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habitats (not as the prevailing type, but here and there in small 
quantities), for which reason the varietal name diversa — suggestive 
of the plant’s unexpected development — may be more appropriate. 
E. S. Gregory. 
296 e. Viola canina, L., *var. e. lanceolata, Martrin Donos. 
‘PI. Grit, du Tarn.,’ Fragm. i. 13, and ‘ Florule du Tarn,’ 81, 1864. 
The upper leaves are lanceolate, truncate at base or only slightly 
cordiform, the lower oval cordiform. This plant has the facies 
of V. laticifolia^ Thore, but differs in the leaves not rounded at 
base, but truncate or cordiform, more obtuse at apex, and in the 
truncate apiculate capsules. Marshy ground, Menmarsh, Oxford, 
May 1910. G. Claridge Druce. Identified by Mrs. Gregory. 
298^. Viola odorata, L., var. tenerrima (Weisb.). 
Surrey. ‘ Journ, Bot.’ 67, 1892. 
301 bis. *ViOLA epipsila, Ledebour. ‘ Ind. Sem. Hort. 
Dorpat,’ 5, 1820. After much searching, three unmistakable 
specimens have been recently detected in the Herbarium of Mr. 
^V. F. Miller of Winscombe, Somerset. They were gathered in 
1885 with V. palustris near Widdicombe, S. Devon. Curiously 
enough, specimens of a plant gathered on Dartmoor, near Oke- 
hampton, were named epipsila x palustris by Dr. Neuman three 
or four years ago, but in the apparent absence of one of the 
• parents, on which some botanists laid much stress, the plant was 
not admitted to the ‘ List.’ These plants gathered by Mr. Miller 
are the first record of this species in Britain. From V. palustris 
it differs by (i) its more robust growth ; (2) by its secondary 
leaves being more or less ovate-cordate and having short points at 
the apex; (3) by having scattered hairs on the underside of 
its leaves as well as on the petiole ; (4) by its bracts being always 
above the middle of the peduncle ; (5) by its much larger fruit, 
the capsule in dehiscence averaging about i ctm. in length. Ny- 
man gives its European distribution as Ross., Med., Fenn., Suec., 
Norv., Dan., Germ, bor., Salisb. So its occurrence in Britain was 
expected. E. S. Gregory. 
332 c. Saponaria officinalis, L., var. c. hybrida, L. 
[Northants, extinct], a monstrosity. ? Lancashire. 
