182 ANNALS OF SCOTTISH NATURAL HISTORY 



but this latter is, I think, solely an alpine plant with us. /. 

 capitata, Hook. Two localities, 1880. /. bicrenata, Schmid. 

 From three localities, and from one in Shetland. Although 



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recorded from few places in Scotland, I expect that this 

 species will be found to occur in most counties. The small 

 size of the plant has probably led to its being overlooked ; 

 but it is easily known by the reddish brown colour of the 

 nearly erect, rather acutely-lobed leaves, and the upper half 

 of perianth deeply plicate, with the apex hyaline. The 

 usual locality for it is on a dry thin layer of soil among rocks 

 or stones. /. alpestris, Schleich. Lochnagar, 1876. /. 

 bantriensis, Hook.- -The typical plant from Balham bog, 

 Kincardine, 1875. 



Marsupella aquatica (Lindenb.) Schiffn. Lochnagar and 

 Mavisgrind, Shetland. This has usually been described as 

 a variety of M. emarginata, but Schiffner, Stephani, and 

 others consider it a good species. It is the Nardia robusta 

 of Lindberg, and is a frequent plant in subalpine districts of 

 Scotland. Principally distinguished from M. einarginata by 

 its generally larger size, often elongate when in streams, 

 leaves widely patent, almost circular when flattened out, 

 instead of quadrate-rotund, very shortly emarginate with the 

 lobes rotundate. 



Acolea obtusa (Lindb.). Mount Shade and Slack of 

 Birnie, Kincardine ; Peter's Hill near Birse, rocks above 

 Powlair, and Lochnagar, Aberdeen. A. concinnata (Lightf.). 

 -This more alpine species is represented by specimens from 

 Mount Shade, a hill of low elevation (1662 ft.) for the plant ; 

 also from Lochnagar. 



Saccogyna viticulosa (Mich.). There are a few stems of 

 this species from Den of Lathers, 1868. It is a very rare 

 plant towards the east coast, though common on the west 

 side of the country. 



ZOOLOGICAL NOTES. 



Harp Seal in the Tay. The note on this species in the last 

 number of the "Annals" (p. 117) leads me to remark that the 

 Harp Seal (Phoca grxnlandica] has been observed on more than 

 one occasion in the Tay. A handsome male of about five years 



