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Melampyrum pratense L. var. liians Druce. 95. Woods above the 

 river, Dunphail. 108. Marshy ground by Loch Mer, near Betty 

 Hill. A lovely plant when growing, but we can never manage to 

 dry it satisfactorily. 



Thymus Serpyllum Fries, var. prostrata Hornemann. Apparently 

 common on the N. coast, e. g. at Betty Hill and on both shores of 

 Tongue Bay. 



Stachys palustris X sylvatica {S. amhigua Smith). 108. A garden 

 weed at the Inn, Altnaharra. 



Plantago maritima L. var. minor Hooker & Arnott. 108. Cliffs 

 near Betty Hill and Melvich. 109. Holburn Head. — P. Coronopus 

 L. YdJi.pygiiKEa Lange. 108. Cliffs near Farr Bay. 109. Holburn 

 Head. — Var. ceratophyllon Rapin. 108. Rocky cliffs above the Kyle 

 of Tongue ; just like the Dorset plant in leaf-cutting, though (being 

 within reach of the salt spray) decidedly less hairy. 



Atriplex Bahingtonii Woods. 107.* On shingle, Golspie and by 

 Loch Fleet. 108. Tongue Ferry. — A. lacbiiata L. 107/'' Shore 

 between Brora and Golspie — one fine plant. 



Sallcornia herhacea L. 107." Muddy shores of Loch Fleet. 

 108.* S. end of the Kyle of Tongue. 



SucBtia maritima Dumortier. 106. Mud-flats of the Dornoch 

 Firth, near Meikle Ferry. 107.* Loch Fleet. In both cases only 

 the var. procumhens Syme was observed. 



Salsola Kali L. 107. Sandy ground on the N. side of Loch 

 Fleet ; very scarce. 



Betula pnhescens Ehrhart, var. parvifolia (Wimmer). 108. 

 Common about Tongue ; particularly characteristic near Kinloch 

 Lodge. 



Salix penta7idra L. 108. Near Tongue ; rare. — S. aiirita x 

 cinerea. 108. Tongue, with S. purpurea. — S. repens X viminalis. 

 101. \ Gravelly bush-grown ground by the river about a mile above 

 Brora ; a female plant, quite intermediate in character, the branches 

 spreading and rooting at the base, then suberect, only about 1| ft. 

 in height. Neither of the parents was seen, the seed having pro- 

 bably been water-borne from higher up the valley. One of the 

 handsomest willows that we have met with. — 8. purpurea L. 108. 

 By the stream descending from Loch Craisg to the Kyle of Tongue, 

 just above the road to Betty Hill ; only a few bushes, but apparently 

 spontaneous. 



Juniperus communis L. 106. A curious low-growing form, 

 fruiting very freely, was gathered half a mile S. of Edderton 

 Station. 107.* Seen from the railway in two or three places 

 between Lairg and Golspie ; we believe that we also found it on 

 the outskirts of Balblair Wood, near Golspie. J. nana Willd. is 

 common on the stony table-land at the E. base of Ben Hope, 

 associated with Loiseleuria procumhens and Arctostaphylos alpina. 



Listera cordata R. Brown. 107. Balblair Wood, near Golspie; 

 locally plentiful. 108. N. side of Ben Laoghal, at 800-1000 ft. 



Goodyera repens R. Brown. 106. Near Edderton. 107. Most 

 abundant in pine-woods about Golspie. 108.* Wood close to Rhi- 

 tongue School. 



