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Figures Svensk Botany, t. 773. 



Flora Danica, t. 62. 

 ffb. Exsic. Fries Herb. Normale, f. 7, n. 16. 

 Billot, 914, 3317. 

 Rchb., 1072. 

 Distribution Lapland, Finmark, Norway ! Sweden ! Spitzbergen ! 

 Nova Zemblia, Iceland ! Faroes and all Europe (sec 

 Nyman), except Turkey, Greece and Sicily ; Canada, 

 Alaska, Greenland ! Labrador ! Arctic Siberia, Kam- 

 tschatka ! 



It is very variable in size, and also in amount of pubescence ; it 

 differs from petrcea by the auricled leaves which will at once mark 

 it, if found, without the other specific characters. 



The finding of this species in Skye should encourage a careful 

 search of any peaks that have not been well examined, as I can 

 scarcely think it can be confined to Skye in Scotland. 



JUNCUS TENUIS, WILLD., IN SCOTLAND. 

 By Arthur Bennett, F.L.S. 



In the beginning of September Mr. J. M 'Andrew, of New Galloway, 

 sent me a couple of Kirkcudbrightshire plants to name. Agreeably 

 surprised was I to find that one was certainly the Juncus tenuis of 

 Willdenow; which, after disappearing for many years as a reputed 

 Scotch species, was now again restored to a place in the Flora. In 

 the first edition of English Botany Smith described it as a new 

 species (under the name J. gracilis), as a native of Scotland. In 

 his English Flora, vol. 2, p. 167, Smith renamed it J. Gesneri, con- 

 sidering that the plant of Don was not that of Willdenow. Since 

 then the plant has been considered not a Scotch species, and has 

 been relegated to the " reputed species." 



Mr. M 'Andrew tells me it grows on the roadside three-quarters 

 of a mile west of New Galloway, near a house, along with Juncus 

 squdrrosus, J. Idmprocdrpus, grasses, &c. 



There seems to be an element of suspicion in this ; and it is re- 

 garded as an introduced plant in New Zealand by my friend Mr. 

 Cheeseman, of the Auckland Museum. On the other hand, one 

 cannot but agree with Mr. M'Andrew, who writes : " I cannot see 

 how it could have come there," in answer to my query respecting 

 its surroundings. 



