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8 EPILOBIUM NOTES FOR 1889.
within fonr or five miles. The determination is clearly correct,
thovigh there is a decided leaning towards Loimji. The Witley
plants were quite unmistahable, being exactly inteniiediate between
the two species. In both localities it was very scarce.
"^E. Lasiyi X oBScURtM ( R . seiuiobscuncm Borbas). Near Til ford,
and in an ash -plantation on the edge of the wealden near Witley
(seeds imperfect) ; both parents being abundant in each case. As
it would be natural to expect, this is a difficult hybrid to make
certain of, especially when it approaches obsrurum : but my own
determination is confirmed by Prof. Haussknecht. Its only
previously recorded stations are the Ettersberg, a hill near Weimar,
and Elm, near Brunswick ; the latter being very doubtful, as K.
obscunun, f. minor, was erroneously assigned by Borbas, who named
the Brunswick plant, to this hybrid.
*E. Lamyi X PARViFLORUM {E. PaJatinum F. Schultz). Near
Tilford, with the parents. Bather variable, but easily distinguished.
Eecorded from six German stations.
E. LANCEOLATUM X MONTANUM (7'.'. neotjmdieme Borbas). Scarce,
on sunny slopes near Witley, where the two species grow intermingled
in great profusion. There is a fine series in Herb. Brit.
Mus., collected in several stations near Plymouth by Mr. Bi-iggs.
E. LANCEOLATUM X OBSCUEUM [E . Ijamotteamim Hausskn.). In the
same station as the last, near Witley, but much more plentiful.
Here, like the prevailing states of the parents, it is a fine tall plant,
often four feet high. It usually occurs in a form nearer obscnrum,
but distinguishable at a glance by its habit and colouring, and by
the stigma being rudimentarily four-lobed ; the flowers are always
second and
pale rose, never white at first, as in hmceolatiun .
scarcer form is liable to
A
be confused with inontaman x obscurum.
Previously found in Britain by Messrs. Briggs and Trimen, near
Plymouth, and Mr. Bruce, near Canterbury ; and known on the
Continent from three French and two German localities. In the
shady lanes I have not succeeded in finding any hmceolatum
hybrids, but only in the open.
E. MONTANUM X OBSCURUM. Tliis will Certainly prove to be
very common. I have found it abundantly near Tilford, between
Hascombe and Dunsfold, in two spots near Witley, and in three
near
also
Chiddingfold, always in company with both parents.
been sent from Shirley, Derbyshire (leg. Rev.
It
W.
has
R.
Linton), and from Rhyader, Radnor, in a very strong form (leg.
Hanbury and Ley). In two stations I found specimens with the
leaves in threes ; and this verticillate form is in the Perthshire collection
from three different localities (Perth, Lake of Monteith, and
Strathord), shewing that the hybrid is probably frequent in the
county. Two states occur, a "f. innbrosa," and a " f . apricn," the
latter being always much tinged with red.
E. MONTANUM X PARVIFLORUM. Near Tilford, Chiddingfold, and
between Hambledon and Hascombe. Usually the flowers are larger
than those of either parent. Very variable in habit and luxuriance,
according to the conditions of growth.
E. MONTANUM X RosEUM {E. hetcrocuule Borbas). Near Worples-