I 86 THE BOTANICAL EXCHANGE CLUB OF THE BRITISH ISLES. 
and they grow more dissimilar than in the wild state. Mr. Ley’s 
plant closely resembles one in the Kew Herbarium, labelled H. 
pseiido-ccdsiiim, Schur.” — F. J. Hanbury. 
Hieraciu77i vulgatuTn^ Fr., 7te77iorosu77i^ Batsch. Magdalen College 
Water walk, Oxford, August, 1887. — G. C. Druce. 
Hypochceris glabra^ var. Balbisii^ Lois. Berechurch, Essex, 28th 
July, 1886. — W. R. Linton. 
Ca77ipaniila Tracheliu77i^ L. Damory Bridge, West Gloster, loth 
July, 1886. — G. C. Druce. New County record. 
C. rotu7idifolia^ L., var. la7icifolia. Cliffs of Carnedd Dafydd, 
Caernarvonshire, 29th August, 1887. — Augustin Ley. 
Lyswiachia stricta^ Ait. Shore of Windermere Lake, August, 
1887. This plant was found by a lady, in 1883, in a bay on the 
shore of Windermere Lake, growing in good quantity. It was 
named for her by Mr. Baker. — Eliz. A. Lomax. 
Solanu77t 7iigrn77i^ L., var. 77ii7iiatu77i (Bernh.) A casual, in 
garden ground, at Crowell Rectory, Oxon., 1886. — G. C. Druce. 
Vero7dca arve7isis^ L., var. exwiia^ Towns. Dry banks, Farnham 
Common ; dry places about Frensham Common, Surrey, 29th May, 
1887. When in London, last winter, Mr. Townsend reported on the 
Frensham plant, “ I believe rightly named.” — W. H. Beeby. 
Mela77ipyrii77i p7'atense^ L., hia7is^ Druce. By the Findhorn side, 
near Logie, Nairn, 95. The only form noticed in this locality, where 
it was very abundant. The flowers, which are spoiled in drying, are 
of a beautiful golden yellow, even to the tube. The bracts are but 
slightly toothed, the capsule frequently suberect, and the flowers 
assume a much more erect position than is usual in prate7ise forms. 
The flowers were of the exact size of those of var. 77io7ita7m77i 
(Johnst.), which was the prevailing moorland form of Easterness. 
The corolla is not closed. At first I was inclined to refer this to the 
var. Iiiteu77i^ Blytt, but Rev. F. Wood informs me that luteim. has 
very toothed bracts, and numerous whorls of flowers. It is a 
common plant of the birch zone, in Norway. In Britain, Mans has 
now been reported from Wigton, Northumberland, Cumberland, 
Westmoreland, and Nairn. — G. Claridge Druce. 
Me7itha sylvest7'is, L., ne77iorosa. River bank, Whitney, Hereford- 
shire, 7th August, 1887. — Augustin Ley. “The observations on 
M. pubescens (below) apply to. this plant. AVilldenow’s description 
applies equally to several different forms, and, notwithstanding, does 
not fit in any way the specimen sent me under the name of M. 
7U77iorosa. It is a very remarkable plant, and certainly is worthy of a 
name. It is not described in any work which I possess, and 
does not occur in the numerous forms which have been sent me from 
France, Switzerland, and Savoy. I hope that you will permit me to 
dedicate it to you in giving it the name of Me7itha Nicholso7iia7ia^ 
Str. I add here the description which I have made of it : — '‘Me7iiha 
Nicholsoniana. Stem tomentose, erect, branching. Leaves with the 
veins disposed in a network, tomentose and greyish below, green 
above, and covered with very short hairs, which give them a mealy 
appearance ; all distinctly petiolate, oval-oblong, much narrowed at 
