1 86 ANNALS OF SCOTTISH NATURAL HISTORY 



This definitely makes the species an Outer Hebridean plant. 

 A. BENNETT, 17, 3. 1911. 



Valeriana dioiea, Z., in the Outer Hebrides. Among some 

 undetermined plants from the Isle of Scarp sent by Mr. J. S. 

 Duncan in 1901, I find specimens (root leaves only) of this species. 



It is recorded from W. Sutherland * by the Scottish Alpine Club, 

 " near the foot of Beinn Laoghal." 



Dr. R. Brown (Campster) recorded it for Caithness in a 

 marked London Catalogue (ed. 6) to Mr. H. C. Watson. 2 It 

 certainly occurs in Stirling (Kidston !). For Dumbarton, Mr. 

 Watson was uncertain 3 whether Balvie was correctly referred to that 

 county ; but it must mean a locality near Milngavie, and seemingly 

 belongs to Dumbarton. 



It does not seem to be recorded for Lapland or Finland ; is 

 very rare in Norway, and is recorded from Skane, Halland, 

 Bohuslan, Smaland, and Oland in Sweden. It is not common in 

 Denmark. 



The figure in English Botany, t. 628 (ed. 3, t. 1548) does not 

 give a good idea of the root-leaves, anyhow before the plant flowers ; 

 and I have had the root-leaves sent me several times asking what 

 the plant was ; and one correspondent, at least, was very sceptical 

 as to my naming. 



Beyond the above records it is named as occurring in vice- 

 counties : 72, 73, 75, 77? and 79 to 86, all in Scotland. 



It is sometimes divided in continental Floras into two or three ; 

 viz. : /?, simplicifolia,) Rabath (sp.\ and y, silvatica, Schmidt (sp.\ 

 not L. ARTHUR BENNETT. 



Poa Chaixii, VHL, in Scotland. A new locality and a 

 warning 1 . On the 23rd of May last I found this plant in great 

 profusion covering a large area in the private grounds of Monteviot, 

 Roxburghshire, quite close to the house. It has already been 

 recorded for several places in the county, but not as far as I know 

 for this locality. 



Twice in the last two years this plant has been sent me for 

 identification by parties who found it in an apparently natural 

 habitat in Roslin Glen, Midlothian. Its presence in that locality 

 is due to the mistaken zeal of a local botanical enthusiast who 

 planted it there in 1903. Planting out of this kind leads to 

 confusion, misunderstanding, and disappointment, and should not 

 be practised. JAMES FRASER. 



Memorial to George Don at Forfar. On 8th September 1910, 

 a monument erected over the grave of George Don, in the 

 form of a granite obelisk, was unveiled in the presence of a large 



1 "Trans. Bot. Soc. Edin." (1888), p. 374. 2 "Journ. Bot." (1883), p. 343. 



3 "Cyb. Brit." ii. (1849), p. 25. 



