138 The Scottish Naturalist. 



L. (P.) scopularis Nyl., on rocks at Portlethen, Kincardineshire. 



L. irrubata, var. Siebenhaariana (Krb.), on schistose rocks, summits of Ben 

 Lawers and Craig Cailliach. 



L. galactina, var. deminuta (Stenh.), on limestone, Craig Guie, Braemar. 



L. prosechoidiza Nyl., on maritime rocks, Portlethen, Kincardineshire. 



L. subdepressa Nyl., on maritime and mountainous rocks, probably not un- 

 common in the Grampians, but usually confounded with L. gibbosa. 



Perlusaria carneopallida Nyl., Glen Lochay, Perthshire. 



Schoenus ferrugineus L.. in Britain, byF. Buchanan White, M.D. 



{August.) Carex elongata L. in Scotland, and Calamagrostis 

 strigosa Hartm. in Britain, both by A. Bennett, F.L. S. 



{Ostober.) Two New British Plants, by H. N. Ridley, descrip- 

 tions, with plates of Schoenus ferrugineus from Loch Tummel, and Carex salina, 

 var. kallegalensis Fr., both previously recorded in the Scottish Naturalist. 

 Astragalus alpinus in Perthshire, by James Brebner, on a grassy 

 hillslope, on which also grew Oxylropis Halleri ; in the same article is re- 

 ported the discovery of Carex ustulata from near Loch Lyon. Pinguecula 

 alpina in Sutherlandshire, by E. S. Marshall. 



{November.) Botanical Notes of a Tour in Caithness and 

 Sutherland, July, 1885, by Rev. H. E. Fox, M.A., and Frederick J. 

 Hanbury, F.L.S., is a valuable addition to previous records of the floras of 

 the two counties. Astragalus alpinus in Forfarshire, by Arthur 

 Bennett, records specimens gathered by Greville in 1837, and by Sadler "on 

 Craig Maid" in 1872. 



(January). Notes on the British Characea^ for 1885, by Henry 

 and James Groves, includes the following Scotch records : Charafragilis Desv. 

 Sutherland, E., C. aspera Willd, Forfar (Rescobie Loch) ; Tolypella glo- 

 merata Leonh., Caithness (Wester Loch) ; Nitella translucens Ag. , Suther- 

 land E. (Lochinver.) Caithness Botany, by Anstruther Davidson, contains 

 remarks upon the paper by Messrs. Hanbury and Fox, in the J. B., 1885, P* 

 333., and adds, Carex Oederi, Scirpus pauciflorus, Drosera inter -Media, and 

 Carex fulva. 



{March.) Hieracia Notes, by E. F. Linton, records H. exi/nium as 

 ""fairly plentiful at 2700 2800 feet in Corrie Etachan, Aberdeen, south: 1 ' 

 H. nitidum " Clova, Forfar, 20th August, 1884"; H. gothicum, Skye ; H. 

 strictum, Glenshee, Perth, E. ; H. crocatum, Uig, Skye. Caithness 

 Botany, by Ar. Bennett, estimates the number of species and varieties for 

 the county as not under 600 ; and gives several new records, which are included 

 in Mr. Bennett's paper in the Scottish Naturalist, already published. 



(May). The Distribution of Potamogeton in Britain, by 



Mr. Bennett, sums up additions to records in Top. Bol. during the two past 

 years ; those relating to Scotland are included in Ar. Bennett's paper in the 

 Scot. Nat. quoted above. On Sparganium neglectum, by W. II. 

 Beeby, notes absence of S. neglectum from Scotland. Botany of Caith- 

 ness and Sutherland, by F. J. Hanbury, records Carex aquatilis var. 

 cuspidata Lrest. from Wick River, Hieracium no?-wegicum Fr., //. palliduii b. 

 Schmidlii Tausch, H. murorum b. crassiusculum Almq. and c. basifolium 



