234 ANNALS OF SCOTTISH NATURAL HISTORY 



TOPOGRAPHICAL NOTES ON HIERACIUM. 

 By the Rev. E. F. LINTON, M.A. 



IT is almost impossible as yet to make a perfect record of 

 the distribution of Hawkweeds in Scotland, since many 

 plants have changed their names since first reported, and 

 many records need confirming or revising. Prof. Trail's list 

 (p. 93, etc.) forms a good basis to work upon, being the 

 result of a careful collation of the three most recent works 

 on the (British) genus ; and it reflects some of the existing 

 confusion. 



H. nigrescens, Willd., for example, is given for "88, 92, 

 98, also recorded for 85, 89, 90, 94, 96, 97, 105, 108, but 

 often confounded with other allied forms." Of these 88 is 

 the only one published by W. R. Linton and A. and J. 

 Groves (Hanbury), and the only perfectly certain one. Dr. 

 Williams adds 98 on the strength of Rev. E. S. Marshall's 

 Ben Creachan specimens, entirely against Mr. Marshall's 

 judgment and Dr. Elfstrand's naming. This must go ; 92 

 I have not traced, but I have specimens which I think would 

 justify both 92 and 90 ; probably also 72 (a form). Of 

 the others, 94, 97, 108, may be regarded as transferred to 

 H. curvatiun, Elfstr., and the rest as sub nube for the present. 



In the following notes I keep to the same order as Prof. 

 Trail, viz. that of Rev. W. R. Linton's " British Hieracia." 



H. alpinwH, L. This in the restricted sense is known 

 certainly for 90, 92, 94, 97 ; confirmation is desirable for 

 other records. 



H. pseudonosmoideS) Dahlst. 104 may certainly be added, 

 recorded by W. R. Linton and myself under the name H. 

 buglossoides. This plant was first named by me on Braemar 

 specimens H. onosmoides, and confirmed by Dr. Lindeberg ; 

 then revised by me and confirmed by M. Arvet-Touvet as 

 H. buglossoides, Arv. Touv. ; finally run down to its present 

 name and confirmed by Am. Dahlstedt. 



H. buglossoides, Arv. Touv. 106, 107 are the only 

 records for this species ; most others referring to the pre- 

 ceding species. This plant, at first supposed to be a form 



