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V. Myrtillus L., f. microphylla Lge. A minute form on 

 Saxa Vord Hill. ; the stems buried in the earth, and the small 

 leaves looking much like those of Salix herbacea, near which it 

 .grows. 



Gentiana campestris L. Common ; forms with simple, 

 one-flowered stems at Baltasound. 



Gr. Amarella L., f. multicaulis Lge. U. Abundant on 

 the Burraflrth sands and adjacent banks below the cliffs. Differs 

 in having the flowers brownish-red externally, and pale greenish 

 yellow or cream-coloured internally ; corolla-lobes apparently 

 always erect, not spreading ; stem usually very much branched 

 below. 



Mimulus luteus L. Well naturalised by Clickhimmin 

 Loch, Lerwick. 



Rhinanthus minor Ehrh. Common ; small forms on the 

 peat, large forms on the cliffs north of Saxa Vord Hill. 



Thymus Serpyllum Fries, *var. prostrata Homem. 

 N. rocks and moors about Ronas Voe. Probably it is the com- 

 mon form ; and it may also be so in Scotland, whence I have no 

 specimens. t 



Myosotis caespitosa Schultz. Scarce. N. Wet places 

 on the moors between Ronas Voe and Hillswick. L. Clickhim- 

 min Loch. 



M. repens Don. Everywhere common in wet places ; doubt- 

 less the M. palustris Edmondston, as stated by Tate. 



M. arvensis Hoffm. Common. 31. collina sought in vain. 



+ M. versicolor Reich. Abundant in and about cultivated 

 .fields at the south-east corner of the Loch of Cliff, Unst. 



Armeria maritima Willd. *var. A small form is common 

 generally, and appeared to me to agree well, excepting the slight 

 pubescence, with A. sibirica Turcz., placed by Nyman as a 

 variety. Dr. Lange reports: "A. sibirica (?) var. scapo pubes- 

 cente." 



PlantagO lanceolata L. Common, and very variable. 

 The ordinary form about waysides, &c. ; * var. capitata Presl. 

 U. common about Burraflrth sands and the Loch of Cliff. N. 

 Cliffs near Ollaberry. This is the common form of rocks and 

 sandy places. * Var. eriophylla Dene. U. Burraflrth. N. Rocks 



t Since writing the above, Mr. Bennett tells me it occurs on the Torridon 

 range, W. Ross (leg. S. Grieve, 1S86). 



