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digitali foliis multo breviori, spicis parvis subrotundatis confertis." 

 On Ben Heasgarnich, on a shoulder of the mountain near the 

 summit, my companion for the day, Mr. H. N. Dixon, the well- 

 known bryologist, found a form of Carex canescens which had much 

 of the appearance of C. helvola, but on dissection proved to be dis- 

 tinct. This the Ffarrer Kiikenthal names C. canescens, var. dubia, 

 Bailey. I may mention that the interesting Carex atrofusca (ustulata} 

 was rather frequent over a limited area of Ben Heasgarnich, choosing 

 for its habitat the edge of some sloping rock-shelf which is kept 

 moist with dripping water. I think the two varieties mentioned 

 above are new to the Scottish flora. G. CLARIDGE DRUCE. 



Botanical Exchange Club of the British Islands Report for 

 1897, by G. Claridge Druce M.A., F.L.S. (issued 2oth Sept. 1898). 

 As usual, there are numerous notes on plants from Scotland in this 

 Report. With regard to a good many of these, diverse opinions are 

 expressed by the senders and the referees, but the subjoined extracts 

 embody the more important conclusions arrived at : 



J?. acris, L., var. tomopliylhis (Jord.), Melvich, N. coast of Suther- 

 land (108); Fumaria Bored, Jord., near Dunblane (97); Draba 

 incana, L., var. legitima, Lindblom (fruits glabrous), at Ardnane Point, 

 Islay (102); Sisymbrium offitinale, L., var. leiocarpum (Jord.), DC, 

 Ullapool, W. Ross (105); Poly gal a o.\yptera, Reichb., var. collina, 

 Reichb., near Tain, E. Ross (106); Hypericum pulchrnm, L., var. 

 procumbent, Rostrup, Holburn Head, Caithness (109); Rubus villi- 

 caulis, W '. and N., var. Selmeri (Lindeb.), Claddach (99) ; R. 

 echinatus, Lindb., Shandon (99); Atriplex calotheca, Fries? is the 

 name assigned by Herr Freyn to a plant gathered by Rev. E. S. 

 Marshall at Golspie (107), the specimens not warranting certainty; 

 A. Babingtonii, Woods, var. virescens, Lange, Golspie (107), E. S. 

 Marshall ; Betula pubescens, var. parviflora, Wimm., near Tongue 

 (108), W. A. Shoolbred ; Carex approximata, Hoppe ( = C. lagopina, 

 Wahl.), Corrie Sneachda (96), G. C. Druce; C. aquatilis, Wahl., 

 var. elatior, Bab., Altnaharra (108), W. A. Shoolbred; Equisetum 

 sylvaticum, L., var. capillare (Hoffm.), Dunphail (95), E. S. 

 Marshall. 



Andromeda polifolia, L., in Midlothian. On 8th May 1895 

 I found the Wild Rosemary, Andromeda polifolia, in flower on 

 Auchencorth Moss, Midlothian. I noticed only a single plant, 

 which I gathered. I cannot find any previous record for the species 

 in Midlothian, and am indebted to Mr. Wm. Evans for the following 

 note on the plant's occurrence in ' Forth ' : " Thanks for the 

 specimen of Andromeda polifolia, the occurrence of which on 

 Auchencorth Moss is most interesting. So far as I know, this 

 plant has not previously been found nearer Edinburgh than the 

 neighbourhood of Stirling in the upper section of 'Forth.' Light- 

 foot recorded it fully a century ago from Blair-Drummond Moss on 



