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egal au limbe, a poils peu nombreux et plus gros, plus renfles a la 
base, ainsi que cela se voit aussi sur la tige ; stipules plus larges = 
U. atrovirens . Requien. exs.”— -Ed. “ Mr. Ley’s plant is certainly 
not the var. of Blytt. It is almost identical with var. subinermis , 
Uechtritz, forma tenuifolia, differing only in the hairs of the stem 
being shorter than in type specimens of the plant of Uechtritz. 
Blytt, in his ‘ Om Yegetationsforholdene ved Sognefjorden,’ p. 108, 
doubtfully refers his v. angustifolia to the var. b. holosericea , Hartm. 
These are different from Rev. A. Ley’s plant. Mr. Bromwich’s plant 
may be nearer Blytt’s, but it is impossible to name such examples of 
critical plants. There is another form of dioica that I have not seen 
from Britain yet, / glabra , Hartm . ; this has leaves 4-6 inches long, 
by i}£-2 inches broad, without the petiole, pale green leaves, paler 
beneath, and with the veins whitish green, very conspicuous, and of 
very thin texture ’’—Arthur Bennett. 
Urtica dioica , L., var. parvifolia. Canal-side, Oxford, September, 
1888. — G. C. Druce. This appears to be the var. microphylla , Hausm., 
in Vocke et Angel, ‘ Flora Nordhaus,’ but on referring to Hausmann’s 
original description in ‘ FI. von Tyrol,’ 1852, it states that his plant is 
6 or 7 feet high. It is not the microphylla of £ Baenitz herb.,’ which 
appears to be a lapsus calami for macrophylla. Our variety is charac- 
terised by its small leaves and more branching habit, and is probably a 
starved form. — Ed. “ The size named would not exclude it from 
Hausmann’s plant. Mr. Druce’s plant is really very like that of 
Hausmann, differing only by the sharper serration of the leaves. I 
see no other difference than this between it and an authentic 
specimen from Herr von Uechtritz of Hausmann’s variety.” — Arthur 
Bennett. 
Betula verrucosa , Ehrh., var. Berriedale, Caithness, July, 1888. — 
W. R. Linton. “ B. odorata , Beckst., var. parvifolia , (Wimm.), 
Regel.” — Arthur Bennett.' New record for Vice-county 109. 
B. . W. alpine slopes, 1,500 feet, Ben Hope, Sutherland, 
July, 1888. — J. Cosmo Melvill. 
Salix alopecuroides , Tausch. ( fragilis x triandra). St. Neots, 
Hunts, 17th May, 1888. — W. R. Linton. “In the absence of 
mature leaves, I can see nothing in this to separate it from A. 
triandra , L. It is not the same as a plant formerly gathered (in the 
same locatity) by Mr. Linton, which has some claim to be considered 
A. alopecuroides , Tausch.” — Dr. F. Buchanan-White. 
A. triandra , L., var. Banks of the Wye, Foy, Herefordshire, 
15th May, and 3rd August, 1888 . — Augustin Ley. “Is A. triandra , 
L.” — Dr. F. Buchanan-White. 
A. triandra , L., ? contorta, Crowe. Larlingford, Norfolk, W., 
October, 1888. — E. F. Linton. “Is A. triandra , L.” — Dr. F. 
Buchanan-White. 
A. triandra , L. ? Hojfmanniana. Thames-side, above Mortlake, 
Surrey. — E yre de Crespigny. “ Is A. triandra , L. The so-called 
varieties of this species cannot be retained.” — Dr. F. Buchanan- 
White. 
A. triandra , L., $ var. Thames-side, above Putney, Surrey, Sep- 
