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with your plant. Hence I consider your plant deserves a 

 name as a separate form." 



N. Abundant on the rocky and ferny banks of the Eela 

 Water burn down to its mouth in Hamar Voe, and on banks 

 about the shores of the same voe (Nos. 1 105, 1 106, 1 153, 1 154). 



H. rigidum, Hartm., var. Friesii, Dahlst. (f.). N. Banks of the 

 Gluss Burn, near Ollaberry, abundant (Nos. 1040, 1104). Mr. 

 Linton regards this as best kept here, although not fully 

 agreeing with the variety named. 



H. strictum, Fries, var. humilius, Beeby, var. nov. About one-third 

 shorter than the type ; leaves rather narrower, closer, and 

 shorter, decreasing more rapidly upwards, lower ones more 

 attenuated at the base, veins beneath a little darker and more 

 defined. Heads sub-truncate, with fewer hairs and glands ; 

 ligule-tips glabrous or nearly so. N. Gelli Gill, near Hillswick 

 (No. 1156.); Sandsting, Holm in Hamari Water (No. 1633). 



H. auratum, Fries, var. thulense, F. J. Hanb. N. Abundant among 

 rocks in many places on the north side of Roeness Voe, 

 sparingly on the south side. Rocks a mile north of Mavis- 

 grind. 



H. crocatum, Fries, var. vinaceum, Beeby, var. nov. Leaves less 

 parallel-sided than in the type, narrow, much tapering to each 

 end except the upper ones, more hairy beneath. Stems of a 

 striking red-violet colour, which is fully maintained in culti- 

 vation. Stem hairy below, styles livid. N. In many places on 

 the north side of Roeness Voe (Nos. 1087, 1089, etc.). Mr. 

 Linton regards this as a slight variety, Dr. Elfstrand a distinct 

 variety. 



Var. congestum, Beeby, var. nov. A dwarf form 12-15 inches high, 

 with leaves, broad, short, sub-parallel-sided, much aggregated in 

 the lower part of the stem, which is of a dull-greenish or some- 

 times somewhat reddish colour, and is sub-glabrous below. In 

 cultivation the plant becomes 1 8 inches high, while the leaves 

 become even broader in proportion to their length, and the 

 reddish tint of the stem is nearly or entirely lost. " A distinct 

 variety " Dr. Elfstrand. N. Among fine pasture below the 

 hills north of Burga Taing, North Roe (Nos. 1085, 1086). 

 Sandsting, Holm in Burga Water (No. 1634). The description 

 is made from the North Roe plant ; the other is not perhaps 

 quite identical. 



EXCLUDENDA 



H. maculatum. Edmondston's record (1839) may have been a boyish 

 guess at a name for H. protractum, which is the only spotted- 

 leaved plant known to occur. 



