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Growing on some heaps of rubbish which had been carted to a 
narrow lane leading from Botley to Ferry Hinksey. The locality is 
just in Oxfordshire. Mr. F. T. Richards first noticed the plant in 
October, 1890. Notwithstanding the severe winter it reappeared in 
the spring of 1891, and looked as if it might establish itself. A large 
number of South European plants appeared on the same rubbish 
heaps. How they were introduced I am unable to say. — G. 
Claridge Druce. 
Anchusa officinalis , L. Finchhampstead, Berks, September, 1891. 
On a heathy common, of which a portion had been brought into 
cultivation and sewn with bearded wheat, occurred a solitary plant of 
the above species. It grew on the wild part of the common, with 
Echium , etc. Pheasant preserves were in the vicinity, and it may 
have been introduced with their food, but I could see no plants of 
Fagopyrum , or other casuals, near.— G. C. Druce. 
Lycium barbarum , L. Clarach Sands, near Aberystwith. Well- 
established there. July, 1891. — W. H. Painter. 
Linaria repens X vulgaris. Oxford, August and September, 1891. 
This hybrid, which is nearer repens than vulgaris , although the latter 
parentage is clearly apparent in it, appeared this year at Oxford under 
lather singular circumstances. The alteration in the permanent way 
of the Great Western Railway necessitated the filling up a space 
between the London and North Western line and the former with a 
mass of chalk ballast, which had been brought from the neighbourhood 
of Moulsford. With this was conveyed the seeds of Linaria repens , 
Iberis amara , and many chalk plants. Linaria vulgans existed there 
previously, but, with the incursion of L. repens , many hybrids between 
the two species occurred, one of which is sent for distribution. I 
have not seen L. sepium , Allman, so prefer to write the name as above. 
One of the hybrids vulgaris x repens only showed the 1'cpens parentage 
by a few faint striae on the spur, the size of the flower being that of 
type vulgaris. — G. Claridge Druce. I possess an original specimen, 
gathered by Prof. Allman, of L. sepium , Allman, and in this the 
flo.vers are larger than in Mr. Druce’s plant, the leaves wider, and the 
calyx-lobes much larger. I suppose our plants are represented by 
the continental L. striato x vulgaris , Timb. = Z. ochroleuca , Bieb. = Z. 
ambigua , Boullu, =Z. strida , Horn. 
Z. vulgaris , Mill, var. Oxford, August, 1891. This plant 
occurred with typical Z. vulgaris on chalk ballast between the 
London and North Western and the Great Western lines of rail. 
While Z. vulgaris grew in many thousands, only a few plants of the 
above form occurred. These differ from the type in their narrow 
leaves, but more particularly in the spur. In typical vulgaris the 
spur is described by Syme as “ nearly straight,” by Hooker “ as 
parallel to and longer than the tube.” In these specimens the spur 
is so much bent as to be almost at right angles to the tube. The 
flowers were of richer yellow colour, and the orange palate so large 
as almost to obscure the lip. The upper petals were much more 
reflexed so that from the front they presented only their edges to view. 
The pedicels are covered with gland tipped hairs. — G. Claridge 
