248 ANNALS OF SCOTTISH NATURAL HISTORY 



was named by Herr Murbeck on a specimen in my herbarium, 

 and was duly recorded in the "Journal of Botany," p. 79 (1888). 



Cusctita Epilinum. Mr. Lloyd sent the note of this plant to Mr. 

 Watson as " C. enropcea" 



Statice limonium, sub-sp. Rariflora (Why capital R ?). Under what 

 name was it really called (in 1736), other than Limonium, by Dr. 

 Graham ? How could he name this rariflora at that date, 

 when the first notice of it under that name was in May 1843, 

 by Mr. Henfrey in the " Phytologist," p. 561. 



Atripkx rosea, L., is applied to A. arenaria, Woods. One would 

 have expected the author to have known that the Linnean name 

 as applied to our plant was exploded years ago. 



Under Rumex we have the curious arrangement of R. obtusifolius, 

 L., then four other species, and after these " R. Friesii, Bab." 

 (which is the usual obtusifolius}. Babington does not call it a 

 species ; the authorities for the specific name are Grenier 

 and Godron. 



Oxyria. The author has a note on this as to " record making." 

 He says it was "published as new in 1888." This is a per- 

 version of the truth. It was published as " not recorded in 

 ' Top. Bot: ed. 2, 1883," in 1889. Probably Mr. Watson knew 

 of the records, but, not having seen specimens, distrusted them. 



Euphorbia portlandica. I can supply the locality for this, viz. 

 " Tarbert, J. M'Andrew " ! 



Sparganium affine. Wigtown, Druce, ex. Newbould. Kirkcudbright, 

 M'Andrew, sp. ! 



Under Potamogeton natans and polygonifolius the places of growth 

 are transposed, unless they are different in Dumfries from every- 

 where else. 



P. lanceolatus, Sm. One would have supposed that all British local 

 botanists knew by this time that all Scotch records under this 

 name are probably P. nitens> Weber ; and yet we have the old 

 name " hashed up " again, and no confirmation of the name as 

 to what it may have been. 



P. Zizii. Mr. P. Gray is credited with P. Zizii in 1850 ; and yet 

 the plant was not reported in Great Britain until 1879. Such 

 a record is absolutely false, and makes one wish Mr. Watson 

 was with us to deal with it. I have seen Zizii from several 

 localities in Scotland labelled as " P. rufescens ? " by Professor 

 J. H. Balfour, by Dr. Greville, and by others. 



What is the Dumfries plant recorded as "Scirpus riparius, Sprengel"? 

 Usually this is considered as an Australian plant ; but perhaps 

 it is I who am behind the times here. 



