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a good deal more glabrous than our usual form, and is probably 
M. aquatica, L., /3 sub-glabra, Baker. — C. E. S. There is plenty of 
pubescence here ; to me it looks like a mere shade-form of aquatica 
ijitrsuta) not worthy of a special name. — E. S. M. 
Mentha} Waterworks Lane, Cropston, Leicestershire, v.-c. 55, 
Sept. 1908. Growing in a wet ditch. — W. Bell. I believe M. 
aquatica x aniensis {^ = sativa, L., and rivalis, Wats.). — C. E. S. I'he 
specimen sent is poor and weak ; but it looks right. — E. S. M. A 
form of X M. verticillata, Huds. = aquatica X arvensis, — G. C. 1 ). 
Mentha pubescens, Willd., var. palustris. Sole. Origin, roadside 
ditch, St. Columb Minor, cult, l.edbury, 21st Aug. 1908. — S. LI. 
liiCKHAM. Must go to that, I believe ; i.e., aquatica x longifolia. In 
this instance aquatica is the predominant partner ; though the in- 
fluence of longifolia is plain. — E. S. M. Sole described palustris as 
a species. His figure fairly corresponds with Mr. Bickham’s plant 
except the three lower whorls are distinct. He lays stress on this, 
for in his MS. addition in his own copy of ‘Menth. Brit.’ now in 
my possession. Sole quotes from Smith in lit. May 1798, “ I think 
your No. 6 is certainly a distinct species and I would advise you to 
call it laxifloraP Sole adds, “ if the Plate had not been worked 
off at the time the letter came I should have obeyed the Dr.’s 
advice with pleasure and thanks.” The variety of the hybrid is 
rather remarkable if indeed it is only a binary combination. It 
may indeed be that in this plant we have a ternary hybrid, i.e. 
M. longifolia X M. verticillata {M. aquatica x arvensis). — G. C. 
Druce. 
M. arvensis, Linn., var. ? Braunstone, Leicester, Sept. 
1908. On stiff clay, plentiful in the damper parts of the field. 
I am quite unacquainted with the numerous forms of arvensis 
so do not venture a name. — W. Bell. Fits best, I think, Syme’s 
description of genuina” rather than any other form, although 
the calyx is rather less hairy and the upper bracts rather smaller 
than is usual for that. — C. E. S. 
Hyssopus officitialis, L. Beaulieu Abbey, Hants., Aug. 1908. 
Quite naturalized on the walls here. — G. C. Druce. 
Scutellaria minor, Huds. Marshy place on coast sandhills, 
near Drigg, Cumberland, v.-c. 70, Sept. 1908. — A. Wilson. 
Teucrium Botrys, L. Rough chalky hillside, near Sanderstead, 
Surrey, 15th July. 1903. — O. Monk and J. Groves. Beautifully 
prepared specimens. — W. B. 
Plantago Coronopus, Linn., var. pygmcea, Lange. Braun ton 
Burrows, N. Devon, v.-c. 4, 28th Aug. 1908.— S. H. Bickham. 
