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Oxytropis uralensis, DC. Upon Carn-Dearg, one of ,'the lower 

 heads of Ben Sguilert, a high mountain in Glen Creran in Upper 

 Lorn . . . found there by Mr. Stewart. It has also been discovered at 

 the Bay of Farr, on the eastern coast, and in a rocky soil at Cromarty, 

 by Mr. Robertson. See "Scotch Magazine" for July 1768, with a 

 figure of it. 



0. campestris, DC., 1813. Discovered by Mr. J. Don, in the 

 summer of 1812, on a high rock, at the head of Clova. 



Rubus nessensis. W. Hall, in "Trans. Roy. Soc. Edin.," iii. 21 

 (1794). R. suberectus, Anders. (1813). "I found (it) in the High- 

 lands in 1787, on the banks of Loch Ness."--W. HALL, /. c. 20. 



Potentilla Sibbaldi, Halkr, f. 1684. Transmissa fuit ad Hort'um 

 Medicum a regione J\rnensi, ubi in sylvis sponte provenit." Sibbald, 

 in "Scotia Illustr.," ii. 25. 



Alchemilla argeptea, Don., ex W. C. Trevelyan, " Veg. Faroe 

 Islands," 10 (1837). A. conjuncta, Bab. (1842). "I am informed 

 by Mr. D. Don that the same plant was gathered by his father in 

 the Island of Skye, and that he considered it a good species, 

 naming it A. argentea" W. C. T., I. c. 



Rosa involuta, S/n., 1804. " In insulis occidentalibus Scotise," 

 D. Walker and D. J. Mackay Smith, " Fl. Brit.," iii. 1398. R. mollis, 

 Sm. " In the way from Edinburgh to Ravelston Wood," Smith, /. c. 



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British Rubi. The difficulties of all who desire to become 

 thoroughly acquainted with the flora of their own districts will be 

 greatly lightened, as regards the genus Rubus, by the labours of a 

 band of clergymen, who, though English, have done much to 

 extend our knowledge of the distribution of plants in Scotland. 

 Messrs. E. F. Linton, W. R. Linton, R. P. Murray, and W. Moyle 

 Rogers are now issuing a "Set of British Rubi," of which the first 

 fascicle (twenty-five forms) has been issued. It is anticipated that 

 there will be three more fascicles, the whole number of forms amount- 

 ing to about a hundred. Mr. Roger's Synopsis, at present in course 

 of publication in the " Journal of Botany," is the result of the labours 

 of himself and his colleagues, after careful comparison of the British 

 forms with those of the Continent of Europe, aided by the advice 

 of such specialists as Professor Babington and Dr. Focke. Much 

 progress has been made in clearing away doubts and errors in 

 nomenclature, and in gaining a better insight into the true relations 

 of the different forms; and this is embodied in the Synopsis, and 

 will be fully illustrated in the "Set," if one may judge by the excell- 

 ence of the examples in the first fascicle. The genus possesses great 

 attractions, increased by the very difficulty of the subject ; and it 

 may be recommended as a profitable study to all who wish to become 

 practically acquainted with the problem of the relations of species to 



