending the following note respecting the new record for Forfar : 
From the foot of wet rocks in one of the western glens of the Clova 
mountains, Forfar, Aug. 3, 1883. The Rev. H. E. Fox and myself 
found very little, and had to be chary in what we took, though we 
were not aware at the time that it was unrecorded for Forfar. 
Probably there was more on the wall of rocks above us, still we could 
not see it. 
