166 TRANSACTIONS, NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY OF GLASGOW. 



XVII. 



ON JUNCUS TENUIS, WILLDENOW, 

 AS A SCOTTISH PLANT. 



BY PETER EWING. 



[Read 29th October, 1889.] 



Juncus tenuis, Willdenow. 



Syn. — Juncus gracilis, E.B.; J. Gesneri, Sm., E. FL; 

 J. Sinithii, Kimth. 



In the Scottish Naturalist, vol. i. New Series 

 (1883-84), p. 264, Mr. G. C. Druce, F.L.S., Oxford, when 

 writing of "The Botanical work of George Don, 

 Forfar," shows very clearly the opinions of authorities 

 regarding Don's record of this plant ; and although 

 these may be somewhat lengthy, I notice them in 

 detail so that some idea may be formed of the 

 value of the discovery of this plant in our Clydesdale 

 district. 



" One of Don's reputed discoveries." — Stud. Flora. 



" We have specimens from Don's garden, but we 

 doubt much if the roots were ever found in Clova. — 

 Arnott's Br. FL 



" Prov. 15. Scot.; Dickson. Clova mts., G. Don. 



" Ambiguity, Cyb. iii., 47. Neither authority is 

 reliable, but the figure of gracilis, in Eng. FL, vol. 31, 

 No. 2174, may pass well enough for tenuis." — Comp. 

 Cyb. Br., 586. 



" Said to have been found in a rivulet in marshy 

 ground among the mountains of Clova." — Boswell, 

 Eng. Bot. 



" Found by G. Don in 1795 or 1796 by the side of 

 rivulet in marshy ground among the mountains of 

 Angus-shire, but very rarely. It appears to be a 



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