50 ANNALS OF SCOTTISH NATURAL HISTORY 



of the genus Fumaria by Mr. Pugsley is unnoticed ; possibly 

 the sheets of the work were struck off prior to the appear- 

 ance of his papers. Nor is the Grassington Polygala noticed ; 

 and the colour of the Teesdale plant is given as blue, but 

 pink-flowered forms also occur. No reference is made to 

 the pretty variety of P. oxyptera var. collina, which occurs on 

 the sandhills of Tain and Golspie. 



The treatment of Crataegus is rather archaic, and the 

 introduction of [C. kyrtosstyld\ in brackets, without a descrip- 

 tion, does not assist to clear the air. The latter is a variety 

 of C. oxyacantha (L. nwnogyna} with a deflexed style. There 

 is no reference to Epilobium collinum. Haloscias of Fries is 

 used as generic name for the Scottish Lovage, and Mulgedium 

 is still retained, although the best botanical authorities agree 

 in uniting it with Lactuca, Here, doubtless, the editors, had 

 they possessed a free hand, would have followed ordinary 

 custom. Gentiana baltica and G. uliginosa are said to be 

 annual forms of G. Amarella and G. campestris respectively. 

 No notice is made of the hybrid G. Pamplinii of gennanica 

 and Amarella, although it is included in Wettstein's " Mono- 

 graph." The name Orobanche rubra is used, although O. alba 

 has priority, and good authorities state they are synonymous. 

 SisyrincJiium californicum is marked as possibly introduced, 

 but now appearing like a true native. Surely there can be 

 no doubt that a plant which is a native of Western America 

 is an Alien in its single locality in Wexford, and the authors 

 of the " Cybele Hibernica " refuse to give it a place in the 

 list of native plants in Ireland. 



It would probably be safer also to distinguish as an 

 Alien Naias graminea. No notice is taken of the Lawers 

 locality for Carex helvola, and the name C. elata, All., is 

 rightly adopted for the C. stricta of British authors. C. 

 Sadleri is given distinct rank, and is separated by seven 

 species from C. binervis, which is its nearest ally, if indeed 

 it be distinct. The synonym C. rhynchophysa, Praeger and 

 Bennett, might have been given to the var. latifolia, Asch, of 

 C. rostrata ; the same variety occurs in Islay. Agrostis 

 nigra is kept distinct, and is put between A. canina and 

 A. vulgaris, but it would better have been inserted between 

 A. viilgaris and A. alba. Nor can the writer agree with 



