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Lychnis Githago Scop. 106. Cornfield near Edderton. 



Cerastium tetrandrum Curtis. 107. Golspie Links. A not un- 

 common species on the sandy coasts of N. Scotland. — C. trivUde 

 Link, var. alpinum Mertens & Koch. 108. In rills on Ben Hope, 

 at 2500 ft. 



Stellaria media Cyr. var. Bonvaiia (Jordan). 106. Coast near 

 Edderton. 107. Stony shore of Loch Fleet, near Golspie, in great 

 plenty. 



Sagina maritima Don and S. nodosa Fenzl. 107.* Golspie Links. 

 — S. procumbens L. var. spinosa S. Gibson. 107. Shore of Loch 

 Fleet. 



Buda rubra Dumortier. 107.''' Plentiful on the railway near 

 the head of Loch Fleet for about half a mile. — B. marina Dumortier. 

 107.'" Shores of Loch Fleet ; both type and var. neglecta. — B. media 

 Dumortier. 107.* With the last. A strong, somewhat glandular 

 form occurs near Edderton, 106. 



Hypericum pulchrum, L. var. procumbens Rostrup. 109.* Among 

 grass and stunted heather near Holburn Head, the smaller speci- 

 mens just matching Mr. Beeby's Shetland plant, but more luxuriant 

 as a rule ; uniformly procumbent. 



[Malva moschata L. 108. The white-flowered form occurs 

 sparingly by the Ribigill Burn, just below Tongue village, having 

 probably been " seeded down " from gardens. M. sylvestris was seen 

 at Golspie near houses, and looking like an outcast or escape.] 



Erodium, cicutarium L'Heritier, var. glandnlosum, Bosch. 107. 

 Sandy ground near the N.W. end of Loch Fleet. 



Astragalus danicus Retz. 107. Sandy coast midway between 

 Golspie and Brora. 



Lathyrus jjratensis L. A hairy form occurs at Kirtomy Bay, 

 near Farr, 108, and is abundant on cliffs near Scrabster, 109. 

 "Scarcely lanuginosa-villosa of Fries: rather between that and 

 type." Ar. Bennett in litt. 



Bruuus Avium L. 95. Rocks and cliffs above the Divie, near 

 Diuiphail— a plant with pecuHar leaf-serration, for which Mr. 

 Nicholson could give no special name ; we judged it to be indi- 

 genous. 107.* Dunrobin Glen, Golspie ; P. Fadus also grows there. 



Rubus villicaulis Koehler. 107.* About Golspie, not unfrequent. 

 ~E. Selmeri Lindeberg. 106. Between Meikle Ferry and Tain.— 

 R. hirtifolius Mueller & Wirtgen, var. danicus (Focke). 108. The 

 most plentiful species around Tongue, where Mr. Hanbury collected 

 it several years since. — R. mucronatus Bloxam. Plants from 106 

 (Edderton) and 107 (near Loch Fleet) with glandular-aciculate stems 

 are named "forma aspera " by Mr. Rogers. The small and neat- 

 leaved northern bramble so characteristic of N.E. Scotland occurs 

 about Golspie, differing from the others only by its weaker armature. 

 ~R. radula Weihe. 107.* Typical and frequent at Golspie.— 

 R. Balfourianus Bloxam. 108.* A large patch of this was met with 

 on the coast at Auchninver (below Coalbackie), near Tongue. It is 

 not_ quite typical, having stamens about as long as the styles, not 

 faUmg short of them ; but the very large petals, the leaves, and the 

 barren -stems are quite characteristic. 



