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Anderson, "Gram. Scand./' p. no, 1852, gives as a subspecies 

 *setifolia, Hartm., " Bot. Not.," 1846, and " Sk. Fl.," ed. 5, p. 308, 

 1849, gathered by A. Luhr in 1846 ; while he places fragrans as a 

 variety. Of these, firma is stated by Hjelt, " Fl. Fennica," p. 343, 

 1895 (on the authority of Hackel), to be merely a form of the 

 species. 



Bluff and Fingerhuth, " Consp. Fl. Germ.," ed. 2, i. p. 112, 

 1846, have a 



"/3 pedicellis infra spiaihnn hispid is, ' Fl. Sil.,' p. 53." 

 Our plant seems to be fairly typical. 



The name comes from the Greek Jiieros, " sacred," and 

 chloe, " grass " ; hence it signifies " holy grass." 



In Iceland it was used for " scenting apartments and 

 clothes" (Hooker). 



According to Mrs. Lankester, in English Botany it is 

 also called " Vanilla Grass." 



Distribution, principally in Europe : 



Iceland, North and South Nonvay. Sweden, in 12 provinces. 

 Finland, generally distributed to 683o' (Blom, ex Wainio). On the 



coast it occurs, in South Finland Aland Isles, Borgio, Lovisa ; 



West Finland Raumo, Vasa, Neplot, Remi ; North Finland- 



Ponjoj, Svjatoj-noss. 

 Coast of Pomerania, Prussia. 

 Coast of Schleswig-Holstein. 

 East Friesian Islands. 

 In four of the North Sea Islands. 

 Holland, Bavaria, Moravia, Bohemia, Hungary, Transylvania, Russia, 



France (rare), Tyrol (formerly), Switzerland, North America to 



62 N. Lat. (Dawson), New Zealand. 



Its place is taken in the extreme north, in Nova Zembla, 

 Spitsbergen, etc., by H. alpina, R. et S., and H. pauciflora, R. Br. 



Memorial to the late Rev. Dr. Gordon, Birnie. We have 

 received the following circular, and desire to bring it before our 

 readers : BIRNIE, August 1899. At a recent meeting of the Kirk 

 Session of Birnie it was resolved to take steps to raise a Fund to 

 defray the Expenses of Erecting a suitable Memorial in the Church to 

 the memory of the late Rev. Doctor Gordon, who for upwards of fifty 

 years was Minister of the Parish. The Session being aware that 

 Dr. Gordon had many friends and admirers outside the Congregation 

 of Birnie Parish Church, agreed to open the Subscription List to all 



