126 ANNALS OF SCOTTISH NATURAL HISTORY 



BOTANY. 



Botanical Excursions made hy Professor John Hutton 

 Balfour, in the years from 1846 to 1872 inclusively, in 

 Notes of tlie Royal Botanic Ga/-de?iSy Edhibi^rs^/i, 1908, pp. 21-497. 

 This consists of extracts from the " Excursion Diary " of Professor 

 Balfour, but with the names of the plants in the several Hsts 

 arranged as in the " London Catalogue." These lists are drawn 

 from many counties of Scotland (72, 73, 75, 77, 79-90, 92, 99, 100), 

 and contain numerous additions to the lists of some of these, 

 especially near Edinburgh. 



Critical Study of Ranunculus aquatilis, L., var. y. By 

 Frederic N. Williams, F.L.S. {Journ. Bot. 1908, pp. 11-22, 44-52.) 

 A full discussion and analysis of the forms under var. y, and of 

 their distribution. 



The Subsection eu-canin^e of the Genus Rosa. By 

 Major A. H. Wolley-Dod. {Journ. Bot. 1908, supplement, pp. 

 I- 1 6.) An important discussion of this difficult group. 



The British Species of Thymus. By K. Domin and A. 

 Bruce Jackson. {Journ. Bot. 1908, pp. 33-37.) This also is a 

 critical paper of importance, four types being recognised, viz. 

 T. ovatus Miller, T. Serpyllu?n, L., T. prcecox, Opiz, and T. glaber, 

 Miller, all described here. 



Helleborine, Hill, v. Epipactis, Adans. By G. Claridge 

 Druce, M.A., F.L.S. {Journ. Bot. 1908, pp. 8-10.) A statement 

 of reasons why Epipactis must give place to HeUebori7ie ; and a note 

 of the names that the British species must in future bear. 



SuR LE Plancton des Lacs Ecossais. By H. Bachmann. 

 {Arch. Sc. Phys. Nat. Geneve., 1906, pp. 63-65.) 



The Plant Remains in the Scottish Peat Mosses, Part IIL, 

 The Scottish Highlands and the Shetland Isles. By Francis 

 J. Lewis, F.L.S. {Trans. Roy. Soc. Edinb., xlvi., 1907, pp. 33-70, 

 plates.) Describes results of investigations in valleys in West 

 Sutherland, in upland districts of the North Esk valley and on 

 Rannoch Moor, and in Lewis and the Shetland Islands. 



The Peat Moss Deposits in the Cross Fell, Caithness, 

 and the Isle of Man District. By F. J. Lewis. (Report to 

 meeting of Brit. Assoc, at Leicester, 1907, 8 pp.) Describes results 

 of sections in the basins of the Halladale, Strathy, and Armadale. 



On the Pre-glacial Flora of Britain. By Clement Reid, 

 F.R.S., and Eleanor M. Reid, B.Sc. {Journ. Linn. Soc. No. 265, 

 Jan. 1908, pp. 206-227, plates 11-15.) An enumeration of the 

 plants {147) determined from deposits of the Norfolk and Suffolk 

 coasts, with photographs of fruits and seeds. 



