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Pyrus scandica, Asch. [Sorbus scandica, Fr.). Near Garve, 
E. Ross, v.-c. 106, July 10, 1909 [ref. No. 3372 A] ; and also sent 
by W. A. Shoolbred [ref No. 692]. Named by Dr. T. Hedlund 
(through Rev. A. Ley) as Sorbus scandica. Mr. Shoolbred and I 
found six trees in all, one of them (my 3372 A) evidently of great 
age, and fruiting abundantl}''. So far as we can judge, the plant is 
native there; it grows in uncultivated ground, and we did not see 
it in gardens. It very closely resembles Mr. N. E. Brown’s figure 
of P. intermedia., Ehrh., in ‘ E. B.’ ed. 3, Supplement. Syme’s illus- 
tration of P. scandica represents quite a different plant, probably 
P. decipiens, Bechst. I believe that the Arran P. scandica, Bab., is 
Sorbus arranensis, Hedlund, to which Mr. Ley, at first sight, 
inclined to refer our gatherings. Whether P. intermedia, Ehrh. 
(the oldest name) is really the same as P. scandica, Asch., I do not 
know. Anthers brownish pink. — E. S. Marshall. Yes. — A. Ley. 
Prof. Hedlund (in lit. Jan. 1910) acknowledges S. intermedia, Ehrh., 
to be the name which has to be adopted under the Vienna rules. — 
A. Ley. Did Ehrhart establish Sorbus intermedia ; if so, where ? — 
G. C. Druce. 
Saxifraga, [ref No. 540]. Brandon Mountain, Co. Kerry, at 
about 3,000 feet, growing in dense cushions on vertical rock faces. 
Sept. 10, 1906. It was of course much over flower. I suspect this 
is what has been recorded as S. groenlandica or S. caespitosa from 
that mountain. There are two species growing in these cushions, 
one with much more pubescent foliage when young, with shorter 
flower-stalks, and flowering earlier. Hitherto I have been unable 
to obtain Dr. Engler’s opinion on them. I strongly suspect their 
alliance with Pyrenean rather than with northern species. — G. C- 
] 3 ruce. The specimen before me is without inflorescence, and 
therefore not properly determinable. As far as foliage goes, it ver}' 
well matches a plant which I gathered low down on Brandon 
Mountain (bad weather j^revented my reaching the top) in 1902, 
though that was much more closely tufted. I have made a careful 
comparison with the descriptions in Engler’s Monograph (1872), 
and believe that both are more probably referable to S. groenlandica. 
L., than to Y. mixta, Lapeyr., or A. Iratiana, E. Schultz {S. groen- 
lanaicd, Lapeyr., non Linn.), which is there treated as a variety of 
A. mixta. The acute leaf-segments seem to be quite decisive 
against these, as well as against true S. groenlandica, L. It is 
highly probable that the second tufted plant mentioned by Mr. 
Druce may be S. groenlandica X rosacea {decipiens), as the species 
of this section hybridize very readily. — E. S. Marshall. 
Saxifraga Sternbergii, Willd. Origin, Black Head, Co. Clare ; 
cult. Ledbury, May 21, 1909. — S. H. Bickham. 
