44 ANNALS OF SCOTTISH NATURAL HISTORY 



sepals ovate-lanceolate or oval-obtuse, seeds -^ in. across, 

 rugose, without sharp tubercles. Snowdon, 49 ! ; Ben Lawers, 

 etc. 89 !; Little Craigindal, 92 !; Glen A'an, 94; Cairngorms, 

 etc. 96 ! ; Aonach Mor, etc. 97 ! ; Cuchullins, 104 ; Ben More, 

 107 ; Unst, 112. 



VULGATUM ( = C. ALPINUM, Z., var. PUBESCENS, Syme, p.p.}. Plant 

 prostrate, ascending ; leaves narrow, acute, pubescence, sparse, 

 sparingly glandular; flowers large. Snowdon, Clogwyn, 49 !. 



C. NIGRESCENS ascends to 3800 feet on Ben Lawers, to 3500 feet 

 on Aonach Mor, and to nearly 4000 feet on Braeriach, and 

 descends to near the sea-level on Unst. 



April 1910. 



CONTRIBUTION TO A FLORA OF CAITHNESS. 



No. V. 



By ARTHUR BENNETT, F.L.S. 

 {Continued from p. 229, No. 76, October 1910.) 



HYPOCH^RIS RADICATA, L. A small one-flowered form from 

 Yarrows, R. Bain, sp. 



TRAGOPOGON MINUS, Mill. The Reay plant found by Mr. Miller 

 belongs here, and not to H. pratense, L. 



VACCINIUM MYRTILLUS, L. Gardiner, in his "Flora of Forfarshire," 

 says this is known as Blaeberry in Forfar, and Scotland 

 generally ; but Dr. Prior x restricts this name to V. uliginosum 

 in which he seems to be wrong, according to Scottish authors. 

 In an old document dated 1634,2 relating to the disposing of 

 some holding in the parish of Canisby, the name Blaeberry- 

 quoy's (Blaeberriequayes in the original Latin) occurs. Mr. 

 J. Mowat of Glasgow wrote me that " Blaeerryquoys was the 

 name of a small farm or croft at Freswick, now merged into 

 the large farm. Most likely the name is derived from the 

 berries found in the neighbourhood." Doubtless this would 

 refer to the Blaeberry. Mr. A. Somerville told me that 

 undoubtedly Blaeberry is the old Scottish spelling and 

 pronunciation of Blue-berry. A very interesting article on the 

 popular names of Vaccinium in Europe, by Dr. von Kupffer, 

 will be found in " Korresp. d. naturf. Vereins zu Riga," 1906, 

 pp. 141-154. 



1 " Pop. Names of British Plants," 1870, pp. 24, 288. [ V. Myrtillus is cer- 

 tainly the " Blaeberry," as generally understood in Scotland. ED. " A.S.N.H."] 



2 " History of Caithness," ed. 2, 1887, p. 337. 



