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to Gefleborgs Ian (62 N. lat.) (but is wanting from all Nord- 

 land), and also in N. and S. Norway, and in Finland to Kola 

 in about 69 N. lat. 



MALVA MOSCHATA, L. This occurs sporadically in E. and W. 

 Sutherland, but see Trail, "Ann. Scot. Nat. Hist.," 103, 1898, 

 as to the status of the order in Scotland as a whole. 



CYTISUS SCOPARIUS, Link. Near Thurso on the road to Reay, W. 

 F. Miller. 



ANTHYLLIS VULNERARIA, L. (var. rubriflora, Koch A. Dillenii, 

 Schultz ?). Holborn Head, Druce. The Caithness plant seems 

 better placed under var. polyphylla, DC, or var. ochro/euca, Fr. 



VICIA SEPIUM, L. John o' Groats, Miss Geldart. Reay Bay, bank 

 above Wick River, Dr. Shoolbred. 



V. CRACCA, Z.,/ hutnilis, Neumann ("Bot. Not." 16, 1887). Top 

 of cliffs by the sea, Freswick Head, J. Grant, a very condensed 

 form, "6-10 cm. long." 



V. OROBUS, DC.! Mr. Nicolson's Cat., 1904. It certainly grows 

 in Westerness, Co. 97, Macvicar, sf>. Dr. Roy was shown it 

 when in Sutherland, gathered in W. Sutherland by a lady 

 ("Scot. Nat." 333, 1886). A species of limited distribution 

 in Europe, wanting in the whole of Sweden. In addition to 

 the counties in "Top. Bot." ed. 2, I have records from three 

 English and eight Scottish counties. It does not seem to 

 ascend to any high altitude, 700 ft., " Fl. Perth," 800 ft. " Fl. 

 Dumfries," 1310 ft. in Hereford. "On Baikavel in Rum," 

 Lightfoot, this is 1924 ft. high, but the altitude at which it 

 occurred is not given. 



SPIR^A FILIPENDULA, L. Holman Head, J. Grant, has been 

 doubted, I see, but it occurs in Lapland and S. Norway, in 

 Finland at Aboe, and in the Aland Isles, and is one of those 

 dry ground plants so difficult to grow if transplanted. 



RUBUS SAXATILIS, L. Dr. Trail, "Ann. Scot. Nat. Hist.," 46, 1903, 

 gives this only on the authority of R. Brown's Cat. in " Top. 

 Bot." I have specimens from Resgill Burn (J. Grant) and 

 Dick found it at Dirlot. It also occurs at Altnabrae on the 

 Thurso River. 



ROSA MICRANTHA, Sin. On the Thurso River, R. Dick. 



ALCHEMILLA ARVENSIS, Lam. Yarehouse, cornfields at Wick, J. 

 Grant, sp. 



A. ALPINA, L. At 1000 ft. on Morven, also on the summit, R. 

 Dick. 



A. VULGARIS, L. var. ALPESTRIS (Schmidt.}. Wick River, Thurso 

 River, together with the type. A. PRATENSIS, Schmidt. 



