2 26 THE BOTANICAL EXCHANGE CLUB OF THE BRITISH ISLES. 
described this as M. arvensis, in 1787, but he quotes M. annua of 
Moench as synonymous. — Ed. 
Cuscuta Epiihymum , Murray. Mortimer, Berkshire, July, 1888. — 
G. C. Druce. 
Verbascum Blattaria , L. Hort. Sprowston, 30th July, 1887. — E. 
F. Linton. 
Linaria repens , Mill. Goring, Oxon, July, 1884. — G. C. Druce. 
Mimulus guttatus , DC. Streamside by Reay Sandhills, Caithness, 
July, 1888. — J. Cosmo Melvill, It occurs also in West Ross, by 
Kintail, and is scarcely distinct from M. luteus , L. — Ed. 
Euphrasia officinalis, L., var. Sandy meadow, Reay, Caithness, 
July, 1888. — J. Cosmo Melvill. 
E. officinalis, L., var. Yeldersley, S. Derbyshire, September, 
1888. — W. R. Linton. Mr. F. Townsend’s remarks on these 
specimens will appear in next year’s Report. 
Bartsia alpina, L. Teesdale, S. Durham, July, 1881 ; and Ben 
Laoigh, Argyll, July, 1888. — G. C. Druce. 
Melampyrum pratense, L., var. hians, mihi. Abundant along the 
Findhorn, to the exclusion of the ordinary form, for seven or eight miles, 
Elgin, August, 1888. The flowers always of the same bright golden 
yellow colour, the tint of which I hoped to preserve, but they have 
terribly blackened in drying. I believe I saw the same variety (from 
the train), near Grantown, in Easterness. — G. C. Druce. I see in 
‘ FI. .Salop,’ Mr. Jorden is quoted for the record in the Forest of 
Wyre of varieties with orange and yellow flowers [of M. pratense\, 
occupying distinct and extensive habitats. 
M. pratense, L , form. Thickets near Dunbeath, Caithness, 25th 
July, 1888. This plant was so hairy in its upper parts that I took it, 
at first, for M. ericetorum. The hirsuteness, however, in my plant is 
much softer, and does not cover the stem and branches to the same 
extent as in M. ericetorum, Oliver. The Rev. W. R. Linton has 
come across the same hairy form as the Dunbeath plant, in Derby- 
shire. — E. F. Linton. 
M. pratense, L., hispid form. Marsh, Boat of Garten, Easter- 
ness, August, 1888. — G. C. Druce. “These northern forms are 
interesting, but neither is the var. ericetorum, D. Oliv., I believe.” — 
C. C. Babington. Mr. D. Oliver describes his var. ericetorum as 
follows “ Plant frequently equally large with M. pratense, and often 
coarser and stronger; flowers axillary, secund, in approximate or 
subdistant pairs ; bracts varying from lanceolate, ovate-lanceolate to 
ovate, frequently (in large specimens generally) with one, two, or three 
teeth, directed forwards or divergent. Entire plant more or less 
hispid leaves lanceolate or linear-lanceolate, under side 
reticulated ; flower large ; tube of corolla mostly, in the open flower, 
straw-coloured or white .... The pale or white tube of the 
corolla, although in itself trifling, is very general, and immediately 
attracts attention to the plant.” Mr. Oliver observed no “ specimens 
in the West of Ireland referable to typical M pratense, or in any way 
different from the plant just described.” ‘ Phytologist,’ 1852, p. 678. 
The plants sent by the Revs. E. F. and W. R. Linton are not identical 
