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Asperula odorata L, Gorge of Greta, Glen Brittle. 



EiqKitorkim cannahinum L. Cliffs, Brittle. 



Aster Tripolium L. Only seen at Portree Loch. 



Carlina vulgaris L. One place near Brittle and there rare. 



'■'Sonchus arvensis L. First observed in 1909 on the beach at 

 Glen Brittle ; at Suizort it takes the place of Chrysanthemum 

 segetum in fields. 



'''Armeria sihirica Turcz. ? Mr. Wallis gathered an interesting 

 Thrift upon the Coolins, at an elevation of about 2500 ft., which 

 I submitted, with other Thrifts, to Mr. G. 0. Druce, who has 

 studied the genus. He kindly examined the specimens and 

 remarked upon the Skye example, " I am inclined to think it is 

 planifoUa," with the note, "this has abruptly truncated bracts and 

 open mouth to calyx tube," and suggested that it should go to 

 Mr. Clement Eeid for his opinion. 



Accordingly I sent the parcel of Armerias to Mr. Eeid, who 

 has carefully examined and reported at some length upon 

 them, prefacing his remarks with the observation: "Your 

 Thrifts are most interesting, for they yield the first clear 

 evidence that I have come across of the existence of a third 

 well-defined species in Britain." As regards the plant from the 

 Coolins, he says: "Mr. Druce is quite right that this has the 

 features specified, but these two characters are found in sihirica 

 as well as in planifoUa. The general appearance of the plant, the 

 very narrow leaves, the tall slender scape and the shape of the 

 outer bracts suggest sihirica.'' In a later letter Mr. Eeid tells me 

 that as just now it is not easy to obtain true sihirica Turcz. from 

 Petrograd for comparison, he thinks that, for the present, this 

 Skye plant — and the same remark applies, Mr. Eeid considers, to 

 a striking Armeria my brother and I gathered on Slioch, Eoss-shire, 

 in 1896 — should be diagnosed as a "peculiar small-tufted narrow- 

 leaved Armeria, with tall slender scapes, closely resembling the 

 Scandinavian alpine plants referred to A. sihirica and perhaps 

 identical with the true A. sihirica of Siberia. It is unlike either 

 A. maritima or A. planifoUa, having a regularly campanulate (not 

 constricted) calyx like the latter species, though the calyx is much 

 smaller. Further Siberian material is needed before we can be 

 certain of the identity of our plant with the true A. sihirica." 



Gentiana campestris L. Quirang ! 



Myosotis cespitosa Schultz. Uig and Sligachan ! 



■'Calystegia sepium Br. Waste ground, Portree ; also seen in 

 hedges near cultivated land at Shgachan and Broadford. " Not 

 unfrequent in cottage gardens. This plant in Skye has about as 

 much claim to being considered truly wild as Vinca major has in 

 the South of England."— A. W. 



■'' Euphrasia nemorosa H. Mart. Sligachan ! 



'■'E. scottica Wettst. Sligachan ! 



*^. c^^r^a Wettst. Portree! First observed in 1909. 



*Rhi7iantMis horealis Druce. Coolins, at 2000 ft. ! 



Melampynmi pratense L. var. 7nontanum Johnst. Bogs, 

 Sligachan ! 



