BOTANICAL NOTES AND NEWS 185 



BOTANICAL NOTES AND NEWS. 



Hieroehloe borealis, Roem. and Schult., in Kirkcudbrightshire. 

 This grass has been found this season on the Solway coast, thus 

 extending its known range of occurrence very greatly. We hope to 

 include an article upon its distribution from Mr. Bennett in our 

 next issue. 



Wigtownshire Plants. It may be worth while mentioning that 

 Raphanus maritimits, Sm. (" E. B.," t. 1643), is represented by a type 

 specimen in Sir James Smith's Herbarium, in the Linnean Society's 

 possession. It was sent to Smith in 1800 by Mr. J. Mackay from 

 the Mull of Galloway, and is referred to in "English Botany," under 

 t. 1643 (1806), and the "English Flora," vol. iii. p. 227 (1825). 

 The earliest record cited in the " Flora of Dumfriesshire " is that of 

 Dr. Balfour in 1835. In the same collection there is a specimen 

 of Scirpus Taberncemontani, Gmel., labelled S. g/aitcus, from the 

 side of a salt marsh on the west of Arbigland in Galloway, by Mr. 

 J. Mackay, 1800. This is also referred to in " E. B.," t. 2321 (1811), 

 and in the "English Flora," i. p. 57 (1824). The only record in 

 the " Flora of Dumfriesshire " is Kirkcudbright, reported by J. 

 M 'Andrew, 1882 ; and Arbigland is given as a locality, but it does 

 not appear to be quite clear whether this locality yields S. lacustris 

 or 6". Tabern&montani. In any case, Mackay's record is the earliest 

 for the county. Vicia hirsuta, Koch, var. august if olia (Ervnin 

 hirstttum\ var. angustifolium, Fries, " Novit Fl. Suec.," p. 231 (1828), 

 occurs on the shingle at Stranraer with a reddish-purple-flowered 

 form of Vicia Cracca, which, although probably an introduced plant, 

 is worth further study. Among the Euphrasies which I gathered 

 in the county are E. brevipila, E. Rostkoviana, and E. grarilis. 

 G. CLARIDGE DRUCE. 



Cratsegus Oxyaeantha, Linn. It is much to be desired that 

 Scottish botanists would examine the forms of this variable species. 

 The prevailing form in Scotland is that known as Cratcegus 

 tnonogyna, Jacquin (" Fl. Austr.," iii. 50, t. 292); but this in itself 

 is subject to considerable variation. In the midland counties C. 

 oxyacanthoides, Thuill. ("Fl. Par.," ed. ii. p. 245), is also frequent. 

 This latter plant is usually differentiated by having two or three 

 styles, two- or three-stoned fruit, and glabrous calyx tube ; the 

 leaves are also more glossy, and Syme says that it flowers earlier 

 than monogyna, which has one style (as the name suggests), one- 

 stoned fruit, and downy calyx tube. I have collected a consider- 

 able number of specimens, many of which, however, do not answer 

 to the characters assigned to either form ; and, having recently 

 had the opportunity of submitting them to Herr Freyn, of Prague, 

 who for the past twenty years has been studying the forms of this 



