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berg, var. angninutn W. K. Linton. 108.''' Sandhills at AucUninver, 

 Tongue Bay; extremely scarce, having probably sprung from the 

 seed of a larger colony on the inaccessible cliffs above. So far as 

 we know, it had only been obtained before in Dumfriesshire. A 

 single specimen of the type was found on rocks by the road, near 

 Armadale. — H. rivale F. J. Hanbury. 108. Mr. Hanbury so names 

 three gatherings from the N. side of Ben Laoghal, at 1200-1500 ft., 

 and one from the coast of Tongue Bay, near Melness. — H. vnirorum 

 L. var. crassiusculnni Almquist. 108. Rocks near the coast between 

 Talmin Bay and Loch Fhasgaidh. — H. casium Fries. 108. N. side of 

 Ben Laoghal, at 1200-1500 ft. Named by Mr. Hanbury ; the speci- 

 mens agree very well indeed with No. 125 of Prof. Lindeberg's Hier. 

 Exsicc. Scaud., from Stockholm, which he (C. J.L.) considers to be the 

 true plant ; the only difference consists in our plants having rather 

 more clothing on the heads and phyllaries and more ciliate leaves, 

 which is evidently due to their being in a less advanced stage. — 

 H. casio-muronim Lindeberg. 108.* Coast and stream- sides about 

 Coalbackie, near Tongue ; ascending to fully 1500 ft. on Ben 

 Laoghal. In this district the leaves are often spotted. — H. orariuni 

 Lindeberg, Ysn.fulvum, F. J. Hanbury. 108. Melness Sands, Tongue 

 Bay, in profusion over a small area ; this is a beautiful plant with 

 deep orange-yellow blossoms and very yellow foliage. 109. Cliffs 

 between Thurso and Scrabster— only a few specimens were found. 

 — H. diuiceps F. J. Hanbury. 108. Eocky streamlet on the W. side 

 of Ben Klibreck, at 1800 ft. — H. dissimile Lindeberg. 108.* Coast 

 of Tongue Bay, near Melness. Mr. Linton considers this to be the 

 typical plant, or at least very near it. — H. aiu/ustatum Lindeberg. 

 108.* Ben Klibreck, at 2000 ft. As Mr. Linton has pointed out to 

 us, this plant agrees admirably with No. 128 of Hier. Scand. Exs. 

 (var. elatum. Lindeberg). Mr. Hanbury's opinion was: "near 

 H. c(Bsiuin," which is quite true. — H. zetlandiciDn Beeby. 108.* 

 Sandy, grassy slopes about half a mile S.E. of Farr Bay, plentiful; 

 a single plant was also collected at Kirtomy. While gathering this, 

 which is a most interesting novelty for the British mainland, we 

 were strongly reminded of the Shetland species ; and careful com- 

 parison with an excellent series received from Mr. Beeby himself has 

 convinced Mr. Hanbury that they cannot be kept apart. The 

 Sutherlandshire form is superficially very unlike leafy-stemmed 

 specimens from rocks by Roeness Voe (No. 1092), but closely 

 approaches those from short turf above Sand Voe (Nos. 1044, 1084) 

 and North Ross (No. 1083), Northmaven; its leaves, however, being 

 larger and less hairy (which the difference of situation fully accounts 

 for). The styles are livid, instead of nearly pure yellow; but there 

 is very little difference in the heads, which are somewhat more 

 hairy, glandular, and floccose, as might be expected. — H. dovrense 

 Fries. 108.* Rocks on the N. side of Ben Laoghal, at 1000 ft. ; 

 most rare. ''Good type — the best yet seen in Britain." Hanbury, 

 in litt. Our specimens indeed match well with Hier. Scand. Exs. 

 No. 39, from the Dovre-fjeld. — H. strictum Fries. 95. Ravine of 

 the Divie, Dunphail ; frequent. 107.* Bank above the Brora river, 

 half a mile above the village. 108. Stream-sides about Tongue and 



