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Tanacetmn vulgare L. Ben. & N.U. Generally on tops of stone 

 dykes and near cottages. 



Artemisia vulgaris L. Ben., N.U., H., T. 



Ihissilago Farfara L. Barra. 

 ■•'Petasites officinalis Moench. Plentiful on sandy ground by 

 ditches and road-sides about Tigharri and Ballelocb, N.U. Recorded 

 for v.-c. 110 by Balfour and Babington, but doubted by Watson in 

 Top. But. What appeared at a distance to be this plant, from its 

 immense foliage, was seen growing on a small island in a loch west 

 of Castle Bray, Barra. 



Senccio vulgaris L. Islands all. — *S'. Jacobaa L. Islands all. 

 A form exactly like the Shetland one grows in N. Uist. — S. 

 aquaticus Huds. Islands all. 



Arctium minus Schk. Islands all. 



Cnicus lanceolatus Willd., C palustris Willd., and C. arvensis 

 Hoffm. Islands all. 



Saussurea alpina DC. In abundance on cliffs at head of Glen 

 Lacusdale, and on Clisham, N.H. ; also on Rogueval, S.H. 



Centaurea nigra L. Ben., N.U., H., T. 



Lapsana communis L. N.U., H. 



Crepis virens L. Ben., N.U., H. 



Hieracium. Pilosella L. Seen only on sand-dunes in Turansay. 



— H. anglicum Fr. N.H. k S.H. — =;=Var. lojigihravtealum F. J. 

 Hanb. Gilaval Glas, N.H. ; Luskentyre, S.H. — IJ. iricum Fr. 

 Coast and inland cliffs, Ijuskentyre, and cliffs near Tarbert, Harris. 



— ■'■TI. clovense Linton, forma. Plentiful ou cliffs at Ben Eaval, 

 N.U., facing Loch Obisary. — -;-7/. Schmidtii Tausch. Cliffs, Gilaval 

 Glas, and near Tarbert; N.H. & S.H. — -Var. crinigerum Fr. Kue- 

 val, Benbecula, and cliff's near Obe, S. Harris. A well-marked var. 

 from Clisham, N.H. Of this Mr, Hanburysays: " A very similar 

 form to what I found near Braemar." — *//. lasiophgllwii Koch. 

 Gilaval Glas, N.H. — ^'H. caledonicum. F. J. Hanb. Cliffs, Gilaval 

 Glas, N.H. ; Beesdale, Luskentyre, S.H. ; and near Castle Bay, 

 Barra. — -'H. rubicundum F. J. Hanb. var. Boswelli (Linton). 

 Clisham, N.H. ; Beesdale, Luskentyre, S.H. ; and sea-cliffs near 

 Tarbert. — -'H. Oreades Fr. Abundant on cliff's on south side of 

 Loch Maddy, N.U. — H. argenteum. Fr. Clisham, N.H. ; cliffs W. 

 Tarbert Bay, S. Harris. — H. scoticum F. J. Hanb. Crogary More, 

 N. Uist ; Clisham, N.H. ; inland cliffs, Barra. — ■••]:£. stmulepis 

 Lindeb. Cliff's, Ben Eaval, N.U. — H. euprepes F. J. Hanb., and 

 ■■>'H. Orarium Lindeb. Cliffs near Tarbert, S.H. — H. vulgatum Fr. 

 Harris. — H. sparsifolixun Lindeb. Cliffs, Cnoc-na-Cloiche, near 

 Tarbert, S.H. — *H. strictum Fr., var. ? CHft's, Ben Eaval, N.U. 

 Too undeveloped for determination. 



Hypochcuris radicata L. Islands all. 



Leontodon autumnalis L. Islands all ; mostly the var. pratensis 

 Koch. 



Taraxacum officinale Web. Ben., N.U., H. — Var. palustre (DC). 

 N.U., T. 



Sonchus oleraceus L. Ben., H. — S. asper Hoffm. Ben., N.U., 

 H. — S. arvensis L. Ben., Bar. 



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