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and @. 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, East and West America, and North-east Asia. 
When Dr Smiles’ “ Life of Robert Dick” appeared, I noted 
his record of finding the “Lapland Rush (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 dapponica of Wahlenberg. 
In 1883 he wrote—‘“ The loch has been drained, and I fear the 
plant is lost.” However, it was not until last July that he could 
make a thorough search, and he was rewarded by finding Dick’s 
plant ; he kindly forwarded me some specimens. I found it was 
certainly not the /apponica of Wahlenberg nor that of Hooker, 
which, Dick no doubt thought it might be. I found, on examina- 
tion, it was either the strigosa of Hartman or the C. borealis of 
Laestidius, but having no specimens of either to make sure, I 
sent it to my friend, Mr N. E. Brown, of the Kew Herbarium, 
asking him to compare the specimen with those in Fries Her- 
barium Normale. His answer was—‘ The specimen must be 
C. strigosa, though the ligule is not quite so acute as in the 
typical specimens.” Since then, I have sent examples to Dr 
Almquist, of Stockholm. Concerning the name given to it, he 
says the specimens are very near the Norwegian examples. It is 
one of the most interesting additions to the British Flora ever 
made, for in conjunction with Carex salina and others, it shows 
how close the affinity of the Flora of North Scotland is with that 
of Scandinavia, and I venture to predict, that other Scandi- 
nayvian species will yet be found, not only in Caithness, but in the 
Shetland Isles and other parts of Scotland, especially north of the 
Caledonian Canal. 
Scandinavia is very rich in the genus Calamagrostis, and 
opinions differ as to whether some of the plants are hybrids or 
not, Anyone interested in changes in plant-names could find 
plenty of materials in this genus in the successive editions of 
Hartman’s “Handbook of the Scandinavian Flora,” from the 
first to the eleventh. 
Lycopodium complanatum.—Found by Rev. Mr Reader in 
Gloucestershire, and since in several counties, though several are 
doubtful, and Dr Boswell doubts any of the specimens being the 
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