The Scottish Naturalist. 375 



PRIMULACE^E. 

 cl. Primula L. 



269. Vulgaris Huds., B. Common. 



270. Officinalis L., B. Sparingly at links of Aikerness, Evie. 



Dr H. H Johnston found a few plants some distance 

 down the cliffs between Hoy Head and the Kame. 

 The only stations. 



b. intermedia. " Sparingly, with P. veris, at Links of 

 Aikerness," D. and H., but named by them 

 " elatior." 



271. Scotica Hook., B. Westray, Rousay, Sanday, Stromness. 



Houton, Walls, D. and H., Shapinshay, Stones of 

 Stennes. Not native in North Ronaldshay, but intro- 

 duced by Dr Traill. 



b. acaulis. B. Standing Stones of Stennes. This be- 

 comes the true form when planted in better soil. 



( To be continued. ) 



THE FLORA OF THE SOUTH-WEST OF SCOTLAND. 1 



IT is with much pleasure that we have read Mr M 'Andrew's 

 list of the flowering-plants of a very interesting part of 

 Scotland. On a former occasion we had satisfaction in noticing 

 that the Society which publishes the list was doing good work 

 in cataloguing the fauna and flora of its special district, and, 

 apart from its own merits, we hail the present list as additional 

 evidence of the good work that the Society is doing. But we 

 trust that this is only a precursor of a more extensive flora of 

 the district, for which the list now before us may pave the way, 

 and with this expectation we are tempted to criticise, perhaps 

 more severely than we would otherwise have done, Mr M 'An- 

 drew's catalogue. It is but fair, however, to notice that the 

 author says expressly that the list is given for the purpose " of 

 having its deficiencies corrected," and at the same time states 

 that he has not been able to " personally verify the existence 

 and localities of each species given in the list." He, moreover, 



1 A List of the Flowering Plants of Dumfriesshire and Kirkcudbrightshire, 

 compiled for the Dumfriesshire and Galloway Natural History and Anti- 

 quarian Society. By James M 'Andrew. 1882. 



