362 The Scottish Naturalist. 



Lychnis alba. 



Banks of rivers and small streams ; also sometimes on sandhills, 

 as at Dunnet, Reay and Sandside. 

 L. diurna. 



River banks and grassy cliffs by the sea. Thurso River. ! 

 L. Flos-cuculi. 



Damp ground, common. 



L. G-ithago. 



Cornfields. 



Cerastium tetrandrum. 



Sandy ground near the sea, common. Sinclair Bay. ! Walls 

 of Girniegoe Castle. ! Murkle Bay, F. J. Hanbury. \ 

 0. glomeratum. 

 Fieldsides, frequent. 



0. triviale. 



The commonest species. Dunnet Sands. ! 



var. pentandrum. 



Sandy seashores. Keiss Links. ! Dr. Lange would refer these 



specimens to Q. pumilum Curtis, but to me they seem 



to belong to this var. of triviale. Ar. B. 



Stellaria media. 



Everywhere. 



var. neglecta. Cultivated ground. Oldwick, &c. ! Shore- 

 lands. 

 Stellaria Holostea. 



River banks, common. 



S. graminea. 



Dry banks, frequent. 



S. uliginosa. 



River sides, common. Wick River. ! 

 Arenaria trinervia. 



Mois woods. Dunbeath. ! 

 A. serpyllifolia. 



Near houses, on dykes, local. 

 A. peploides. 



Sea-beaches, common. 



Sagina maritima. 



On Keiss Links ! and similar situations ; a small form occurs,, 

 intermediate between type and var. densa, on Holborn 

 Head, ! 



