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Coalbackie, in plenty ; W. coast of Tongue Bay. — H. reticulatiim 

 Lindeberg. 108. By the Ribigill Burn, near Tongue. — H. augustum 

 Lindeberg. 95.''' Kocky banks of the Divie, above Relugas House, 

 Diinphaii. — H. cori/whosum Fries. 108. Stream-side near Kinloch 

 Lodge, Tongue. — H. auratum Fries. 107." Brora, on banks above 

 the river. 108. Plentiful on the E. side of Tongue Bay. — H. horeale 

 Fries. 95.* Roadside near Relugas, Dunphail. 



Tragopogon pratense L. 108. Sands at Farr Bay, Melness, and 

 Coalbackie ; the type. 



Pyrola viinor L. 108. Fir-wood near the School, Rhi-tongue — 

 kindly pointed out to us by a gentleman of the neighbourhood. 



Moneses grandijiora Gray. 107. Balblair Wood, near Golspie. 



Primula scotic.a Hooker. 108. Coast near Talmin Bay. We have 

 been informed that it extends as far west as Durness. 



Anagallis tenella L. 108.'" By Loch Mer, Betty Hill; also near 

 Kinloch Lodge, Tongue. 



Erijthcca littoralis Fries. 107.'" Plentiful in damp grassy ground 

 by Loch Fleet. 



Gentiana Amarella L. 106, 107. The peculiar plant which was 

 first noticed by Mr. Beeby in Shetland and by Hanbury & Marshall 

 on Keiss Links and Reay Links, in 1886, also grows in profusion 

 over Golspie Links, as well as sparingly on blown sand near Tain, 

 to the exclusion of the type. The flowers are uniformly of a greenish 

 white. The name "forma multicaulis" given to it by Prof. Lange 

 is not very descriptive, as (although frequently branched) it is often 

 simple-stemmed ; we believe it to be a permanent variety, and hope 

 to test this by raisiug it from seed. — G. haltica Murbeck, 108.'" 

 Stony, hilly ground to the W. of Melvich ; scarce and stunted. 



Pneuinaria maritima Hill. 106. Shingly bank between Edderton 

 and Meikle Ferry. 108. Kirtomy Bay, near Farr. 



Myosotis collina Hoffmann. 107.'" Sandy coast between Brora 

 and Golspie. 



Sulanum Dulcamara L. 108.'" Among bushes near Betty Hill ; 

 only one plant seen. 



[Hijoscyamus niger L. 107. Golspie ; a casual here, as is Ver- 

 basGiim Thapsus L.] 



Scrophularianodosah. 107. Golspie. 108. Tongue. We mention 

 this, as it appears to be uncommon in the extreme north of Scotland. 



Euphrasia. With one exception, the determinations were made 

 by Prof. Wettstein. All our gatherings were also sent to Mr. 

 Townsend ; but he was unable to examine them in detail before 

 leaving England, and we are thus deprived of the advantage of his 

 comments. Over thirty collections were made, none of which have 

 been determined as E. Piostkoviana or E. gracilis ; these appear to 

 be mainly replaced on the north coast by i?. hrevipila and E. scottica. 

 — E. hrevipila Burnat & Gremli. An extremely common plant in 

 N.Scotland; it varies greatly. 95. Dunphail. 108. Very plentiful 

 about Tongue, ascendhig to fully 2000 ft. on Ben Hope and Ben 

 Laoghal, where it is small and usually unbranched. On grassy 

 slopes at Talmin Bay occurs a dwarf, compact, branching form, 

 1-2 in. high ; near Coalbackie, on wet pastures sloping down to 



