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A few forms still remain undetermined, and must be added in a 

 supplementary note later on. 



Mr. Arthur Bennett has published some of ray records for 

 v.c. 110 in a paper on "Records of Scottish Plants for 1894" in 

 the April number of the Avnids of Scottisli Natural History. 



The botany of these islands being so little known, I have 

 thought it best to catalogue all the species and varieties observed, 

 adding after each the abbreviated names of the islands where found. 

 Bar. = Barva ; Ben. = Benbecula ; H. = Harris ; N.H. = North 

 Harris; S.H. = South Harris ; T. = Taransay ; N.U. --= North Uist. 

 The usual asterisk denotes a new record, or confirmation of an old 

 doubtful one. 



ThaUctrum nlpinwn L. Mountain and coast cliffs, N.H. & S.H. 

 Nearly to sea-level in Luskentyre. — T. duncnse Dum. Sand-dunes, 

 Ben., N.U., T. — *^'. sp..^ Sand-dunes, Ben., growing with T. 

 danense. Mr. Bennett writes : ^^ Whether eoUinuui Wallr. or viajits 

 Jacq. I cannot at present say. The pedicels are long for collinum, 

 and majus is not named as possessing any glands." 



Pumimculus Baudotii Godr. Shallow lochs by coast, W. side of 

 Benbecula. — Var. marinus Fr. ? Loch near coast, W. side of Ben- 

 becula. — R. sceleratus L. Plentiful on W. side of Benbecula. — 11. 

 Flawmula L. Plentiful in all, and varying much. A curious dwarf 

 form from 1^ to 4 in. high, with stem nearly simple, and one- or 

 few-flowered, having ovate or ovate-lanceolate nearly sessile leaves, 

 was found on dry moorland by the coast on the W. side of N. Uist. 

 — '''R. petiolaris Marshall. Small lochs near Loch Maddy, N.U. 

 Growing under similar conditions as at the Rannoch Muir station. 

 — R. acris L. and R. repens L. Ben., N.U., H., T. 



Caltha palustris L. Ben., N.U., H., T. 

 -■'•NympJuea liitea L. In some plenty in several of the smaller 

 lochs on the E. side of N.U. Confirms Macgillivray's report of 1831. 



Castalia speciosa Salisb. Very plentiful in many of the shallower 

 lochs in all the islands. The root is used by the islanders for 

 making a brown dye. 



Paparer dnhiiun L. a. Lamottci (Bor.). Sandy fields, N.U., H., T. 



Fuiuaria cojifusa Jord. Sandy fields, N.U., H., T. — F. officinaUs 

 L. Sandy fields, Benbecula. 



Nasturtium officinale R. Br. Ben., N.U., T. 



Cardauiine pratemis L. Ben., N.U., H., T., Bar. — C. hirsuta L. 

 Ben., N.U., T.—C. Jiexuosa With. Ben., N.U., H. 



Cochlearia officinalis L. N. Uist. — C. danica L. N.U., H. — 

 *C'. (irienlandicn L. Plentiful on both the east and west coasts of 

 Benbecula and N. Uist. 



Sisymbrium officinale Scop. Apparently rare, and only as a casual. 

 Near Loch Maddy, N. Uist ; and Rodil, S. Harris. 



Brassica Napus L. Borders of fields, Ben. & N.U. — ■■'B. Rapa 

 L. var. campestris L. Road-sides and sandy fields near the coast, 

 Ben. & N.U. — B. Sinapistrum Boiss. Ben., N.U., H. — B, alba 

 Boiss. Benbecula ; an escape. 



Bursa pastoris Weber. All the islands. 



Cukile iiiaritima Scop. Ben, & T, 



