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flowered and seeded freely in cultivation, and has not altered, un- 

 less perhaps it is slightly larger. 



Stellaria media Cyr. A large-leaved, fleshy, maritime 

 form on the shingly beach at Gutcher, Yell ; seeds larger than in 

 the ordinary form of the islands var. major Lange in litt. 



Alsine hirta Hartm. By the kindness of Dr. Buchanan 

 White, I was able to send Dr. Lange some examples of the Ben 

 Lawers 'rubella.' Dr. Lange reported (Feb. 1887) as follows: 

 " the little Alsine you send me is, I think, a compact form of A. 

 verna var. hirta." It is, therefore, a question whether we have 

 the restricted rubella in this country. Fries uses the name in an 

 aggregate sense, mentioning under it the two forms the true A. 

 rubella Wahl., and the A. hirta Hartm. The former appears to be 

 an arctic form ; and it may be noted that the name Arenaria 

 rubella Hooker, was first given in Parry's " Second Voyage," pro- 

 bably to a Greenland plant and not to the Scotch ; but I have not 

 the book at hand. From Dr. Lange's report it would appear that 

 the Ben Lawers plant is the same as that from Shetland, as I had 

 at first supposed. 



Sagina maritima Don. U. Cliffs about Springfield. S. 

 Coast about Scalloway. 



S. subulata Presl. var. glabrata "Koch." (Scot. Nat., 

 1887, p. 25). Dele " Koch " ; adde " Lange in litt." 



Spergula arvensis L. var. sativa. Extends to the top of 

 the Sneug, Foula (c. 1400 feet), where a few plants were seen. 



X Lepigonum salinum Kindb. S. Sea coast near 

 Scalloway. 



+ L. marinum Fries Spergularia marginata Syme. U. North 

 shores of Balta Voe. A remarkable form, with a strong perennial 

 root, but with the seeds apterous, or nearly so. Dr. Lange 

 remarks " var seminibus auguste marginatis vel apteris. Ceterum 

 convenit, et sensim in alias quoque speciebus variat." Mr. Arthur 

 Bennett is inclined to think it the " S. marina b. fascicularis " 

 (Lepigonum fasciculare Lonnroth), which is characterised thus : 

 "seminibus obovatis, exalatis, vel paucioribus margine augustis- 

 sima alatis." Only the old aggregate " Spergularia marina" 

 which includes the above two segregates, is recorded in Top. Bot. 



Hypericum pulchrum L. The typical form occurs (S.) in 

 , the deep and sheltered ravine of the Burn of Sundaybanks. The 



