io6 ANNALS OF SCOTTISH NATURAL HISTORY 



Euphrasia,--\\\ the "Botany of the Faeroes" (iii. 845-7) 

 Ostenfeld has made important changes in the arrangement 

 of the Faeroean species ; and) as these are the same as those 

 found in Shetland, his conclusions, based on the examina- 

 tion of many hundreds of the specimens from the Faeroes, 

 Shetland, Scotland, and the continent demand our attention. 

 Dr. Ostenfeld now unites E. scofica, Wettst., E. foulaensis, 

 Towns., and the Faeroean " E. latifolia " (which is obviously 

 not the same as the Scottish plant) under the name E. minima 

 Jacq. It would occupy too much space to quote Ostenfeld's 

 arguments, and reference must be made to his article ; but I 

 am strongly disposed to accept his conclusions, especially 

 regarding the identity of E. scofica and E. foi/tainsis, as I 

 have long been unable to separate these two plants, and 

 specimens which I considered quite the same as the Foula 

 plant, and which were sent to Townsend a few years after 

 gathering the original Eoit/acnsis, were returned to me named 

 E. scofica. 



Rhinanthus sfenophy/Ii/s, Schur. Under this autumnal variety of 

 Rh. minor I should place plants from the following localities : 

 Cornfield, Baltasound, Unst. ; borders of oatfield, Sand Voe, 

 Northmaven ; Walls ; cornfield, Clousta, and by Clousta 

 Voe. Mr. Marshall has kindly looked through my plants, and 

 while he would place some of the above under Rh. stenophyllus, 

 he expresses a little doubt in other cases ; if, however, the 

 presence of intercalary leaves is the important character that it 

 is said to be, I think that they should stand under the above 

 form. 



~ : *Salix cincrea, L. This is an addition to the list, Edmondston's 

 Gluss Burn plant having proved to be S. aurita. ("Scott. Nat." 

 1890, p. 216.) It occurs abundantly on a holm in the Muckle 

 Mill Loch of Uyea, Northmaven, and I think that it occurs 

 on holms in Clubbi Shuns, but owing to the depth of the 

 water I could not get near enough to make certain. 



Iris pseud-acorus, L. The summer of 1908 having been "the finest 

 for twenty years," I was at first much surprised to find no 

 vestige of bud, flower, or fruit, although the plant was plentiful. 

 The previous summer, however, was just the reverse, in fact it 

 was quite " Faeroe weather," Scotch mist alternating with rain 

 and little or no sun ; so that the soil was continuously in a 

 cold sodden state, and evidently the Iris was unable to ripen 

 its shoots in that year, and consequently it did not flower in 

 1908. For the same reason the Orchids did not flower; and 

 although O. metadata, var. ericctorum, occurred everywhere 

 among the heather, none was seen in flower. 



