114 ANNALS OF SCOTTISH NATURAL HISTORY 



H. dovrense^ Fr. 



Sub-sp. humidorum, Almq., var. Hethlandiae (F. J. Hanb.). — 

 Cliva Hill Rocks, Delting, in some plenty (Nos. 1107, 1151). 



Sub-sp. demissum, Stromf., var. australius, Beeby, var. nov. — 

 Considered by Dr. Almquist to be closely allied to the Icelandic 

 H. demissiim, from which it differs in the more numerous stem- 

 leaves, the upi)er ones more amplexicaul, and the lower ones 

 less attenuated towards their base. Pericline short, broad, 

 truncate-based, blackish, sub-glabrous, with a few glandular 

 hairs. Ligules glabrous, styles livid. — H. crocatiim, Tate ? 



U. In some plenty about the north-east corner of the Loch 

 of Cliff; Burrafirth Cliffs (Nos. 609, 859, 860). 



Sub-sp. demissum, Stromf., var. pidchellifor)7ie, W. R. Linton, 

 = H. pukhelliim^ auct. brit. 



Dahlstedt places this near H. de7fiissiim, while Almquist 

 regarded it as very closely allied to, but distinct from, the 

 last, thus assigning it a similar position. 



U. Burrafirth ! W. R. Linton. — North-east banks of Loch of 

 Cliff; by Queyhouse Loch (No. 608). 



H. protradum, Lindeb. = H. vidgatimi, Tate. — In many places from 

 Unst and Yell southwards to Sandsting and Aithsting. The 

 form with marbled leaves is the more common (Nos. 610, 611, 

 1093, etc.). 



H. subtnoicatum, Beeby, sp. nov. — Pseudophyllopodous ? Root- 

 leaves? Stem -leaves numerous, about 10-13, lanceolate or 

 ovate-lanceolate, all sessile, upper clasping with a broad base, 

 lower less so, with a few medium-sized more or less spreading 

 teeth, a few long hairs on both sides, and rather many stalked 

 stellate hairs beneath. Stem purplish red, hairy, especially 

 below, branching dichotomously, branches sub-erect, 12-25 

 inches high according to situation. Peduncles sparingly 

 floccose, with a few simple and glandular hairs. Pericline 

 somewhat rounded below, outer phyllaries short ovate, inner 

 lanceolate, all more or less blunt ; the recurved tips violet- 

 coloured in the living plant, very faintly floccose, otherwise 

 glabrous. Flowers rather pale, ligules glabrous, styles yellow. 



This plant has been referred to H. truncatiim^ Lindeb., by 

 Dr. Elfstrand and the Rev. E. F. Linton, but that species 

 differs conspicuously in its glabrous leaves, and in the long, 

 winged petioles to the lower stem-leaves. It differs also from 

 the Shetland plant in the following points among others — 

 stem-leaves fewer, 5-7, broader in the middle, stem glabrous, 

 phyllaries slightly floccose and senescent, panicle with branches 

 "arcuato-patentibus," etc. Mr. Linton writes: "In all the 

 above points Lindeberg's H. truncatutn contrasts markedly 



