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S. FLUITANS, L. Pool between Wick and Castleton, E. S. 

 Marshall, sp. 



S. SETACEUS, L. River near Wick, Dr. Ward ! . 



S. TABERN^MONTANI, Gmel. The record for this (109) in "Ann. 

 Scot. Nat. Hist." 33, 1900, Dr. Trail tells me is an error. It 

 occurs in Skye !, and Outer Hebrides (A. Somerville, sp.}, and 

 will probably prove to be a Caithness species. 



ERIOPHORUM VAGINATUM, L. Bilbster Moss, D. Lillie, sp. 



SCHCENUS NIGRICANS, L. Banks of the Wick River, J. Grant, sp. ; 

 near Reay, R. Dick. 



\Carex ntpestris, All. Marked by Mr. Nicolson, probably in 

 error.] 



C. DISTICHA, Huds. Wet meadow north of the Wick River, i|- 

 miles from Wick, J. Grant, sp. 



C. ARENARIA, L. Near Sinclair Castle, Dr. Ward, sp. ; peaty ditch 

 at Reay, plants 2 ft. high, Linton, sp. 



C. TERETIUSCULA, Good. R. Brown, I.e. 329. No locality is given 

 but the record is probably correct as it occurs in W. Sutherland 

 (Miller, sp.} and Outer Hebrides (Shoolbred !). 



C. GOODENOWII x AQUATiLis. 2 Wick River, Marshall, sp. "Just 

 about intermediate, the parents occur here in company." 



C. GOODENOWII, var. JUNCELLA, Fr. Myrelundhorn, Wick, D. 

 Lillie, sp. ; meadow near Wick River, E. S. Marshall, sp. 



C. AQUATILIS x KATTEGATENSIS ( x GRANTII, Ar. Hen?!.}. 1 - -This 

 plant is probably nearest to C. halophila, F. Nyl. " Sp. Fl. 

 Fenn." 2, 22, 1844, which Almquist 2 refers to C. aquatilis x 

 salina x cuspidata, but that has the spikes paler, larger, and the 

 lower part attenuated, with longer peduncles, and has the habit 

 of aquatilis, while x Grantii has that of salina. 



C. KATTEGATENSIS, Fr. In July 1897 Mr. Grant and his sister, 

 Miss Grant, kindly made a collection of specimens (under 22 

 numbers) from various points on the Wick River, from its first 

 appearance to its highest point in the river. These showed 

 how greatly it varies, so much so that I find it impossible to 

 correlate all these forms with continental examples. 



In the paper on the station (noted below 3 ) of this species 

 I ought to have written a short introductory note, as the paper 

 was given to me by Mr. Grant some years ago, probably 



1 See "Journal of Botany," 273, 1901. 



' In Hjelt's " Fl. Fenn." 285, 1895. 



3 See " Ann. Scot. Nat. Hist." p. 179-181, 1904. 



