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ON THE FLORA OF SHETLAND. 



By WILLIAM H. BEEBY, F.L.S. 

 ( Continued from p. 169.) 



*Rhinanthus groenlandicus, Chabert. Mr. C. H. Ostenfeld, who 

 has had great facilities for the study of the arctic and boreal 

 forms, has kindly named my plants (conf. also Ostenfeld's 

 " Phanerogameae and Pteridophyta of the Faroes," p. 51). U. 

 Cliffs north of Saxa Vord. S. By Burga Water and on holm 

 in the same loch. *var. Driimmond-Hayi (B. White). N. 

 Hillside, Benegarth, North Roe. The Burga Water plant is 

 "exactly the plant of the Faroes"; this, the large form, is 

 rather less scarce than the variety. 



Euphrasia. A detailed account of the species must be deferred, 

 but the following are the forms so far detected : E. borealis, 

 Towns. ; E. scottica, Wetest ; E. Foulaensis, Towns. ; E. curta, 

 Fr. E. curta f. piccola, Towns. 



Statice maritima, Mill, *var. planifolia (Syme). U. Hill of Hamar, 

 near Baltasound. N. Rocks on the east side of Sand Voe. 

 I have had the Unst plant in cultivation, side by side with 

 the type, since 1898; in addition to the recorded characters, 

 I may mention that under these equal conditions the variety 

 flowers about three weeks earlier than the type. 



Plantago lanceolata, L. D. A curious proliferous form occurred near 

 Spiggie, with heads recalling the " Hen-and-chickens " daisy, 

 the central head being small, and surrounded by numerous 

 very small heads on long stalks proceeding from below the 

 base of the main head. The plants (2) were seen two years 

 in succession. *var. depressa, Rostr. (" Flo. Danica," tab. 

 3008). U. Sea-sands, Sandwick. N. Hillside, Benegarth. 

 L. Scalloway. D. In many places. Chiefly on sand, but 

 not confined to it. Leaves very broad, which is the chief 

 characteristic. Doubtless it is the plant recorded as P. media 

 by Edmondston. Mr. Ostenfeld writes of the Unst plant- 

 " Just the same form that E. Rostrup named var. depressa." 



Atriplex hastata, L. U. A common weed at Baltasound. 



*A. lariniata, L. D. Some half-dozen plants on a sandbank near 

 Clayval (1899). Next year I visited the spot again, but 

 found the Atriplex and all the other low-growing plants buried 

 under an additional foot or two of sand, above which the tops 

 of Psamma arenaria just showed. Doubtless the plant occurs 



