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admit the White Beams found in Braemar to be indigenous. They 

 are few in number there and inconsiderable in size, but they occur 

 from the neighbourhood of the village upwards to the Linn of Dee. 

 How came they there ? HUGH BOYD WATT. 



The Plants of the Flannan Islands. Mr. W. Eagle Clarke very 

 kindly sent me the plants collected by him during his visit to the 

 Flannan Islands in 1904. They may be taken as representing 

 almost the entire number of flowering plants on the main island, 

 as he observed in addition only two inconspicuous grasses, not in 

 characteristic condition. The isolated situation is no doubt the 

 cause of the flora being so very limited in the number of species. 

 Some are represented in the collection by a single specimen, while 

 of others there are several. Almost all are luxuriant in their 

 growth, and some are remarkably large and fleshy, indicating a 

 richly manured and saline soil. There are no otherwise peculiar 

 varieties. The entire list of species brought by Mr. Clarke is as 

 follows : 



Ranunculus acris, L., apparently rectus, Bor., but the specimen, 



preserved in formalin, does not allow of certainty. 

 Cochlearia officinalis, L., two examples, the leaves large and 



fleshy. 



Silene maritima, With., leaves exceptionally broad and fleshy. 

 Stellaria media, L. ^ luxuriant plants, with large leaves 



Cerastium trivial, Link, j and few flowers. 

 Sagina proatmbens, L., rather fleshy. On the steins were a few 



clusters of Pucdnia Arenarice, Schum. 

 Matricaria inodora, L., one flowering branch of Matricaria, 



despite its fleshy growth, appeared to belong to M. inodora 



rather than to M. maritima. 

 Glaux maritima, L. 



Armeria maritima, L., small and narrow-leaved. 

 Plantago maritima, L., one plant with broad, fleshy leaves, 



almost glabrous. 

 P. Coronopus, L., one plant, with hairy, large, bipinnately-cut, 



three- nerved leaves, the ultimate lobes being broad and 



acute or acuminate. 

 Atriplex Babingtonii, Woods. 

 Holcus lanahts, L., like the other species rather thicker and 



more fleshy than usual. JAMES W. H. TRAIL. 



