126 ANNALS OF SCOTTISH NATURAL HISTORY 



BOTANICAL NOTES AND NEWS. 



First Records of Flowering- Plants in Scotland. In Mr. W. 



A. Clarke's enumeration of " First Records" ("Journ. Bot.," Feb.) 

 are the following from Scotland : 



Luzula arcuata, Wahlb., 1824. "Summits of Cairngorm and 

 others of the Grampian Mountains. Professor Hooker."- Sm., 

 "Eng. Fl.," ii. 183. 



L. spicata, DC., 1787. "On the very summit of Ben Lomond. 

 Dr. J. E. Smith."- -With., "Bot. Arr.," ii. 365. 



Sparganium affine, Schinzl., 1851. ''In lakes, Island of North 

 Uist, and Galloway, Scotland." Bab., "Man.," ed. 3, 338. 



Potamogeton Zizii,Koch, 1879. "Found in Cauldshields Loch, 

 near Melrose, N.B., by Mr. A. Brotherston."--'- Bot. Exch. Club 

 Rep.," 1878, 19 (1879), an d "Journ. Bot.," 1879, 2 5 2 - 



P. Sturrockii, Ar. Benn. (in "Scot. Nat.," 1883, p. 27), 1883.- 

 " Marlee Loch, Perthshire. Discovered by Abram Sturrock." 



P. filiformis, Pers., 1843. "Lakes in Forfarshire."- -Bab., 

 "Man.," ed. i, 326. 



Zannichellia polycarpa, Nolte, 1875. " Kirbister Loch, Orphir, 

 Orkney, July 1874. William Fortescue."--" Bot. Exch. Club Rep.," 

 1872-74, p. 41, and "Journ. Bot.," 1875, 376. First found there 

 by Syme in 1849. 



Scotch Hieraeia in Fielding 1 Herbarium at Oxford : 



A specimen labelled " Hieracium caesium" collected by J. Back- 

 house from Glen Fiadh, Clova, Forfar, in Fielding Herbarium at 

 Oxford, is H. rivale, F. J. H. 



" If. nigrescent" from Cairntoul, South Aberdeen (J. Backhouse), 

 is H. currafum, Elfst. 



" Jf. anglicum" from Ben Lawers (Professor Lawson), is H. 

 cerinthiforme, Backh. 



" H. murorum, var. rotundatum" from Canlochan in Forfarshire 

 (J. Backhouse), is H. murorum, var. variicolor, Dahlst. 



" H. anglicum " and " H. irieum" collected by Professor Lawson 

 in Skye, are correctly named. Mr. Hanbury has named the above. 

 -G. C. DRUCE. 



Set of British Saliees, Fasc. iii. (Nos. 51-75), issued by Rev. 

 Ed. F. Linton and Rev. W. R. Linton. This fascicle is not inferior 

 in interest, or in excellence of the specimens, to the earlier two, and 

 the accompanying notes add much to its value, indicating clearly 

 the views of the able specialists by whom it is issued. Most of the 

 examples in it are of Scotch origin, though a number of them have 

 been cultivated for some time in England, chiefly by E. F. Linton 

 at Bournemouth. The latter are distinguished below by an asterisk, 

 the locality given for each being the original source of the plant. 



