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plant intermediate between V. tricolor and V. arvensis (with sub- 

 species zerma/fcnsis, vallombrosana, and subarvensis), and V. lutea, 

 Huds., var. grandiflora (L. Vill.). 



Scottish Euphrasiae. Mr. F. Townsend in his monograph 

 ("Journ. Lot.," October) gives descriptions of the "species "and 

 varieties known to him from the British Islands, with their dis- 

 tribution. The records for Scotland are as follows (the Watsonian 

 numbers are added to the names of the districts, which alone are 

 given in the " Journal ") : 



Euplirasia borealis, Wettst. 92, Aberdeen ; 96, E. Ness; 98, 

 Argyll; 108, W. Sutherland; 109, Caithness; 112, Shetland. 



E. brevipila, Burnat and Gremli. 87, West Perth; 88, Mid 

 Perth; 92, S. Aberdeen; 98, Argyll; 105, W. Ross; 108, W. 

 Sutherland; 109, Caithness. 



E. nemorosa, H. de Mart. 92, S. Aberdeen; 112, Shetland. 



E. curta, Fries. "Perth, Tumbling Bay (J. Britten, comm.)"; 

 92, S. Aberdeen; 97, W. Ness; 108, W. Sutherland; 109 (?), 

 Caithness, a peculiar form. 



E. occidentalism Wettst. 97, W. Ness; 108, W. Sutherland. 



E. latifolia, Pursh. 108, W. Sutherland, discovered in three 

 localities on north coast, in July 1897, by Rev. E. S. Marshall. In 

 one of the localities Bettyhill it occurs under the form grandiflora^ 

 Wettst. 



E. foulaensis, Towns. 112, Shetland. Specimens gathered by 

 Rev. E. S. Marshall in W. Sutherland and Caithness have been 

 referred by Professor Wettstein to fou/ae nsis. 



E. gracilis, Fries. 88, Mid Perth ; 92, S. Aberdeen ; 96, E. 

 Ness; 97, W. Ness; 98, Argyll; 105, W. Ross; i o 8, W. Suther- 

 land ; 109, Caithness ; 1 1 2, Shetland. 



Var. Fries ii, Sanio. 92, S. Aberdeen, in Braemar. 

 Var. primaria, Fries. 105, W. Ross, at Kinlochewe. 



E. scottica, Wettst. ( = E. paludosa, Towns., non R. Br.). 92, 

 S. Aberdeen; 96, E. Ness; 97, W. Ness; 105, W. Ross; 108, W. 

 Sutherland; 112, Shetland. 



E. Rostkoviana, Hayne. 98, Argyll; Ross (Howie Hill, Walford, 

 1891, A. Ley); 109, Caithness. 



" HYBRIDS " found in Scotland are E. Rostkoviana x brevipila 

 (E. notata, Towns.), E. gracilis x brevipila (E. diffor mis, Towns.), 

 E. occidentalis x brevipila (E. pratiuscula, Towns.), E. brevipila x 

 scotica (E. venusta. Towns.), E. scotica x gracilis (E. electa, Towns.) 



Under "Addenda," on p. 475, is mentioned E. cnrta, var. 

 glabrescens, Wettst., n. var., from shell sand at Tain in E. Ross. 



The Set of British Hieracia issued by the Messrs. Linton has 

 reached its third fascicle. It contains examples of numerous forms 

 not yet detected beyond the British Isles, and it records the localities, 

 many of them in Scotland, in which each has been found. 



