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Bartsia Odontites, Huds., var. serotma, Rchb., approaching 
divengefis, Balb. Road-side, South Croxton, Leics., Sept. 1905. 
The specimens sent are finer than usual, and appear to be inter- 
mediate between serotma and divergens. They seem to point to 
those forms as being less stable than the var, verna, so strongly 
marked by its leaves and erect branches. — A. R, Horwood, 
“Good serotina." — E. F. Linton. “I should say serotina''— 
Ar, Bennett. 
B. Odojitites, Huds., var. serotma, Rchb. Hamilton Grounds, 
Leics., August 1905. This is the normal state of the Leicestershire 
plant. The specimens are sent with a view to determination, as 
the form has been referred both to verjia and serotina. — W. Bell. 
“Though the leaves are rather narrow for the typical plant, I put 
this under a. ver?ia, which is the type, and of which it has the 
floral character well developed.” — E. F. Linton. 
Rhinanthns major, Ehrh., var. stenoptera, Fr. Corn-field near 
Inch Rory, Banff., v.-c. 94, 13th July, 1905.— W. A, Shoolbred. 
Mentha longifolia, Huds., var. villosa. Sole. Between Cothill 
and Frilford, Berks, August 1905. M. Malinvaud passed the name 
as correct. According to M. Briquet this is M. villosa, Huds., 
‘FI. Angl.,’ 1778, p. 249, which he considers to be a ternary 
hybrid, i.e. M. 7 ‘otmidifolia crossed with longifolia and viridis 
{spicata). We have no rotundifolia in Berkshire, so if that be the 
origin, this plant, which is very abundant by a stream for at least 
a mile, may have been originally a cultivated form. — G, Cl.a.ridge 
Druce. 
M. longifolia, Huds., var. Alcholsoniana, Strail. Stream-side, 
Cagebrook, Herefordshire, nth Sept. 1905. — Augustin Ley. 
M. ? Fair Park, St, Columb Minor, West Cornwall, 
ist Sept., 1905. This has been variously named by authorities 
as a form of M. rubra or gentilis. I should be glad if its name 
could be settled. I have only found it in the one spot. — C. C. 
ViGURS. “Rather poor M. rubra, Sm., with the whorls fewer and 
smaller than in well-developed specimens,” — D. Fry. 
M. rubra, Sm., forma spicata. Quarry, Alton Court, Ross, 
Herefordshire, 31st August 1905. — Aug. Ley. “A very good 
example of the spicate variety of M. rubra, Sm., which Mr. Baker 
describes as ‘ bearing the same relation to the ordinary form that 
the var. paludosa does to normal M. sativai"' — D. Frv. “ Forms 
of mints are sometimes rather states induced by their surroundings, 
and the position in an old quarry with hard stony soil, and 
