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nivalis, Fr. S. intermedia, Fenzl, in " Rup. Fl. Samojed. cisural," 

 p. 25, 1845, is closely allied to this and to nivalis. 



Fries, in his "Nov. Fl. Suec." ('Mant.,' part 3, p. 31, 1842), 

 makes ccespitosa the type of nivalis, and has a var. /3 laxa. Lange, 

 in "Consp. Fl. Groenl.," p. 22, 1880, gives the points of difference 

 between nivalis and ctzspitosa very fairly ; and if not considered a 

 sub-species of nivalis, it may be looked on as a variety. 



It is recorded in many of the Arctic expeditions, but it is need- 

 less to give references until it is settled as a Scottish species. 



There is another plant to which Mr. P. Ewing refers in a letter 

 to Mr. Waller (26th August, 1886) as follows: "I remember the 

 plant quite well. I always maintained it was nivalis, but it was said 

 to be procumbens saxatilis, and even a man of good hill experience 

 said it was Alsine rubella^ All this was caused by its being found 

 on ground that had been under water all winter, about 2100 feet up 

 on Meal nan Tarmachan, near Killin." I have a small specimen 

 " collected on ground where water had lain all winter, in Cam 

 Chreag, near Killin, i5th September, 1886," by P. Ewing. "This," 

 Professor J. Lange said, " I suspect to be a very young specimen of 

 Sagina nivalis, Lindbl." And to the best of my belief Professor Lange 

 was right. 2 Most of my specimens of S. nivalis are tufted as in the 

 " Eng. Bot." figure ; but some gathered by Mr. J. Cosmo Melvill on 

 Ben Lawers, 28th July, 1891, are much more diffuse. See Mr. 

 Watson's remarks in "Journal of Botany," 1863, p. 355, and 

 Professor Babington's in same, 1864, p. 340. ARTHUR BENNETT. 



The Records of Peueedanum palustre, Moench., for Scotland. 



Looking through Winch's herbarium at the Linnasan Society's rooms 

 some weeks ago, I found a specimen from Withering's herbarium 

 from the Lake Lancashire 3 station given in the " Botanist's Guide," 

 p. 367, 1805. This caused me to look up all the recorded stations 

 in England and Scotland. 



In Scotland we find in Hooker's " Fl. Scotica," part i, p. 88, 

 1821, the plant recorded under the name of Sclinitm palustre ; 

 from a " Ditch at Ardencaple wood (Dumbarton)." This was from 

 Hopkirk's "Flora Glottiana," 1813. It is also recorded from 

 Edinburgh from a " Marsh near Colinton " in " A Catalogue of the 

 Indigenous Phanerogamic Plants growing in the Neighbourhood of 

 Edinburgh," 1824, by James Woodforde. Hooker and Arnott in 

 the "British Flora," ed. 8, p. 181, 1860, say, "Ardencaple on the 

 Clyde." Hennedy in the "Clydesdale Flora," p. 75, 1878, remarks, 

 " This I have not seen." 



1 It is well known that the original specimens of S. nivalis gathered in 

 Scotland were mixed with, and taken for A. rubella, and I have specimens so 

 mixed under a label of 6". nivalis. 



2 So recorded in " Flora Perth," p. 86, 1898. 



3 " Naturalist," p. 267, 1901. 



