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111. Hamna Voe, Stromness. — At the north-east end of Tongue 

 Island we found abundance of a plant having the general appear- 

 ance of L. marinum, though of a brighter green than usual, and 

 without the broad scarious wing to the seeds. A single specimen 

 was also seen on the beach at Linksness, Hoy (111). As this is 

 apparently undescribed, I propose for it the name of var. apterum 

 (or aptera, if Spergnlaria is eventually accepted as the generic name). 



Radiola Hnoides Roth. 111. Loch of Skaill, near Sandwick. 



Lupimis nootkutcnsis Donn. 111. Heathy waste between Strom- 

 ness and Sandwick ; several patches, in one instance covering 

 several acres. Alien (or "deserter," as a local botanist aptly 

 called it). 



TrifoUiim medium L. 106. Achterneed, near Strathpeffer ; rare 

 in the north Highlands. Close by grew Fmbus l\o;/ersil Linton. 



Dnjas octopetala L. 107. '' Ben Griam More. 



Alchemilla vulr/aris L. var. alpestris ( Schmidt). 109. Wick River ; 

 Thurso River, together with the type \A. pratensis Schmidt.). 111. 

 Near Stromness. 



Rosa mollis x pimjjineUi/olia. 108. Low cliff at Hielam Ferry. 



Pyrus Aucuparia L. 111. On the Dwarfie Hamars, Hoy, this 

 was found in flower ; the bushes varied in height from 1^- to 5 ft. 



Sa.vifrnga oppositifolia L. 107." Ben Griam More. — S. tri- 

 dactylites L. 109. Dunnet Links. 



ilippurisvidgarislj. 107. Near Forsinard. 108. Near Thurso. 

 111. Peat-bog west of Stromness. Uncommon, I think, so far north. 



Callitriche hamidata Kuetz. 106. Small tarn in the south- 

 eastern corrie of Ben Wyvis. 



Epilobium angustifolinm L. 108. Ben Hope, at 2000 ft. ; very 

 scarce. 



MyrrJiis odorata Scop. 108. In several places about Tongue 

 village ; no doubt a relic of cultivation, like Saxifraga iimbrosa L. 



Scandix Pecten-Veneris L. 111. Cornfields between Stromness 

 and Sandwick ; only a few plants were seen. 



Ligusticum scoticum L. 111. Coast between Waulkmill Bay and 

 Scapa Bay, in a single station. 



Corniis suecica L. 107. Ben Griam More; locally plentiful at 

 1500 ft. on the east side. 



Valeriana samhHcifolia\^\\\(\.. 111. East side of Kirbister Loch, 

 sparingly. 



Saussurea alpina DC. 107. Ben Griam More ; more abundant 

 than I ever saw it elsewhere. 



Centaurea Scabiosa L. In Journ. Bot. 1898, p. 170, Mr. Shool- 

 bred and I mentioned and described a doubtful form which we had 

 found at Coalbackie and Melness, on the east and west coasts of 

 Tongue Bay. Specimens w^ere forwarded to the Botanical Exchange 

 Club, and commented on by Herr Freyn, of Prague, in the Report 

 for 1897, p. 552, as being " a very remarkable plant, which has not 

 hitherto come under my notice. ... In any case, this Centaurea is 

 highly interesting." It has kept quite distinct in cultivation, and 

 reproduced itself from seed. Much as the species varies in foliage 

 (especially in that very neighbourhood), this stands out promi- 



