1 6 The Scottish Naturalist. 



Woodsia hyperborea, Clova ; Lycopodium annqiinum i Clova ; and 

 Isoetes lacustris. 



It seems needless to remind the reader in more than a few 

 words that of these plants several are not indigenous, and some are 

 not even naturalised. 



Don also recorded numerous additions to the mosses of Scot- 

 land. 



The foregoing list will show in a truer light Don's work and 

 ability, which was recognised, if not rewarded, by his contempor- 

 aries, many of whom again and again testify to his love of science 

 and his untiring labour, Sir J. Smith, Sir Joseph Banks, Mr. 

 Knapp, in his Grasses, Dr. Neill, Sir W. Hooker, being notable 

 examples. The Linnean Society created him an associate. Mr. 

 Gardiner, in his Flora of Forfar, frequently pays tribute to his 

 memory, and evidently places full confidence in his truthfulness^ 

 nor was his character attacked till Dr. Arnott, in his British Flora, 

 began a series of charges of bad faith, of false recording, of gross 

 mistakes, &c. 



In looking through Hooker's Flora Scotica, it is rather amusing, 

 after reading Arnott's tirades against Don, to see his own records 

 for Scotland. Of these, I shall just quote a few, which may be 

 compared with some of Don's work. Arnott gives no sign of the 

 plant being other than natural to the locality. 



Polemonium coeruleum, Arniston woods. 

 Actcea spicata, Cliesh. 

 Mecanopsis cambrica. 

 Hyoscyamus niger, Firth of Forth. 

 Itnaria Cymbalaria. 

 Hieracium amplexicaule, Cliesh Castle. 

 Anchusa sempervirens, Craigmillar. 

 Sedum dasyphyllum, Colinton woods. 

 Euphorbia eyparissias, Clinton woods. 



He also gives Arabis Turrita for Cliesh Castle, a plant having 

 no more right to a place in our Flora than the Laburnum or 

 Lilac. 



Mr. Arnott is also responsible for recording Stratiotcs as if a 

 native of Forfar Loch, although he ought to have known that Don 

 expressly states that he planted it there in 1792. 



Compared with these records, Don's belief in the native origin 

 of Valeriana Pyrenaica and Carum Carui may be pardoned. In 

 looking over Don's fasciculi, one cannot help being assured of his 



