62 ANNALS OF SCOTTISH NATURAL HISTORY 



Creachan, in Argyle ; H. hyparcticum, Almg., from Ben More, Assynt, 

 in Sutherland ; H. carenonon, n. sp., near Cashil Dhu, in Suther- 

 land, in 1888 ; H. Oreades, Fr., var. nov. subglabratum, to include the 

 British form of H. Oreades ; H. argent en m, Fr., var. nov. septentri- 

 onak, about Betty Hill and Naver, in Sutherland, in 1887 ; H. 

 aggregation, Backh., var. nov. prolongation, from mountains south of 

 Glen Lochay, in Perth ; H. rivale, F. J. Hanb., var. nov. subhirtum, 

 on various hills in Perth and Argyle; H. murorum, L., pro parte, 

 var. nov. camptopetalum, on Ben Hope, in Sutherland, in 1888 ; If. 

 duplication, Almq., from Kincraigie Burn, found in July 1891 by 

 Dr. F. B. White ; H. orarium, Lindeb., var. nov. fn/vum, from east 

 bank of the Naver, in Sutherland, in 1886; H. gravestellum, Dahlst, 

 var. rhomboides, Stenstr., on some of the high mountains of Perth, 

 Argyle, Aberdeen, Forfar, and Sutherland ; H. subramositm, Lonn- 

 roth, from Fife, near Burntisland, found in 1876 by Dr. Syme, and 

 distributed by him as " H. pallidum, Fr. " ; H. rigid inn, Hartm., var. 

 nov. longiciliatitm, by the Clunie, Braemar, in 1887 ; H. Dovrense, Fr., 

 var. nov. Hethlandia, found by Mr. Beeby in Shetland in 1891 ; H. 

 strictnm, Fr., var. nov. amplidentatum, from Perth and Argyle, from 

 Crook of Devon, Kinross, and from Hoy in Orkney ; H. auratiim, 

 Fr., var. nov. thulense, found by Mr. Beeby in Shetland in 1889. 



Note on the Occurrence of Linnsea in Ross-shire. In refer- 

 ence to Mr. Bennett's note on Linnaea in the July " Annals," I fear 

 I must own to the soft impeachment of telling Dr. Joass that this 

 plant "grows in Novar Wood in Ross." The original Novar locality 

 is rather mythical at least no one seems to know anything about it. 

 The locality from which the accompanying specimens are sent, al- 

 though on the Novar estate, is not, as far as I can learn, the same 

 place as that indicated by former records. It is most likely that the 

 note regarding its extinction " near Dingwall " applies not to the 

 Novar station, but to one in the wood around Loch Ussie which 

 was cut down some years ago. This is also the " Brahan Castle " 

 locality. Kingsmills is an Inverness station. 



The discovery of the present Novar station is due to Mr. Hugh 

 Miller of the Geological Survey, who towards the end of 1888, or 

 thereabouts, brought me some of its long trailing stems which he 

 had gathered in a fir wood on a hill some two miles from Novar (I 

 am not anxious to be too definite as regards locality). It was not 

 till after two seasons' futile search that I came upon it in the end of 

 June 1890, forming an extensive patch (some forty paces in circum- 

 ference), in excellent condition and flowering profusely, at a height of 

 800 feet above sea-level. It grew along with Vaccinium (Myrtillus 

 and Vitis Idaea), Trientalis, Tormentil, short heather, Hypnum, 

 and Lomaria Spicant. 



In July 1891 I visited, along with Dr. Joass, the Golspie station, 

 where we observed several thriving plots of Linnsea in a pine wood 



