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Atrip/ex rosea, L. Leith Docks, several plants. 

 Spinachia oleracea, L. Craigmillar Quarry, one. 

 Polygonum lapathifoliuni, L. Leith Docks ; Craigmillar, etc. 

 P. cuspidatum, S. and Z. Inveresk ; Cramond ; Hopetoun. 



Rumex bucephalophorus, L. Leith Docks, one. Compared by 

 Professor Trail with specimens found by him at Aberdeen. 



Cannabis sativa, L. Leith Docks, two or three. 



Maianthemum Convallaria, Web. ( = Smiladna bifolia, Desf.). In 

 a wood in Linlithgowshire, 1903. This locality, we have been 

 informed, is the same as that mentioned in Balfour and Sadler's 

 " Flora of Edinburgh," though a long way from Binny Craig. 



Allium paradoxum, Don. Banks of Braid Burn at Dreghorn and 

 Comiston, common ; Colinton ; Arniston. 



Ornithogalum umbellatum, L. Dalmeny. 



Cornucopia cucullatum, L. Leith Docks, one plant. 



ON THE STATION FOR CAREX SAUNA, WAHL., 

 VAR. KATTEGATENSIS, FR., IN CAITHNESS. 



By J. GRANT. 



THE lower reaches of the Wick river are very shallow, and 

 are fringed on the north side by sandbanks. Carex salina 

 first occurs on the north bank of the river, in front of one 

 of the fields of Westerseat Farm, and almost opposite the 

 farm steading of Milton. This is about three-quarters of a 

 mile above the river-mouth. The banks of the river here 

 are quite flat, only about a foot above the ordinary level of 

 the water ; and when the river is at all flooded, the banks 

 are generally completely covered with water. On the occasion 

 of high tides, tangle and other sea-weeds are brought up 

 and cast on the banks. This shallow part of the river is 

 also a favourite resort of sea-gulls in stormy weather. The 

 river-edge is covered at this point with the minor form 

 of Carex flava, Ranunculus Flannnula, Senecio aquaticus, 

 TriglocJun maritiinuin, Carex vulgaris, Scirpus uniglumis, 

 Juncus acutiflorus, Glaux maritima, Blysmus rufus, Armeria 

 maritima, Cochlcaria officinal is, and Triglocliin palustre. In 

 the first bed the Carex grows partly on the bank, but 

 chiefly in from one to two inches of water. The bed is 



