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Don. Ballyhyland; Killanne. Takes the place of M. palmtris 

 towards the mountains. In some shallow streams commoner than 

 M. ccBspitosa. — M, ccBspitosa Schultz. Very common in most streams 

 in my district. 



Orohanche Rapum Thuill. Killoughrum Forest, very plentifully 

 in 1887. Occurred also on Mangan. — *0. minor L. Now very 

 common in clover ; hardly a clover-field not infested with it. Was 

 observed at Ballyhyland in 1868, but has greatly increased since 

 that time. 



"^Mentha rotiindifolia L. In a boggy hollow at Rosdroit, and by 

 side of the River Urrin, scattered for a few yards along the stream. 

 "^Galeopsis Ladanum L. Caim ; a single plant only gathered. 

 \Lammyn album L. Monart. 



"^ Calamintha Acinos ClsbivY. Knockmore ; Mangan; a colonist in 

 clover-crops. 



Linaria vulgaris Mill. Ballyhyland, Caim, &c. Many localities. 



Scrophularia aquatica L. Ballyhyland, and throughout the 

 district ; perhaps as common as S. nodosa in this neighbourhood. 



Orchis Mario L. At Ballyhyland ; very rare. 



Habenaria chlorantha Bab. Frequent in boggy meadows. 



Potamogeton pusillus L. In mill-stream at Ballynaminnan. The 

 only locality in which I meet it. 



Carex pendida Huds. KiUoughrum Forest ; Blackstairs ; Banks 

 of the Urrin and Boro ; Ballyhyland, &c. Frequent. 



Trisetum flavescens Beauv. A common grass at Ballyhyland. 



Melica uniflora Retz. Killoughrum ; Kiltrea. 

 \Poa compressa L. Aughna Goppal Bridge (River Boro) ; on the 

 top of an old wall. 



"^Lolium temulentum L. Knockmore. Occasionally a troublesome 

 weed in barley. 



Equisetum sylvaticum L. Common in bogs ; one of the charac- 

 teristic plants of the district. — E. maximum Lam. Shady bank by 

 road- side near Bloomfield ; the only locality known to me. 



Lastrea Oreopteris Presl. The prevailing fern throughout the 

 valley of the Urrin and round the base of Blackstairs. 



Hymenophyllum Wilsoni Hook. Top of Blackstairs, at 2400 ft. 



NEW COUNTY RECORDS FOR SUTHERLAND, CAITH- 



NESS, AND ROSS. JULY, 1888. 



By F. J. Hanbury, F.L.S., and J. Cosmo Melvh^l, M.A., F.L.S. 



107 =: E. Sutherland. 



108 = W. Sutherland. 



109 == Caithness. 

 106 = E. Ross. 



Ranunculus acris L., b. tomophyllos Jordan. 109. Sandy cHffs 

 and hills. Sandside Bay, Reay. — R. Flammula L., var. 2^seudo- 

 reptans Syme. 108. In wet sandy places. Shores of Loch Naver, 

 below Altnaharra Inn. 



