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taken the place of Dillenii (Schultz); var. ec. ovata, Bab., is a form 
found in Shetland with the terminal leaflet ovate. Mr. Bennett 
does not think that my plant will come under the last-named. 
Var. d. Allionii, DC., I know nothing about. 
[727b] Solidago Virgaurea, Linn., var. angustifolia, Gaud. 
As variety b of the species has been omitted in this list, I do not 
suppose that any one could have proved that the variety cambrica 
(Huds.) had any better right to be left in. I would have left 
them both in; the one as (a) angustifolia, and the other (b) 
cambrica ; as most botanists know cambrica is only the upland 
form of the species. 
I would like now to say a word or two on the Carices, 
[1688d] Variety erythrostachys, Hoppe, is a very well marked 
hill form of Carex flacca, Schreb., and not at all rare. 
C. [1701] Variety tumidula (Laest.) is a very well marked form 
of C. panicea, Linn., andseemsto prefer upland situations nearthe sea. 
| | C. sparsiflora, var. borealis, Anders., is surely worthy 
of a place; the geniculate stem catches the eye at once on the 
summits of our higher mountains. 
[1705] Forms of C. capillaris, Linn.,have at last been admitted by 
English specialists, regarding which reference may be made to the 
“ Scottish Naturalist,” Vol. [V., p. 102. The paper of mine which 
is referred to there, I read before this Society, 29th March, 1887 
(Transactions, Vol. II., N.S., p. 111). The variety alpestris of 
Andersson is very common in Aberdeenshire and Forfarshire, 
and also major et robustior of the Flora Danica. How these 
conspicuous forms have not been gathered by those responsible 
for the lists I cannot understand. 
[1716] C. flava, Linn., has got quit of its two old friends, 
varieties minor, Towns., and lepidocarpa (Tausch), and in exchange 
has got other three varieties, This is an improvement, even 
although our old friend @deri, Ehrh., has been reduced to one of 
them. This species is only in the transformation stage, and there 
appears no end to its nameable forms, 
[1722] We have one or two very distinct forms of C. rostrata, 
Stokes. The form brunnescens, of Andersson, is one that deserves 
a place. 
As to the species named C. spiralis by myself, I saw a number of 
plants of it this year, but must refer to the Transactions of this 
Society quoted above, 
