290 Mr. T. Edmondston's List of Shetland Plants* 



Rumex Acetosa and Acetosella. Abundant everywhere. 



68. Triglochin palustre. Muddy situations. Common. 



Heptandria Monogynia. 



69. Trientalis europeea. Mountain heaths. Rare. Hermaness,Unst. 



OcTANDRiA Monogynia. 



70. Epilobium angustifoUum. Cliffs. Not common. 



montanum. Rare. Near Snarravoe, Unst. 



palustre. Wet places. Abundant. 



71. Vaccinium Myrtillus. Dry heaths. Common. 



72. Erica vulgaris (Calluna). Common. 

 cinerea. Common. 



Tetralix. Abundant. 



OcTANDRIA TrIGYNIA. 



73. Polygonum Persicaria. Abundant. Wet places. 



. Bistorta. Rare. Broo, Dunrossness. 



aviculare. Cultivated grounds. Common. 



Decandria Monogynia. 



74. Arbutus Uva-ursi. Not common. 

 alpina. Rare. Ronas Hill. 



Decandria Digynia. 



75. Saxifraga oppositifolia. Rare. Fitful Head. 



Decandria Trigynia. 



76. Silene maritima. Stony sea-shores. Abundant. 

 acaulis. Dry hills and stony places. Frequent. 



77. Stellaria media. Waste and cultivated ground. Common. 



78. Arenaria peploides. Sea-shores. Common. 

 marina. Sea-coast. Not rare. 



norvegica. This interesting addition to the British Flora 



is confined, so far as I know, to the serpentine formation around 

 the Bay of Baltasound in this island. Its specific description is 

 as follows : — Root fibrous, long ; stems numerous, branched, 

 procumbent, sometimes more or less erect ; leaves small, ovate, 

 fleshy, glabrous, somewhat imbricate ; flowers terminal, solitary, 

 white, rather large ; petals generally six, sometimes five, broadly 

 ovate ; calyx- sepals five, fleshy, glabrous as the leaves. Very 

 abundant on the gravelly barren hills to the north of the bay, 

 growing nearly on a level with the sea, along with Cerastium 

 latifolium and Cardamine hastulata, which, with the exception of 

 Statice Armeria and Plant ago maritima, are almost the only 

 plants to be found in its vicinity. 



I first discovered this plant in May 1837 : I was then only 

 commencing the study of botany, and though I knew its genus, 

 and so marked it in my herbarium, I could not make out its 

 species. 



In the end of July, the same year. Dr. Gilbert Macnab came 

 to Unst, in the course of a botanical tour he was making through 



