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ed. 2, p. 473) : "Variat . . . rarius foliis integris lanceolatis et 

 superioribus tantum basi pinnatifidis." We believe that our Tongue 

 Bay plants, if their characters are fairly well retained under culti- 

 vation, will deserve to be at least varietally separated from C. Sca- 

 hiosa; they flower a little later, and we had some difficulty in 

 obtaining sufficiently advanced material. C. Cyanus grows in fields 

 at Golspie. 



Hieracium holoserlceum Backhouse. 108. Eocky ground below 

 Ben Hope, on the E. side, in no great quantity. — H. glohosum 

 Backhouse. 108.* Eocks at the summit of the Lion Peak, Ben 

 Laoghal ; W. side of Ben Klibreck, at 2000 ft. The leaves are 

 longer than usual, probably owing to its being in shade ; Mr. Linton 

 has observed the same peculiarity in plants growing above Loch 

 Etachan, in the Cairngorms. Another alpine hawkweed, found 

 sparingly at 1800 ft. on Ben Hope, is placed as an undescribed 

 dark-styled variety of this by Messrs. Hanbury and Linton, who 

 gathered it on the same mountain ten or twelve years since. — 

 H. curvatmn Elfstrand. 108. Ben Laoghal ; locally abundant. — 

 H. liyiguJatum Backhouse. 108. Eather plentiful on the N. side of 

 Ben Laoghal, descending to 1000 ft. ; a few of the plants had yellow 

 styles. — H. anglicum Fries, var. aciitifolium Backhouse. 108. Coast 

 near Coalbackie — a few specimens, the type being common. Var. 

 loitgibracteatum F. J. Hanbury is frequent in this district. — H. iricum 

 Fries. The most abundant species on the N. coast of Scotland, 

 according to our experience. It is often stylose in the Tongue 

 neighbourhood. — H. Carenorum F. J. Hanbury. 108. We were 

 fortunate in discovering two new stations for this fine plant, which 

 had previously been gathered only in very small quantity to the AV. 

 of Ben Hope ; viz. at Betty Hill and by streams near Coalbackie and 

 Ehi-tongue. It is liable to be confounded with H. argenteum Fries, 

 var. septentrionale, but presents good marks of divergence, especially 

 in the clothing of the heads. The latter plant was gathered on the 

 coast near Betty Hill, and on rocks by Talmin Bay, N.W. of Tongue. 

 — H. proxinium F. J. Hanbury. 109. Abundant on low cliffs between 

 Thurso and Scrabster. — H. caledo?iicum F. J. Hanbury. 107. Cliffs 

 midway between Brora and Golspie ; too far advanced to be worth 

 gathering, still we feel no doubt about its being this species. 108. 

 Plentiful along the coast of Tongue Bay ; Kirtomy, near Farr. 

 109. Cliffs between Thurso and Scrabster. — H. ruhicundum F. J. 

 Hanbury. 108. N. side of Ben Laoghal, at about 1200 ft. — Var. Bos- 

 ivelli (Linton). 108. By streams near Melness and Tongue; locally 

 abundant. — H. nitidum. Backhouse. 108. We saw this in several 

 places near Tongue, but in no great quantity. — R. Sommerfeltii 

 Lindeberg. 108.* Eocks by the path from Kinloch Lodge to Ben 

 Hope, at 1500 ft. ; heads more floccose than usual. — H. scoticiim 

 F. J. Hanbury. 108. Very plentiful on the steep grassy banks of 

 the Kirtomy Burn, near Farr, and frequent in that neighbourhood ; 

 the specimens collected inland were often decidedly glaucous. By a 

 streamlet to the W. of Talmm Bay, near Tongue. — H. onosmoides 

 Fries, var. buglossoides (Arvet-Touvet). 107." Cliffs midway between 

 Brora and Golspie ; just the plant of E. Eoss. — H. stenolepis Linde- 



