ii4 ANNALS OF SCOTTISH NATURAL HISTORY 



marsh to the north of it. I was told this patch was not there 

 twenty years ago. It is decidedly increasing in the island, but 

 is entirely confined to the three straggling patches ; not a 

 single specimen anywhere else. Altogether I must have seen 

 a thousand plants, but many were small, like young seedlings, 

 and did not look like flowering this year. In full flower about 

 the middle to end of July. 1 Scapes from if to 4^ inches. 



GLAUX MARITIMA, L. Plentiful at north and south-west of island. 



ARMERIA MARITIMA, Willd. V.C. near cliffs ; dark and pale pink 



and white flowers. 

 MYOSOTIS C^ESPITOSA, Schultz \ East side. 



M. VERSICOLOR, Reich., var. ! South-west of the island. This is a 

 variety of versicolor with much the aspect of the Continental 

 M. stricta ; it seems an analogous form to the M. arvensis, var. 

 stricta, of Holland. I can find no specimens or name that 

 exactly fit it, and would call it f. stricta (ad int.). 



ATRIPLEX, sp. Is probably A. Balnngtonii, Woods, var. rirescens, 

 Lange : or possibly it may be A. calotheca, Fr. ; but the speci- 

 men is too young for certain determination. 



PLANTAGO MARITIMA, L. By sea, and inland in flower June 29. 



Var. MINOR, Hook? 



Var. HIRSUTA, Syme. Frequent on cliffs. 

 P. MAJOR, L. Road weed. 

 P. CORONOPUS, L. On cliffs west of Manse, June 28. 



LITTORELLA LACUSTRis, L. Frequent on damp heath near Manse, 

 June 20 ; and in the north-west. 



RUMEX ACETOSA, L. C. 



R. ACETOSELLA, L. V.C. 



POLYGONUM AVICULARE, L. In flower, July ii ; no seed found. 



EMPETRUM NIGRUM, L. V.C. Flower, June 28. Fruit ripe fourth 



week in July. 

 EUPHORBIA HELIOSCOPIA, L. East cliff, July 20. It was sent to 



me by a woman "as good for warts." 



URTICA DIOICA, L. In thick clumps, but not very common. 



SALIX REPENS, L. \ At edge of south-east cliff, creeping in grass, 

 and only appearing 3 inches high. Ground white with seed, 

 June 30 ; not seen elsewhere. 



POTAMOGETON NATANS, L. \ 



1 See Mr. Grant on its flowering, "Science Gossip," iSSi, p. 20. 



2 See "Exchange Club Report " for 1886, p. 157 (1887); "Scot. Nat.," 

 1888, p. 214. 



