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then, as follows : — E. minima^ J acq., f. atropurpurea (Rostr.) = 

 E. minima^ f. purpiLvascens^ Wettst. = E. foulaensis. Towns." 



1953. RJiinanthtis Perrieri, Chabert, in "Bull, de I'Herb. 

 Boiss." 1899 (Or. ^), p. 512. Dr. von Sterneck (" Mon. der 

 Gattung Alectorolophus," p. 108, 1901), while quoting 

 in synonymy the above name for his rusticuhis, says : " Die 

 Exemplare von Modane beschreib Chabert, a.a. O, unter 

 dem Namen RJiiii. Pen^ieri und stiitze die Begrlindung der 

 neuen Art einzig und allein auf das Anwachsen der Corolla 

 in Laufe der Anthese. Die iibrigen die neue Sippe character- 

 isierenden Merkmale (der kurze Stengel, die ' Calyces. aeno- 

 chroi,' die mangelende Verzweigung) deuten direct ihre 

 Stellung in der monticolen Formenreihe, somit ihre Identitat 

 vcvit A. riisticuhis an." 



Therefore, as he also alludes to R. Perrieri under 

 A. viinor, I followed Sterneck in choosing riistiadus as the 

 specific name (for which we are also indebted to Chabert), 

 since a species, founded primarily on a character possessed 

 only in common with other species of the genus as is Perrieri^ 

 cannot be cited. 



(yTo be co?tfim^ed.) 



ON THE FLORA OF SHETLAND. 



By William H. Beeby, F.L.S. 



Last year attention was devoted to the central portion of 

 the main isle, a part which I had been unable to visit before. 

 Although there is a good deal of limestone in this district 

 and I had anticipated that the flora might exhibit some 

 interesting features, the country did not prove very produc- 

 tive. Three long ranges of hills, the Easter Kame, Mid 

 Kame, and Wester Kame, run parallel for miles. Their 

 average height may be called 400-500 feet, with many 

 higher points, the highest, Scallafield, in the Wester Kame, 

 reaching 921 feet. For a long distance the ridges are but 

 a quarter of a mile apart, so the valleys are narrow. A 

 limestone dyke runs along the whole length of the Weisdale 

 valley, but it is mostly covered with surface soil which 



