70 Proceedings. 



Mr. Haubury also collected a fine series of Carices from 

 Aberdeen and Forfar, especially of aquatilis and rigida from 

 the Little Culraunocli, in the latter comity. Among them I 

 found specimens of Carex rigida var. inferalpina of Lfestadius, 

 a variety found in the higher alpuie regions of Lapland. 

 Since then I am glad to be able to say that Dr. Almquist, 

 who possesses type-specimens of both from the author, con- 

 firms my naming of the specimens. 



Calamagrostis strigosa, Hartm. " Stivhaaret Eor," Stiff- 

 haired Eeed. — Gathered in marshy ground, formerly Loch 

 Duran, near Castleton, in Caithness, by Mr. James Grant, of 

 Wick. It is a native of Pinmark, Lapland, and N. Norway. 



Sir J. D. Hooker, in his paper on Ai'ctic Plants in the 

 ' Transactions of the Linnean Society,' makes the C. aleutica, 

 Bungard, and G. Nutkaensis, Trinius, to be the same as 

 strigosa (recording it also as a Greenland plant, but it is 

 unknown to the Danish botanists as such) ; if this is correct 

 it will extend its distribution to Arctic, E. and W. America, 

 and N.E. Asia. 



When Dr. Smiles' ' Life of Kobert Dick ' appeared, I noted 

 his record of finding the Lapland Eush, Calamagrostis lap- 

 ponica, at Loch Duran. I wrote to Mr. Grant asking him to 

 explore the Loch and send me specimens of the plant, as I 

 suspected it could hardly be the true lapponica of Wahlenberg. 

 Though the lake had been drained he found the plant, and 

 forwarded me specimens, which were identified by Mr. N. E. 

 Brown, of Kew, as C. strigosa, after comparison with speci- 

 mens in Fries' Herbarium Normale, "though the ligule is 

 not quite so acute as in the typical specimens." Specimens 

 have since been submitted to Dr. Almquist, of Stockholm, 

 who says they are very near the Norwegian examples. 



It is one of the most interesting additions to the British 

 flora ever made, as in combination with Carex salina and 

 others it shows how close the affinity of the flora of the North 

 of Scotland is with that of Scandinavia ; and I venture to 

 predict that there will be other Scandinavian species yet 

 found, not only in Caithness, but in the Shetland Isles and 

 in other parts of Scotland, especially north of the Caledonian 

 Canal. 



