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acuta oo, C. fulva 05, C. panicea 74. 00, and 05, C. vaginata 5°. 

 C. ampullacea 07, C. paludosa var. 09 (an C. salina var. Katte- 

 gatensis.— Ed. Scot. Nat.), Agrostis alba 74> Aira csespitosa 07, 

 Molinia coerulea 07, Glyceria plicata 00, Dactylis glomerata 

 07, Pestuca sciuroides 89, P. rubra 05, Bromus asper 02, Cys- 

 topteris fragilis 07, Polystichum aculeatum 07, Nephrodium 

 affine 00, Lastraea aemula 9 8 > Asplenium Adiantum-nigruni 



07. Equisetum palustre 07, Chara aspera 89, Ch. fragilis 05, C. vulgaris 90, 

 Nitella opaca 89, N. flexilis 89, 92. 



In the "New Locality List," there are notes on various species, of 

 interest to those engaged in the study of variations among our native plants. 

 Several of these relate to Scotttsh plants, and we extract the following : 

 —Ranunculus COnfervoides Fr., from Fingask Loch, East Perth 

 — A. Sturrock and G. C. Druce. " I see only a depauperated form of R. cir- 

 cinatus." — G. CD. "I consider it a starved alpine state of trichophyllus. " — 

 F. A. Lees. "Not circinatus" — J. G. Baker. Caltha palustris L., 

 var. minor, from Glas Maol, alt. circa 2,800 feet. "This seems to differ 

 from ?)iinor in its rooting at every node as distinctly as C. radicans Forst. ; but 

 it differs (from the latter) in the leaves, which are those of normal minor, cre- 

 nately not triangularly dental." Gnaphalium ' ' Sylvaticum L., var. 

 alpestre," Glen Dole, Forfar — G. C. Druce. "An intermediate between 

 eusylvaticum and norvegicum. Leaves of barren shoot (from same root-stock 

 as the other) broader than usual, those of flowering shoot narrow, all slightly 

 cottony above."— F. A. Lees. Zannichellia palustris L., var. 

 pedunculata Rabh., Rescobie Loch, Forfarshire— G. C. Druce. "Can- 

 not well come under either macro- or brachy-stemon Gay, as the nucules are 



long-pedicelled The long curved-style nucules are, however, 



not so pronouncedly muricate on the dorsal aspect, nor quite so concave on the 

 ventral, as in ordinary pedunculata, though this may be because not yet fully 

 ripe. It may prove to be gibberosa Rchb., but in the state sent is not muri- 

 cated on the ventral ridge." — F. A. Lees. Carex flava a. genuina 

 Towns. Arran — A. Ley. Sent as lepidocarpa. Fcr the distinctive characters 

 of the varieties of this sedge, see Mr. Townsend's paper in Joum. Bot., 1881, 

 x., p. 161. Carex pilulifera L., var. adusta, Lees, Canlochan, Corrie 

 Ceannder, and Cairn-y-Dainsh— G. C. Druce. " Probably an alpine form, 

 educed by harsh stational and climatic influences (vide p. 77 of this 

 Magazine). 



Under the heading of County Catalogues is a list for Kirkcudbright of ad- 

 ditions to the county-list in " Top. Bot.," Ed. 2 (vide Scot. Nat., N.S. ii., p. 

 69), and a long list for Wigtownshire. Both lists are founded on the observa- 

 tions of our contributor, Mr. G. C. Druce, during a visit to these counties in 

 1883. " The catalogue of Wigtownshire plants fills up the only gap in the 

 counties of Britain for which no list of common plants has been supplied to Mr. 

 H. C. Watson, or to the Record Club." " There is little in the flora to sug- 

 gest its northern situation." " In mountain flowers, it is almost destitute." 

 Mr. Charles Bailey also visited Wigtownshire in the autumn of 1883, and con- 

 tributes a list (with specimens) of plants, of which 10 species or varieties were 

 not observed by Mr. Druce. 



