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Rhinanthus Crista-galli (? stenophyllus^ Schur.). Shirley, Derby- 
shire, June 1902. This is not an uncommon form on dry gravelly 
soil in this neighbourhood. Its more typical form, with broader leaves, 
is also more frequent. — W. R. Linton. 
R. major^ Ehrh., a. platyptera^ Fries. On the sea-embankment 
at Fairhaven, near St. Anne’s-on-the-Sea, West Lancashire, 12th July 
1902. — Ch.\rles Bailey. 
Orobaiiche ccerulea, Vill. {O. purpurea, Jacq.). Sands of St. Ouen’s 
Bay, Jersey, 26th June 1902. Parasitic upon Achillea Millefolium. 
'I'his is probably identical with the Alderney plant (which I have not 
seen) which has been named O. Millefolii, Reichb., by Mr. Arthur 
Bennett. In Reichenbach’s ‘ FI. Germ. Fxcursoria’ 0 . Millefolii is 
put under O. coerulea, Vill., as a doubtful variety. In many floras the 
anthers are said to be bearded at the summit, but bearded and 
glabrous anthers may be found on the same plant and even in the same 
flower (!), and the character drawn from the shape of the corolla lobes 
seems to me to be quite unsatisfactory. O. arenaria, Borkh., should 
doubtless disappear from the next edition of the ‘ London Catalogue.’ 
It does not occur in Normandy, Brittany, or West France. — L. V. 
Lester. 
Mentha pubescefis, Willd., variety (?). Abundant in the corner of 
a very rough marshy pasture atYatton, Herefordshire, 25th September 
1902. This mint does not answer to any variety of either M. pubescens, 
Wind., or M. hirsuta, Huds., which I possess, and I have no confi- 
dence in the name under which I have sent it out. But it seems to 
me to have the calyx of M. pubescens, Willd., rather than of M. 
hirsuta, Huds. — Augustin Ley. 
M. purpurea, Host. Dry bed of old canal near Camerton, 
North Somerset, 28th August 1902. A handsome form of M. a(piatica, 
L., chiefly marked by the spreading peduncled lower verticillasters. — 
Jas. W. White. 
M. rubra, Huds. In ditches near Iver Heath, Buckinghamshire, 
September 1902. It was first recorded for the county in 1746 by 
Blackstone, and there is a specimen in the ‘Brit. Mus. Herb.’ collected 
by Mrs. James about 1840. These are, however, the first specimens 
from the county distributed through this Club. I believe M. Briquet 
considers M. rubra to be a triple hybrid of M. aquatica, arvensis, and 
viridis. The odour of these specimens is nearly that of pure viridis . — 
G. Claridge Druce. 
M. gracilis, Sm. Garden, 27th September 1902. The root came 
to me, through Rev. E. F. Linton, from Mr. Bagnall ; and its origin 
was, I’believe, from Hanley Common, Warwickshire.-^AuGUSTiN Ley. 
M. ari'erisis, L., Yar. parietaricefolia, Beck. Rough vegetation on 
the river bank, Great Howard, Herefordshire, 20th September 1902. 
