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S. procumbens. 



Waste ground. Keiss Links. ! Gersa, Watten. ! 



S. nodosa. 



Damp places, especially by the shores of lochs. 

 S. apetala, dry ground near the sea. 



Spergula arvensis (sativa). 



Common in corn fields. Bilbster, Rev. E. Marshall. / 

 Spergularia neglecta. 



Shaltigoe, Wick ! 



Montia fontana. 



Watery places abundant ; Shores of Yarrow Loch. ! 

 Hypericum perforatum. 

 Banks of streams. 



H. dubium. 



Ditch banks, and sides of streams. 

 H. humifusum. 



Heaths and dry banks. 



H. pulchrum. 



Heaths and banks; the commonest species. 

 Radiola millegrana. Westfield. T. Henderson. 

 + Linum USitatissimum. Cultivated ground near Thurso. 

 Dick herb. 



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L. catharticum. 



Pasture ground and dry moors, common. Gillock ! Wick ! 



Geranium sanguineum. 



Rocky ledges on Reisgill Burn near the mouth. ! 



G. sylvaticum. 



Slopes of burns, and river-banks ; Forss Water, Thurso River, 

 Reisgill Burn ! Dunbeath Water. 



G-. molle. 



Plentiful. 



Geranium dissectum. 

 Waste places, frequent. 



G. Robertianum. 



Woods at Dunbeath, Watten ; and rocky ledges on hills ; 

 sometimes on the rubbish-heaps beside old tumuli. 



Erodium cicutarium. 



Mostly by the sea on sandy downs ; Reay Links, Rev. TV. R. 



Linton ! 



