170 ABERDEEN, FORFAR, AND DUMFRIES PLANT-NOTES. 



leaves, as with S. herbacea ; whereas S. Lapponum produces catkins 

 before its leaves in its early flowering, though in alpine situations 

 it is often found in fruit when the leaves are mature. The young 

 leaves of the plant, as well as the mature foliage, are fairly inter- 

 mediate between the two parents. 



Malaxis paludosa Sw. In fair quantity in one spot in the Clova 

 Valley (90). 



*Juncus squarrosas L. Moffat Water (72). 



Potamogeton nutans L. A starved form, growing in shallow 

 muddy water near the reservoir, Braemar (92), at an altitude of 

 about 1400 ft. — P. polygonifolias Pourr., form with narrow leaves. 

 Peaty puddle near the last, and at the same altitude. Mr. Fryer 

 said the fruit was not quite right for var. angustifolius Fries. Mr. 

 A. Bennett said it was a form " towards var. angustifolius Fries." 



Carex alpina Sw. Very fine in the same part of Glen Fiagh in 

 which we have gathered it before. It is not unlikely that botanists 

 who have failed to find it have been too late for it. The fruit was 

 beginning to drop in the middle of July last year. In 1887, 

 another forward season, it had disappeared by the middle of 

 August.— *C. glauca Murr. Grey Mare's Tail, Moffat Water (72).— 

 C. pilulifera L. Form with long bracts and remarkably pointed 

 glumes, the nerve being excurrent ; Glen Fiagh (90), and near 

 Dhuloch (92). This feature ought hardly to stand as a distinctive 

 characteristic of C. Saxumbra Lees. — G. (Ederi Ehrh. Clova](90). 

 Named for us by Mr. Ar. Bennett. — C. fidva x (Ederi. This 

 hybrid was rather plentiful near Clova and Bradoonie (90). Both 

 parents were growing freely about ; but in the two spots the hybrid 

 was the most prevalent. We recognized it without difficulty, and 

 had the fiava form named by Mr. Bennett, as above. — C. fulva x 

 fiava f. Meadow at Braemar (92). We did not take equal care to 

 secure the fiava parent in this case. 



Deschampsia ccespitosa Beauv., i. pallida Koch. Clova Valley (90). 

 Prof. Hackel has remarked on a Berkshire specimen of this form, 

 considering it to be " not a variety, but only a shade-grown form." 

 It appears to us nothing but an albino ; not necessarily the result 

 of shade, for our plant was in an open meadow. 



Poa BaJfourii Bab., var. montana Bab. ? Unich Water (90). 

 Specimens of this grass, which was new to us, were for- 

 warded by the kindness of the Bev. E. S. Marshall to Prof. 

 Hackel, who in an interesting note on the plant queried it as 

 above ; adding, " Had it grown on our Alps, I should have referred 

 it without hesitation to P. nemoralis, var. montana Gaud., which it 

 looks very much like." 



Festuca rubra L., var. grandifiora Hackel. Bocky slope, Glen 

 Fiagh (90). This also went to Prof. Hackel, unnamed, who 

 settled it as above. It has a very different look from the maritime 

 form, which was so named by Hackel for one of us from specimens 

 from the Norfolk coast about four years ago. 



*Brachypodium sylvaticum R. & S. Moffat Water (72). 



Cystopteris fragilis Bernh., var. dentata Hook. Rocky corrie, 

 Clova (90). Name confirmed by Mr. J. G. Baker. 



