no The Scottish Naturalist. 



" There's Rue for you, and here's some for me. We may call 



it Herb of Grace on Sundays." 

 Sain-foin (Hedysarum), French, meaning literally "wholesome 



hay," because cultivated in France for fodder. 

 Spindle-tree {Euonymus Europceus), from its fine hard-grained 



wood being used for spindles and skewers. 

 Spurge, Latin, expurgare, to purge away, through the French 



espurge (same root as purge) ; so called from its corroding, 



and so cleansing away warts. 

 Towel-gourd (Luffa JErgyptiaca), because the fibrous inner-layer of 



the pericarp is used in the East for bath-sponges. 



( To be continued. ) 



A NEW LIST OP THE FLOWERING PLANTS AND FERNS OF 



ORKNEY. 



Edited by W. IRVINE FORTESCUE. 



( Continued from page 74. ) 



AlRA L. 



417. caespitosa L., B. Common. 



418. flexuosa L., B. Common on heaths. 



419. caryophyllea L., B. Common. Partial to poor soil under 



cultivation. 



420. praecox L., B. Common. 



Avena L. 



421. flavescens L. "Fields/ Not common in sandy spots," H. 



422. pubescens L. Near Manse of Hoy and Scapa, B. Gills of 



Scapa. D. Gillies. 



423. pratensis L. D. Macnab. Doubtful. 



424. strigosa Schreb. Introduced, B. 



425. fatua, L. Introduced, B. 



426. elatior L., B. Common. 



Holcus L. 



427. mollis L. "Common." D. & H.'s list. No authority 



given ; probably a mistake. 



428. lanatus L., B. Common. 



Triodia Br. 



429. decumbens Beauv., B. Common. 



Molinia Schrank. 



430. aerulea Mcench., B. Rather local, but not uncommon. 



Catabrosa Beauv. 



431. aquatica Beauv. Loch of Aikerness, Evie, and stream near 



Sandwick Manse, D. 



