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4. Mr. M. D. Nicolson, Wick. London Catalogue, ed. 7, 



checked for plants seen in Caithness, with additions 

 on faith of specimens in the herbarium of the late 

 Robert Dick (No. 160). 



5. Hierochloc borcalis, R. et S. in Scotland. 



Arthur Bennett, "Ann. Scot. Nat. Hist.," 230-5, 

 1899; "Journal of Botany," 328, 1899; J. Britten, 

 "Journal of Botany," 488, 1899. 



6. Rev. E. S. Marshall, "Journal of Botany," 266-275, 



1901. 



7. Mr. G. C. Druce, "Ann. Scot. Nat. Hist," 168-173, 



1904. 



8. Mr. J. Grant, "Ann. Scot Nat. Hist," 179, 1904. 



I am indebted for information, specimens, etc., respecting 

 the Flora, to Miss Alice Geldart, Miss Grant, Mr. Nicolson 

 of Wick (whose daughter, Miss J. Nicolson, kindly copied 

 her father's catalogue), Rev. E. S. Marshall, Dr. Shoolbred, 

 Mr. R. Lindsay, Rev. D. Lillie, Mr. G. C. Druce, Mr. D. 

 Doull, Mr. A. Sutherland, Mr. J. Anderson. 



THALICTRUM MAJUS, Crantz. At Reay (besides the two forms of 

 T. diinense, Dum.) there occurs rarely a plant that seems refer- 

 able to the above species. Cultivated specimens from Mr. F. 

 J. Hanbury's garden have become more like the plant of 

 Crantz than the wild ones. In its long pedicels, large leaves 

 without (or almost) any glands, it seems distinct. 



T. FLAVUM, L. Mr. Nicolson retains this in his " Catalogue of 

 Caithness Plants" (1904). Mr. H. C. Watson in his " Geogr. 

 Distrib. of Brit. Plants," 1843, p. 49, remarks, " Sandside, 

 Caithness, Mr. Torrie in Watson's ' Outlines.' It is exceed- 

 ingly likely that T. minus was the species seen by Mr. Torrie 

 in this latter locality, as it certainly grows there." In "Top. 

 Bot.," he says, " 109, Caithness, a misnomer of T. maritimum" 

 4, 1883. 



Yet T. flavum occurs in Sweden up to Nordland, in 

 Lapland, N. and S. Norway (Finmark up to 70 3', extremum 

 terminium polareum specei hcetenus cognitum a ), Finland up to 



6 7 3'- 2 



It certainly occurs but sparsely in Scotland (native up to 



1 Norman, " Norges Arkt. Flora," 35, 1895. 



2 Wainio, "La. Fl. Lap. Finland," 60, 1891. 



