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identified at Plymouth by Mr. Briggs. Placed hitherto as a variety 

 under villicaulis, from which it differs in possessing many aciculi 

 and seta3, it will perhaps have to be recognised as a distinct species. 

 In the 'Flore de France' II. micans stands as one of the twenty- 

 four aggregates among which the authors group the brambles of 

 their country. — R. Lejeunei Weihe. In great quantity on the hill 

 and by the roadside in the " Hobbie," Clovelly. A very handsome 

 bramble. Dr. Focke says this is the same as the Plymouth plant, 

 and he believes it to differ only in habit from typical Lejeunei. — I!, 

 corylifolius Sm. Frequent about Hele, Saunton, and Bideford. — 

 J. Walter White. 



New Becords for Scotland. — The following notes give the 

 names of a few plants apparently unrecorded for the county of 

 Caithness and vice-county of West Sutherland. They were noticed 

 in the course of a short visit to the north during the last ten days 

 of July, 1889. Those marked with an asterisk (" :: ) appear to be 

 entirely new to the county, and the localities of the other appear to 

 be new. I have added a mark of interrogation to some of the 

 Hieracia, as they are still to a certain extent sub jmlice. I am 

 greatly indebted to Mr. F. J. Hanbury for kindly looking over the 

 Hieracia, and to Mr. Arthur Bennett for verifying or naming most 

 of the other plants : — 



Caithness. — Papaver dubium. Corn-fields, Keay. — Viola amcena. 

 Dunnet Hill. — Sagina apetala. Edge of field, Reay. — S. nodosa. 

 Beay Links; banks of Isauld Burn, Reay. — Radiola Millegrana. 

 Telegraph Station, Dunnet Hill ; a large patch of very minute 

 plants. — *\Acer Pseudo-platanus, Fairly-grown trees in seed in 

 several plantations near Thurso and Beay. — Cytisiis scoparius. 

 Near Thurso on the road to Beay. — Agrimonia Eupatoria. In the 

 turf in MacDonald Square, Thurso. — *Rosa canina var. biscrrata 

 (Mer.) Isauld Burn. — Parnassia palustris. In great plenty on 

 banks of Thurso Biver. — Ligusticum scoticum. Cliffs, Dunnet Hill. 

 — Angelica sylvestris. A stunted growth, frequent on cliffs between 

 Thurso and Beay. — -Vederianella olitoria ?. Field, Beay. — *Solidago 

 Virgaurea var. cambrica (Huds.) Cliffs, Dunnet Hill. — Hicracium, 

 iricum. Dunnet Hill; near Scrabster. — *H. caledonicum F. J. 

 Hanbury (?). Scrabster. — H. auratum Fr. Sandside and Isauld 

 Burns. — *H. umbellatum (?). Near Beay. — Sonchus arvensis. On 

 rocky ledges, Dunnet Bay. — Tragopogon pratensis. Sand-hills, Beay. 

 ■•'Campanula rotundifolia var. lancifolia Koch. Dunnet Hill. — 

 Lamium intermedium. The common dead-nettle in fields near 

 Dunnet. — *\Mimulus guttatus. In the greatest profusion in a burn 

 near Beay, extending for half a mile on both subs, and in the 

 shallow parts of the stream. ^Veronica Anagallis var. anagalliformis. 

 Dunnet Burn. — Plantago muritima f. vivipara. A largish patch 

 comprising many plauts, hill-side near Reay. — Salsola Kali. Sandy 

 shore, Reay. — Salix repens. Dunnet Hill. — S. argentea?. Cliffs, 

 Dunnett Hill.— Listera ovata. Banks of Isauld Burn. — Habenaria 

 conopsea. Near Scrabster. — H. viridis. Banks of Isauld Burn. — 

 Schcenus nigricans f. nana Lange. Links east of Reay. — Carex 



