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where it is possible that two varieties grow in company, for the 
plants there certainly differ greatly in the breadth of their leaves. I 
do not know whether there is any other record of var. vulgaris as a 
British mountain plant. 
* Euphrasia confusa Pugsl. Sparingly in Nant Francon (f. al¬ 
ii da) — E. scolica Wettst. Below Lake Ogwen, 1922. Various 
stations around Llanberis (Miss L. Arniitage, 1919). E. lurtelhi 
Jord. Since my discovery of this plant at Llanberis in 1917 and its 
publication in this Journal two years later, it has been collected by 
Miss E. Arniitage and Dr. Bruce in several additional localities in 
that neighbourhood. Hilly pasture E. of Bethesda, 1922. 
* Mentha alopecuroides Hull. Streamside at Llanfairfechan, 
1999—* nf . rubra Sm. Bitch near Bolbadarn Castle, Llanberis.— 
* St achy 8 amhigua Sm. Frequent near the shore at Llanfairfechan, 
1902-1905 ; now destroyed. 
Ajuga reptans L var. alpiua Koch FI. Germ. p. 575 (1837). 
Wet, stony rill on Fool Fras, circa 2500 ft. alt., 1922. This is a 
compact form, not exceeding three inches in height, flowering at the 
end of July. Its broadly ovate, subentire, and rounded-obtuse leaves 
pucloselv set on the stem, and gradually decrease upwards, giving 
ll i plant the aspect of A. pyramidal is, except for the larger and 
deeper blue flowers, which clearly exceed the dark purple bracts. 
When collected, the plants showed short stolons of the previous year, 
and young stolons were just beginning to grow. A Swiss example 
in Herb. Mus. Brit., labelled “ A. alpiua L., Gaud. FI. Helvet. iv. 
13, Jura Neocom. 1835,” closely resembles this Welsh plant, which is 
probablv the form noticed near Carnedd Llewelyn by Johnson before 
1(341, and referred to by Dr. Bruce in the Bot, Exchange Club 
Report for 1918 (p. 302). While this plant is obviously a form of 
A. reptans, and is really related neither to A. pyramidalis nor to 
A. qenevensis, it has a distinct facies owing to its compact habit, sub¬ 
entire leaves, and deeply coloured flowers ; and the late period at 
which it blooms and produces its short stolons is peculiar. Koch’s 
variety aipina is simply diagnosed as “ stolonibus brevibus vel nullis ! 
A. alpiua Vill. delpli. 2, 347,” and Millars’ plant, though shown as a 
species, is stated to be really a variety of A. reptans, 6-8 inches 
his:h, with slightlv toothed distant leaves and short stolons. Koch’s 
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varietal name is thus applied to a mountain form, scarcely distin¬ 
guishable but by its short stolons, which is probably widely spread. 
I collected such an Ajuga on Mte. Mottarone, by Lake Maggiore, in 
1908. The Welsh plant seems distinct not only in its short stolons, 
but by its dwarf leafy habit; but these features, being of doubtful 
stability, hardly justify the creation of a fresh name, and it seems 
best simply to regard it as a form of Koch’s mountain variety. 
Chenopodium murale L. Began wy.— Atnplex littoral is L. 
Shore between Llanfairfechan and Aber. 
Salt# herbacea L. Summits of Brum and Foel Fras. Both 
Carnedd s. 
Orchis prcstermissa Bruce. Wet meadow near Llanberis, with 
O. ericetorum Lint.— O. macula ta L. (O. Fuchsii Bruce). Hillside 
