52 THE DISTRIBUTION OF HEPATICZ IN SCOTLAND 
S.E. HicHLtanps.—Fife and Kinross: East of Aberdour, 
on bank, with R. sorocarpa (Evans). £. Stirling: Bannock- 
burn (M‘And.). S. Perth: Doune, 1883 (Ewing). 
W. HicHLAnps.— W. Inverness: Moidart, F. (Maev.). 
RIccIA SOROCARPA Bisch. 
Widely distributed from Dumfries to the northern part 
of East Inverness, the Inner Hebrides and West Inverness. 
As in the case of R. glauca, this species is seldom seen in 
summer, and its distribution is thus imperfectly known, 
except in the districts where there are resident botanists. 
In several of these districts the present plant has been 
found to be frequent, and it is probably generally dis- 
tributed over the country where the soil is retentive, except 
in the North Highlands. In common with the other species 
of the genus, it prefers the drier climate of the south and 
east to that of the West Highlands, though it has been 
found locally common in the latter province. It becomes 
uncommon in the northern part of the East Highlands, and 
has not been found in the North Highlands, but it may be 
expected to occur in the lower division of that province. 
It has not been met with in the well-searched county of 
Caithness. 
This species grows on moist retentive soil in fallow fields 
and very commonly at the side of potato fields, in gardens, 
footpaths, and on banks and old walls. Fruit is nearly 
always present from September to March, and it has also 
been found mature in June. As with the preceding species, 
the plant is most common in autumn and mostly disappears 
in the colder months, but may come into evidence again in 
early spring. In common also with that species, it does 
not appear to have a marked preference for any particular 
geological formation. 
S.W. LowLanps.— Dumfries: Garden path, Moffat, with 
R. glauca (Johns.); cultivated field, Woodend, Moffat 
(Johns.). Kirkcudbright: Field, New Galloway, cfr. 
(M‘And.). 
N.W. Lowianps.—Lanark: Uddingston, garden, cfr. 
(Ewing). , 
E. Low.Lanps.—Peebles: Portmore Loch (Evans); North 
