230 ANNALS OF SCOTTISH NATURAL HISTORY 



In the course of ninety minutes we saw many calls made, 

 and went away in the hope that good results would follow. 

 Unfortunately, before this observation, we had picked as 

 many as six or eight of the flowers for the use of a botanical 

 friend living in a district unblessed by the presence of the 

 northern trailer. 



Our last visit was made on the 2nd of September, and 

 there are now five plants with perfect fruits and one at least 

 with a single seed. 



This seems pretty conclusive proof, which another year 

 will, we trust, corroborate, that the depth of the wood with 

 its bed of vegetable mould, though a suitable home for the 

 Linnsea, is not a favourable place for the important work of 

 reproduction. 



It may be possible to prove this by experiment, though 

 the attempts at cultivation that have been hitherto made 

 have not as a rule produced even flowering plants, yet, 

 doubtless, with care and study of the natural environment 

 one may be able not only to obtain blooms, but also to 

 reach the perfection of fruit. 



REDISCOVERY OF CAREX DIVISA, HUBS., 

 IN FORFARSHIRE. 



By WILLIAM BARCLAY. 



ABOUT the middle of August Mr. Menzies, a fellow-member 

 of the Perthshire Society of Natural Science, and an 

 enthusiastic botanist, brought me some specimens of a Carex 

 which he had gathered a few days previously in a marsh 

 near Montrose, and which he was unable to identify. As 

 I also could not satisfy myself as to the species, I sent the 

 specimens to Mr. Arthur Bennett, Croydon, who very kindly 

 examined them, and sent me the following report : 



' I can make nothing else of the specimens than Carex 

 divisa, Huds., a very interesting re -find after many years 

 have passed. I have jotted down a few notes from Hooker, 

 Watson, and Hooker and Arnott. 



