CONTRIBUTION TOWARDS A FLORA OF CAITHNESS in 



TRIFOLIUM PRATENSE, L. C. 



T. REPENS, L. C. even on the Came or Comb, rocky ridge 3 to 4 

 feet wide, jutting out over the sea in a gully on the north-west 

 coast. 



T. MINUS, Relh. C. first week in July. 



LOTUS CORNICULATUS, Z. V.C., the country yellow with it, June 

 28. 



VICIA CRACCA, L. C., June 30. 



fViciA SATIVA, L. Sown with the oats in the fields. 



V. SEPIUM, L. Fields, east side, July 15. (Mainland, at John 

 o' Groats, July 6 ; at Gills, July 24.) 



LATHYRUS PRATENSIS, L. V.C. along ditches and roadsides. 

 SPIR/EA ULMARIA, L. C. on east cliffs, in bud, June 20. 



POTENTILLA ToRMENTiLLA, Scheiick. Frequent, "with thick root- 

 stocks." 



P. ANSERINA, L. \ V.C., and a small form which may be the sub-var. 

 pusiUci) Coss. and Germ. 



RUBUS SAXATILIS, L. On sea-cliffs, with long runners ; fruits at 

 only one place on the east cliff; in flower July i. One of the 

 inhabitants who had watched it for several years told Miss 

 Geldart that this little sheltered bay is the only place where 

 the fruit ever turns red ; perhaps the fruit forms without 

 ripening in other situations. 



The only wild rose in Stroma is a white dog-rose at the 

 extreme edge of east cliff, among Salioc repens ; unfortunately 

 no specimen was taken. 



MVRIOPHYLLUM ALTERNiFLORUM, DC. \ Marsh near Manse, July 5. 



CALLITRICHE was in flower west of Manse, July 23, but no fruit 

 was found. 



(Sedum Rhodiola, DC. --Though this occurs plentifully on the 

 opposite shore of the mainland on cliffs between Huna and 

 John o' Groat's, I could not find a single specimen in Stroma. 

 There is one plant in a garden which was brought from Dunnet 

 Head thirty years ago, and was flowering this year for the first 

 time.) 



PARNASSIA PALUSTRIS, L. \ Just beginning to flower, June 30 ; 

 from i inch high. 



HYDROCOTYLE VULGARIS, L. V.C. 



HELIOSCIADIUM INUNDATUM, Koch \ Marsh north of Manse, July 5. 



LIGUSTICUM SCOTICUM, L. \ Top of south-west and north-west 

 cliffs, very fine. 



