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Carduus nutans x arvensis ? Railway cutting, King’s Capel, 
Herefordshire, 9th July, 1889. One enormous plant with some 
100 heads of blossom. — A ugustin Ley. “Curious, may be so.” — 
C. C. Babington. 
Crepis nicceensis, Balb. Yeldersley, S. Derbyshire, June. 1889. 
Agreed to by Mr. A. Bennett. Specimens sent as vouchers for 
record. — W. R. Ltnton. 
Hieracium. Mr. Hanbury has very kindly looked through the 
whole of the specimens of this genus, a precaution particularly 
necessary in the case of the Hawkweeds, as, no doubt owing to the 
roots so often occurring singly, they are especially liable to be mixed 
by collectors. 
H. eximium , Backh., var. tenellum , Backh., Beinn Muich Dhui, 
and Little Craigindal, S. Aberdeen, July, 1889. — W. R. Linton. 
“ These are all correct.” — F. J. Hanbury. 
H. calenduliflorum , Backh. Dhuloch, So. Aberdeen, 24th July, 
1889. — W. R. Linton. “Typical.” — F. J. Hanbury. 
H. globosum , Backh. Beinn Muich Dhui, So. Aberdeen, 22nd 
July, 1889. — W. R. Linton. 
H nigrescens , Willd., forma monocephala. Cultivated at Shirley, 
Derby, 1889. This plant, brought from Ben Hope, Sutherland, in 
1886, remains monocephalous after three seasons’ cultivation in rich 
soil ; in two flowering stems only was a branch produced from low 
down. — W. R. Linton. “I believe this interesting form to be correctly 
named.” — F. J. Hanbury. 
H. lingulatum , Backh. Clova and Braemar, July, 1889. — E. F. 
and W. R. Linton. 
H. anglicuin , Fr. var. longibracteaium , Hanb. Bettyhill, Suther- 
land, July, 1888. — E. F. and W. R. Linton. Isle of Skye, August, 
1884. — W. R. Linton. “All correct.” — F. J. Hanbury. 
H. anglicum , var. acutifolium , Backh. Braemar, So. Aberdeen, 
end of July, 1889. — W. R. Linton. 
H. pallidum , Biv. Limestone rocks, Gt. Doward, Herefordshire, 
7th June, 1879 .— Augustin Ley. “Certainly the plant we have 
hitherto been accustomed to call H. pallidum , Biv.”- — F. J. Hanbury. 
H. Schmidtii , Tausch. Bergs of Skelberry, Northmaven, Shetland, 
nth July, 1889. To confirm new County record. — W. H. Beeby. 
“Yes.” — F. J. Hanbury. 
H. argenteum , Fr. Armadale, Sutherland, 27th July, 1888. — 
E. F. Linton. “All correctly named.” — F. J. Hanbury. Clova, 
Forfar, July, 1889. — W. R. Linton. “Correctly named and fine speci- 
mens.” — F. J. Hanbury. 
H. aggregatum, Backh. Little Craigindal, So. Aberdeen, 1889 — 
W. R. Linton. “Correct.” — F. J. Hanbury. 
H. “ pallidum Bosw., or “Id. caesium? Baker. Styles dusky. 
Dovedale, Derby, June, 1889. Sent for comparison. — W. H. Purchas. 
“ Not typical H caesium , Fr., though probably a form of, or nearly 
allied to, that species. I have already sent some of this to Scan- 
dinavia for further opinion on it.” — F. J. Hanbury. 
H. vulgatum , Fr., var, Chee Tor, near Wormhill, Derby, 8th 
