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Argyle and Clyde Isles), but Mr. Watt tells me it is doubtfully 

 native in Dumbarton. 



RANUNCULUS TRICHOPHYLLUS, C/iaix., three miles from Wick in 

 old quarries, J. Grant. 



R. LINGUA, L. Between Thurso and Reay, Mr. R. Lindsay, ex. 

 Druce, I.e. 



This has been reported from the Orkneys, and certainly 

 occurs in E. Ross (Marshall, sp.}. It is reported from W. 

 Ross (R. M'Kay) and Davidson; "Scot. Nat.," 74, 1873. 

 It is not a species of the extreme north, but extends up to 66 

 N. lat. 



R. FLAMMULA, Z., / MINIMA, mthi.--ln 1894 Dr. Shoolbrecl 

 gathered in the Outer Hebrides a small (ii to 4 inches high) 

 form of this species, with the internodes very short, the 

 lamina of the leaves much shorter in proportion to the stalk, 

 the flowers small, and the achenes more strongly granulated 

 with their margins more prominent. In 1897 the Rev. E. S. 

 Marshall gathered on " grassy ground, top of Holborn Head," 

 a somewhat similar plant, but less marked, especially the 

 achenes. In 1903 Mr. W. Phillips sent from " Cliffs at Kiltree, 

 Co. Clare, Ireland," a like form ; and although the achenes are 

 not ripe, they show that they would closely approach those 

 of the Hebridian form. Mr. Phillips remarks " It is certainly 

 a very distinct looking plant when growing, with its glaucous 

 leaves, its almost prostrate habit, and stiff or rigid appearance. 

 It is very abundant, almost replacing the grass in some parts 

 near Kiltree." Contrasted with specimens of the type growing 

 among Carex kattegatensis on the Wick river, the difference is 

 very great. The achenes did not vegetate with me, as I had hoped 

 they would, to have seen if the form would retain its character. 

 Dr. Shoolbred remarks, " When I first saw it amongst the 

 turf it looked most peculiar, and I hoped might be a n. sp., 

 but on tracing it further as I got to damper ground the 

 specimens became larger, though none, even in quite moist 

 ground, were like any ordinary form of Flammula" 26/10/1894. 



R. ACRIS, Z., var. RECTUS, Boreau, sub. var. PUMILUS, Rouy. and 

 Foucaud. Sandhills, Freswick Links, 1887, J. Grant, sp. 



TROLLIUS EUROP^EUS, Z. Watten, Mr. A. Sutherland, sp. 



ANEMONE NEMOROSA, Z. Caithness, Mr. Nicolson's Cat., 1904. 

 [A. Puhatilla is marked by Mr. Nicolson, no doubt inad- 

 vertently. It certainly grows in Sweden up to the province of 

 Nerike, but not in boreal Sweden.] 



fAcoNixuM NAPELLUS, Z. ''Top. Bot.'' ed. i. 2. 



