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R. BOREALIS, Druce. Sea-cliffs, Freswick, Thurso, J. Grant, sp. 



MELAMPYRUM PRATENSE, Z., var. ERICETORUM, Oliver. Dunbeath, 

 W. R. Linton, 25.7.1888. 



UTRICULARIA VULGARIS,* L. Marked with doubt by Mr. Nicolson 

 of Wick. Considering that the surrounding counties have 

 records of two or more species, it seems strange there are no 

 Caithness localities on record. U, vitlgaris occurs in Skye, 

 W. Ross, O. Hebrides (?),- Orkneys, and Shetland. In a triangle 

 between Watten, Wick, and Lybster there is very similar ground 

 to that where the genus occurs in Sutherland. 



STACHYS AMBIGUA, S>/i. Sandside, Messrs. W. Borrer and Hooker, 

 Sept. 1808 ("Eng. Bot.," t. 2089, Nov. i, 1809). 



PLANTAGO LANCEOLATA, Z., var. MINOR, Rapin. Dunnet Links, 

 E. S. Marshall, 1900, teste Williams, "Prod. Fl. Brit.," 1909, 



P- 353. 



P. MARITIMA, Z., var. PYGM^EA, Lange., and var. DENTATA, Weitz. 

 Downreay, Druce, I.e. 



P. MARITIMA, Z., var. HIRSUTA, Gilib. (sub alpina, teste Williams, 

 I.e.] Stroma Isle, Miss Geldart, sp. 



ATRIPLEX BABINGTONII, Woods, var. CANESCENS, Hartm., " Hand. 

 Sk. FL," ed. 2 (1879), 348. Proudfoot, J. Grant, sp. ; 

 Duncansby, Miss Geldart. 



POLYGONUM VIVIPARUM, Z. Braes near Buchollie Castle, Fres- 

 wick, 1908, Mr. G. Stalker, sp., new record for the county. 

 Small specimens tending towards the var. alpina. Occurs in 

 E. and W. Sutherland, O. Hebrides (!), Orkney, and Shetland 

 (var. alpina}, Beeby, sp. 



* DAPHNE LAUREOLA, Z. 



* EUPHORBIA EXIGUA, Z. 

 *HUMULUS LUPULUS, Z. 



MYRICA GALE, Z. Moss of Kilminster, D. Doull, sp. 



BETULA PUBESCENS, Ehrh., var. PARVIFOLIA, Wimm. " Add. Rec. 



Scot. Plants for 1889"; " Sc. Nat.," 1890, p. 272. 

 *CARPINUS BETULUS, Z. 



*TAXUS BACCATA, Z. 



ORCHIS ERICETORUM, Linton. Holborn Head ; near Castleton and 



John O'Groat's, Druce, I.e. 

 HABENARIA VIRIDIS, Br. Scrabster cliffs, with broadly oval leaves, 



Druce, I.e. 



1 For this genus see "Trans. Bot. Soc. Edin." xx. (1894), no; " Proc. 

 Dorset. N.H.F. Club," xv. (1894), 51 ; " Ann. Scot. N. Hist.," 1903, pp. 123, 

 250, and for 1910. 



2 See "Ann.," 1910, p. 170. 



