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Mentha gmtilis L.var. Wirigeniana. River bank,Wareham, Hereford, 
15th September, 1886. — Augustin Ley. “ Sativa not gentilis.” — 
J. G. Baker. 
Thymus Serpyllum , Fr. Cusop Hill, Hereford, 12th July, 1886. — 
Augustin Ley. Passed by Mr. Baker without comment. 
Calamintlia Briggsii, Syme. On limestone, under Leigh Wood, 
N. Somerset, 1st October 1886. — Jas. W. White. The series sent 
by Mr. White showed much variation. On one of two specimens 
submitted, Professor Babington says : “This, I think, is Briggsii 
of the other,— “ a second, also from Mr. White and the same place, 
by its short stalk of cyme shows probably that Briggsii is not worth 
attention.” 
Salvia sylvestris, L. Holly Gess, Kingswood, West Gloucester, 
November 30th, 1886. On old colliery debris. I am anxious to 
know if this be correctly named. It has been established about 
twenty years at the locality. — Jas. W. White. “ S. veriicillata , not 
sylvestris .” — J. G. Baker. 
Lamium purpureum , L. var. decipiens , Sonder. Stirtloe, and 
Ramsey, Hunts, August and September, 1886. — W. R. Linton. 
“ Where is this name to be found? I do not see it in Nyman. Is 
it my deeply-cut-leaved form which is intended ? I suppose so.” — ; 
C. C. Babington. (“A form with more deeply-cut leaves is often 
taken for L. incisumP — Bab. Man., ed. 8.) 
L. purpureum, L. var. decipiens. Borth, Cardigan, 6th August, 
1886 . — Augustin Ley. “ I do not think that this is more than 
ordinary purpureum .” — C. C. Babington. 
Plantago maritima , L., var. hirsuta , Syme. Serpentine hills, Unst, 
26th July, 1886. — W. H. Beeby. Var. minor. Hook, and Arn., Hoy, 
Orkneys, 9th August, 1886. — W. R. Linton. There is a difference 
between these two which I did not notice till rather too late. The 
Shetland plant has linear leaves with a good deal of silk about their 
base. The silk is absent from the Orkney plant, which has broader 
leaves and is very hirsute. Mr. W. H. Beeby tells me that Dr. Lange 
said on his plant: — “ Probably var. hirsuta , Syme, but I have seen no 
authentic specimens.” Mr. Chas. Bailey, whose opinion I invited, 
writes : — “ The Rev. W. R. Linton’s P. minor is clearly the same as 
Dr. Boswell’s hirsuta of E. B. Mr. Beeby’s plant does not strike me 
as the same. My first impression was that it was P. monospermum , 
Pourr., but it does not agree in the fruit. I have looked through all 
my Plantagos, and cannot match it. It does not agree with P. alpina , 
L., nor P. montana , nor P. subulata , L., nor P. lanceolata , var. dubia , 
L., nor P. incana , Ram., though it has somewhat the aspect of the 
latter.” — E. F. L. 
Herniaria ciliata , Bab. Plentiful on dry banks between the Lizard 
Head and Caerthillian, West Cornwall, 4th October, 1886. — Charles 
Bailey. 
H. hirsuta , L. By the roadside, Prestwich, Lancashire, August, 
1885. Only four plants observed. — J. Cosmo Melvill. 
Chenopodium rubrum, L., f. pseudo-botryodes, Wats. Ross Links, 
Northumberland, 28th August, 1885. — H. E. Fox. Same as sent 
and noticed last year. Professor Babington says on these, “ I think 
Mr. Fox is correct.” 
