i;o ANNALS OF SCOTTISH NATURAL HISTORY 



A. pratensis, Schmidt, "J. Bot." (1895), in. 



Spergula arvensis, L., var. sativa, Boenn., Syme, herb. ! 



Thymus eu-Serpyllum, Fr., Marshall, sp. 



Salsola Kali, L., Spence, sp. 



Orchis ericetorum Linton, "J. Bot." (1901), 272. 



Carex muricata, L., Spence, sp. 



C. rigida, Good, Fortescue in List. 



Bromus racemosus, L., Trail. 



Equisetum pratense, Ehrh., Spence, sp. 



Deerness, in the Mainland, 1907. An interesting addition to 

 the Orcadian Flora, not yet gathered in Shetland by Mr. Beeby ; 

 but occurs in Caithness ! and the Outer Hebrides !. Also in the 

 Faroes (Rostrup) and Iceland ! (Greenland). 



In Northern Europe it occurs throughout Finland and Russian 

 Lapland to 69 (Wainio). In arctic Norway to 71 7' (Th. Fries), 

 but does not seem to reach the extreme north in Russia proper. 



Since the publication of the " Comp. Cyb. Brit," 1869, wherein 

 the highest altitude for this species given is 1200 feet, it has been 

 found at 2500 feet (Ben Lawers, Macvicar, sp.\ 2700 feet in Mid 

 Perth (Marshall, "J. Bot." 1891, 118), and at 3100 feet in Mid 

 Perth (Macvicar). In Norway it is found at 2500 feet (Norman}. 



Goodyera repens, Brown. " One plant found on hilly ground near 

 Stromness. Do not think it an escape." Spence. 



The rinding of a single specimen cannot be considered as 

 admitting the plant as an Orcadian species. Still there is no reason 

 why it should not grow as far north, as it occurs throughout Sweden, 

 up to Lapland ; in North and South Norway ; and is distributed 

 through Finland, and Lapland, except the four northern provinces, 

 in which few stations are on record. It occurs in West Ross, East 

 and West Sutherland, but is not on record for Caithness or the 

 Outer Hebrides. [In Scotland, so far as I have seen, it is almost 

 absolutely restricted to woods of conifers ; hence its occurrence in 

 Orkney is unexpected. J. W. H. T.] 



Archangelica officinalis, Hoffm. " In considerable numbers growing 

 on the roadside in the village of Pierowall, VVestray." Spence, sp. 



In the Faroes this species is not only found in the cultivated 

 parts, but in large masses, and very fine in the talus of the Bird- 

 cliffs, and also grown in small gardens (Kvan-yards) near the houses. 1 

 It also occurs in Iceland "here and there," where it is also cultivated. 

 It is said to be abundant in the northern parts of that island. 2 



1 Ostenfeld, "The Land-Vegetation of the Faroes," 1908, p. 1004. 



2 Babington, 'Revision Fl. Iceland,' "Lin. Soc. Journ." xi., 1871, 30. 



