176 ANNALS OF SCOTTISH NATURAL HISTORY 



Linum -usitatissimitm, Linn. Rare at a roadside, near Orphir 

 Public School, Orphir, Mainland, loth September 1885, H. H. 

 Johnston. Casual. See "Scot. Nat.," No. xlvii., July 1882, 



P- 3 2 5- 



Trifolium hybridum, Linn. Roadside, Orphir, Mainland, 3oth 

 August 1880, H. H. Johnston. Escape from cultivation. 



''LuPlNUS PERENNIS, Linn. Common on a heath, Feavel, 

 Sandwick, Mainland, 4th August 1886, H. H. Johnston. Natural- 

 ised and exterminating the native plants. See " Trans. Bot. Soc. 

 Edin.," vol. xvi., part i., p. 166; "Bot. Exch. Club Report," 1886, 

 p. 146 ; and "Scot. Nat.," No. xvii., new series, July 1887, p. 129. 



ROSA CANINA, Z/;/., is recorded from Orkney in Watson, 

 "Top. Bot.," ed. ii., p. 152, but the following varieties are not 

 recorded. 



Var. LUTETIAN A (fide J. G. Baker). Crags at burnsides, Wart 

 Hill, Hoy, 2 8th August 1883, H. H. Johnston. Native. See 

 "Scot. Nat.," No. xv., new series, April 1887, p. 59. 



Var. DUMALIS (fide J. G. Baker). Banks at burnside, Ler- 

 quoy Burn, Swanbister, Orphir, Mainland, T5th August iSSi, H. H. 

 Johnston ; banks at burnside, Hammers, Syradale, Firth, Mainland, 

 i7th August 1883, H. H. Johnston; and banks at burnside, 

 Berriedale, Hoy, Qth August 1886, H. H. Johnston. Native at 

 all these stations. See "Scot. Nat.," No. xlviii., October 1882, 

 P- 363- 



}~ar, REUTERI (fide J. G. Baker). Hoy, ist September 1875, 

 H. H. Johnston ; and seashore, Oyce, Firth, Mainland, 2 ist August 

 1880, H. H. Johnston. Native at both stations. See "Bot. 

 Exch. Club Report," 1880, p. 31; and "Scot. Nat.,'' No. xlviii., 

 October 1882, p. 363. 



Var. SUBCRISTATA (fide J. G. Baker). Grassy bank at sea- 

 shore, Oyce, Firth, Mainland, 2 ist August iSSo, H. H. Johnston. 

 Native. See "Bot. Exch. Club Report," 1880, p. 31 ; and "Scot. 

 Nat.,"' No. xlviii., October 1882, p. 363. 



ALCHEMILLA VULGARIS, Linn., Tar. MONTANA. Hilly pasture 

 and burnside, Midland Hill, Orphir, Mainland, 2gth July 1876 

 and 5th June 1877, H. H. Johnston. Native. 



CIRC/EA ALPINA, Linn. Very rare at a burnside, Naversdale, 

 Orphir, Mainland, i6th July 1877 and 6th August 1878, H. H. 

 Johnston. Native. In Watson, "Top. Bot," ed. ii., p. 166, the 

 record of this species for " 111 Orkney" and 23 other counties is 

 entered as " insufficiently vouched ; partly erroneous, although 

 perhaps not wholly so ; and some of the counties named are at best 

 uncertain." See "Scot. Nat.," No. xlviii., October 1882, p. 364; 

 and "Scot. Nat.," No. xiii., new series, July 1886, p. 319. 



