56 TRANSACTIONS, NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY OF GLASGOW. 
and S. vepens, Linn., are not uncommon in Coll; the former is 
apparently absent from Tiree. Jwniperus communis, Linn., forma, 
is locally in abundance as a prostrate plant. 
Tiree is more flat than Coll, and, having no shelter, there is a 
complete absence of trees and gardens. No Rubi could be seen, 
and only three dwarf bushes of Rosa canina, Linn., clinging to the 
face of a rock, were met with. Some interesting plants noticed 
were Ranunculus Drouetii, Godr., R. Baudotii, Godr., R. marinus, 
Fries, the first “satisfactory” specimens of Fries’s plant which 
Mr, Arthur Bennett, F.L.8., to whom I submitted them, has seen 
from Scotland; Hippuris vulgaris, Linn., var. fluviatilis, Weber, 
with shorter leaves than usual; Apium nodiflorum, Reichb. fil., 
var. ocreatum, Bab., A. inundatum, Reichb. fil., Siwm erectum, 
Huds., Gnanthe Lachenalii, C. Gmel., Plantago Coronopus, Linn., 
var. maritima, Grenier & Godr., a distinct plant, with broad 
thick fleshy leaves. Mr. Arthur Bennett identified this plant, 
which is given in Flore de la France, vol. ii., 1850. It has not 
been hitherto recorded from Britain, I believe. Alisma Plantago- 
aquatica, Linn., var. lanceolatum, Afz., Potamogeton nitens, Web., 
P. filiformis, Nolte, Carex disticha, Huds., C. flava, Linn., var. 
cyperoides, Marsson, this variety being more common than the 
type, Deschampsia discolor, R. & 8.; Festuca rottbellioides, Kunth, 
is locally common. guisetwm palustre, Linn., var. nudum, 
Newm., occurs on the sandy shore of Loch Vassapol. The Cha- 
racee gathered were, from Tiree—Chara fragilis, Desy., and 
C. fragilis, Desv., var. delicatula, Braun, C. aspera, Willd., 
C. contraria, Kuetz., C. vulgaris, Linn., and C. vulgaris, Linn., 
var. papillata, Wallr., Nitella translucens, Agardh, and J. opaca, 
Agardh. From Coll—C. fragilis, Desy., var. delicatula, Braun, 
C. aspera, Willd., var. swbinermis, Kuetz., and a form approaching 
C. aspera, Willd., var. curta, Braun, C. hispida, Linn., and 
C. vulgaris, Linn, Messrs. H. and J. Groves, F.L.S., kindly named 
nearly all the above. Iam much indebted to our Corresponding 
Member, Mr. Arthur Bennett, F.L.S., for having examined several 
bundles of plants sent to him from both islands. Of the 357 
species and varieties noticed, there were upwards of 40 species 
which had not been recorded for vice-county 103, in which these 
islands are included. The Characez, with the exception of Chara 
fragilis, Desy., were, I think, new to the vice-county. 

