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likely to have been passed over as one of the above. It probably 

 occurs in Surrey, but the specimens examined did not afforcj 

 conclusive evidence ; and it will doubtless be found in other 

 places. 



O. hamulata Kiitz. U. Mailand Burn, abundant. In 

 Northmavin, I gathered it near Ollabery and Eela Water in 1886, 

 I have not gathered C. stagnalis in Shetland but it doubtless 

 occurs there. 



t 0. autumnalis L. U. Loch of Cliff ; Loch of Watlee, 

 abundant. S. Asta and Tingwall Lochs. This is no doubt the 

 plant intended by Edmondston under above name, as he speaks 

 of it as " abundant," and it certainly is so in some of the lochs. 

 But the plant was so much confounded with hamulata in his time, 

 that his record has not been accepted "by Watson. 



X Oornus suecica L. Near the top of the Sneug (c. 1400 

 feet), on island of Foula. Sparingly, and only barren plants, seen. 



Lonicera Periclymenum L. S. Ravine of the Bum of 

 Sundaybanks, as recorded by Edmondston, who mentions it from 

 two other stations. 



Galium Aparine L. Shingly beach at Gutcher, Yell ; not a 

 common plant. 



Senecio JacobSGa L. After much looking, I found one 

 plant of this in Mrs. Hunter's garden at Baltasound, doubtless 

 introduced in cultivation. Edmondston says of this " a far too 

 common weed in most parts of the country; rare in Unst." This 

 exactly describes S. aquaticus which, about Scalloway, &c, is 

 a most abundant weed of cornfields and waste ground, but which 

 in Unst is less common, occurring in ditches, &c, but not so 

 generally as a cornfield weed. I am therefore disposed to refer 

 Edmondston's plant to S. aquaticus. This latter usually occurs 

 as a dwarf plant 8 inches to a foot high ; the general outline is an 

 inverted pyramid ; and the flat-topped inflorescence of large 

 flowers makes the plant very showy. 



Euphrasia officinalis Mr. F. Townsend has examined the 

 gatherings of this aggregate made in 1886, and they seem to com- 

 prise three forms : 



E. Rostkoviana Hayne. A very large flowered plant, 

 abundant in boggy and rushy pastures about Ollaberry, North- 

 mavin, is believed by Mr. Townsend to be a glabrous variety of 

 this form. 



