No. XLVII. JULY 1882. 



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Edited by F. BUCHANAN WHITE, M.D., F.L.S. 



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CONTENTS. 



Page 



Charles Robert Darwin, ........ 289 



Zoology— 



The Lepidoptera of Orkney, Shetland, and the Outer Hebrides, — 



Editor, ■ 289 



Phytology— 



Notes on the Genus Usnea, with Descriptions of New Species. — J. 



Stirtox, M.D., F.L.S., • 292 



The Gaelic Names of Plants {continued), — J. Cameron, . . . 297 

 On the Distribution of the Native Alpine Flora in Scotland, — Edward 



Moir, 306 



A New List of the Flowering Plants and Ferns of Orkney, — W. Irvine 



Fortescue. 318 



Preliminary List of the Flowering Plants and Ferns of Perthshire 



[continued), — Editor, ......... 326 



The Flora of Arbroath and its Neighbourhood 336 



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