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Circcea intermedia , Ehrh., forma C. alpince, Linn. Birch woods, 
by shores of Loch Earn, Perthshire, with C. alpina , L., Aug., 1889. — 
J. Cosmo Melvill. “We should label this C. alpina .” — H. & J. 
Groves. 
Galium boreale , L., var. A dwarf rigid form observed fairly 
constant on dry rocks in R. Rushill, Comrie, Perthshire ; also at 
2,700 feet on Ben Chonzie, Perth, August, 1889 and 1890. — J. 
Cosmo Melvill. “ This seems to be a form noticed by Ledebour, 
* Flora Rossica’ (vol. 2), but he gave it no name.” — Arthur Bennett. 
Scabiosa atropurpurea , L. In quantity on the cliffs at Folkestone, 
Kent, Oct., 1890. I have noticed this at Folkestone annually since 
1862. — J. Cosmo Melvill. 
Erigeron acre, L_ Abersoch Sands, Carnarvonshire, August, 
1890. — J. E. Griffith. Sent as a new county record; but it 
appears recorded in ‘Top. Bot.,’ ed. 2, p. 255. — E. F. L. 
Filago apiculata , G. E. Sm. Railway cutting between Reading 
and Twyford, Berks, August, 1890. Growing in great quantity with 
F. minima, and well answering the description given of it in ‘Eng. 
Bot.’ — G. C. Druce. All except one chance piece of F. germanica 
(retained by me) correct. — E. F. Linton. 
Achillea Ptarmica, L., branching var. Llandrindod, Radnor- 
shire, 28th August, 1890. This var. of Achillea Ptarmica grew 
on a piece of rough heathy ground where the common form 
abounded, and also A. Millefolium. This form was confined to 
a single patch of two or three yards square, and, I suspect, was all 
from one original root. I could not resist the idea that it might 
possibly be a hybrid with A. Millefolium. I have never elsewhere 
seen so branched a form. — W. H. Purchas. “ This is a very luxuriant 
form of A. Ptarmica , the lower branches leaving the stem at a less 
acute angle than usual. But as I see no structural difference from 
the type, — not the least approach towards A. Millefolium which has a 
more compact corymb than A. Ptarmica , and bipinnate or tripinnate 
leaves, — the large spreading corymb may best be accounted for by 
some peculiarity in the soil where it grew ; which was a stiff clay to all 
appearance. I have a specimen from Co. Down approaching this in 
vigorous growth, and another about as much branched from Bavaria.” 
— E. F. Linton. 
Petasites albus, Gaertn. Near Cheadle, Staffs., March, 1890. — 
Coll. J. B. Masefield, M.A.; comm. W. H. Painter. “Rightly 
named.” — E. F. Linton. 
Senecio vulgaris , L., var. radiatus , Koch. Killarney, Kerry, June, 
1890. Plentiful about the railway station at Killarney. S. squalidus 
was absent. — G. C. Druce. 
Crepis biennis, L. Yeldersley, S. Derbyshire, July, 1890. Casual 
on arable land. — W m. R. Linton. “ Being a casual, this does not 
remove the suspicion attached to previous record. (See ‘Top. Bot.,’ 
p. 228.)” — E. F. Linton. 
Hieracium gracilentum , Backh. Cult., June, 1889 and 1890. 
Grown from seed brought from Braemar district in 1889 . — Wm. R. 
Linton, 
