REPORT FOR 1884. 
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Mr. Backhouse asks that any one in gathering Hieracia , will kindly 
note “ the colour of the styles (on the labels), when gathering in the 
fresh state.” 
Hieracium melanocephalum,TaM&ch. Corrie Etchachan, S. Aberdeen. 
W. R. Linton. “Form of H chrysanthum A — J. Backhouse. 
Hieracium nigrescens , Willd. Carn Chreay, Killin, Perth, 21st 
Aug., 1883.— W. R. Linton. “ I think pallidum J. Backhouse. 
Hieracium gothicum , Fr. On a dark shale bank, head of Instrope, 
Weardale, Durham, Aug., 1884. — W. H. Brown. Poor specimens, 
which Mr. Backhouse rightly declines to name j they are, however, 
only a form of vulgatum. 
Hieracium corymbosum , Fries. Braemar, S. Aberdeenshire, 15th 
Aug., 1883. — W. R. Linton. “Rather H. strictum of my mono- 
graph.” — J. Backhouse. 
Hieracium corymbosum , Fr. Braemar, S. Aberdeenshire, 14th 
Aug., 1883. — W. R. Linton. “ H. strictum , Fr.” — J. Backhouse. 
Pyrola media , Swartz. Wood at Witley, Surrey. W. H. Brown. 
Is P. minor L. 
Veronica officinalis , L. Grayswood, Surrey, 1st June, 1884. Form 
with pink flowers. — W. H. Beeby. 
Euphrasia officinalis , L. forms. August, 1884. — E. F. Linton. 
From three districts in N.W. Scotland. The point of difference from 
type is in the length of the capsule, which exceeds the calyx consider- 
ably. All were gathered in maritime localities. One is from W. Ross 
for which E. officinalis is not hitherto recorded. — E. F. Linton. 
Mentha sylvestris, L. var. mollissima. River side, Great Doward, 
Herefordshire, 25th August, 1884. — Augustin Ley. “Certainly not 
mollissima A — J. G. Baker. 
Mentha piperita , Huds. Occurred in a deep ditch on the border 
of North Leigh Heath, Oxon., for which county it is a new record. 
July-September, 1884. — G. C. Druce. 
Mentha gentilis , L ? In a mill pond at Easington, near Belford. 
Not recorded for Northumberland previously. — H. E. Fox. 
Anchusa officinalis, L. Railway bank, Hartlepool. Perhaps 
introduced with ballast. Not reported from Durham previously. — H. 
E. Fox, 
Centunculus minimus, L. Ross Links, Northumberland (Cheviot- 
land). New to the county — H. E. Fox. 
Plantago major, L A dwarf form, produced doubtless by the 
dry summer and poor soil of the sandhills. — H. E. Fox. 
Chenopodium rubrum , L., b. pseudo-botryoides. Ross Links. Is this 
the maritime form mentioned in Baker and Tait’s “ Flora,” p. 237 ? 
H. E. Fox. 
Atriplex triangularis , Willd. E. Norfolk. — E. F. and W. R. 
Linton, “Is, I believe, a state of hastata, not of deltoidea. Seems 
to be what I once called prostrate A — C. C. Babington. 
Rumex maritimus, L. A casual, but not recorded for Northum- 
berland. — H. E. Fox. 
Rumex elongatus, Gus. Tintern, Monmouthshire, 6th Aug., 1884. 
A. Ley. “ I do not think this is elongatus. A fine state of crispusA 
C. C. Babington. “ May do for elongatus A — J. G. Baker. I see 
