192 ANNALS OF SCOTTISH NATURAL HISTORY 



is uncommon in the Northern Highlands. *C. pilulifera, Z. — 

 Heaths about Tain (106). *C. distans, Z. — Base of the cliffs 

 south of Balintore (106); typical and fine. A very reduced 

 state, from one to four inches high, which I had not previously 

 met with, was found in a salt-marsh near Inver Bay. *C. ex- 

 tensa, Good., var. pumila, Anderss. — On the west side of 

 Inver Bay, abundant and very marked ; prostrate, with stems 

 only from one to three inches long. I could not find the type. 

 C. rostrata, Stokes. — An alpine state, plentiful in bogs on Meall 

 Ghaordie, above 2800 feet, is named by Mr. Bennett var. 

 brunneseens, Anderss. 



Phalaris t arundinaeea, Z., var. pieta, Z. — Mill-pond between 

 Fearn and Balintore ; native. I have seen it wild also in 

 Caithness and at Braemar. 



•'Milium effusum, Z. — Very scarce indeed, on the wooded banks of 

 the Carron river; an unexpected find (106). 



Desehampsia flexuosa, Trin., var. montana, Huds. — Ben Chais- 

 teil ; Stob Garbh. A marked form of this species, which I 

 gathered on Meall Garbh, Ben Lawers, in 1887, seems to me 

 exactly like authentic specimens of var. Voirliehensis, Melvill. 

 It was sent to Professor Hackel, who did not, however, separate 

 it from the type. 



-•'Trisetum flaveseens, Beauv. — Tain (106). 



Avena pratensis, Z., var. longifolia, Parn. — Frequent on the cliffs 

 of Ben Chaisteil. 



- c Catabrosa aquatiea, Beauv. — Tain (106). 



Poa glauea, S/n. — Stob Garbh (87). *P. nemoralis, Z. — Ben 



Chaisteil (98); a glaucous alpine form, which maybe var. 

 glaueantha, Reichb. 



Glyeeria maritima, Wahl., var. hispida, Parn. — Muddy ground, 

 Tain, with the type. 



Bromus sterilis, Z. — Tain (106). B. eommutatus, Schrad. — 

 Tain, Nigg, and near Bonar Bridge. Mixed with the type, 

 near Tain, grows a form with hairy flowers, which may be var. 

 pubescens of the "London Catalogue." 



Hymenophyllum unilaterale, Bory. — On the cliffs of Stob Garbh 

 (87), in small quantity. 



-'Asplenium Adiantum- nigrum, Z. — Cliffs south of Balintore 

 (106). 



'•'Athyrium Filix-fcemina, Both. — Strathcarron (106). A. alpestre, 

 Milde. — Stob Garbh (87). 



