120 THE DISTRIBUTION OF HEPATIC IN SCOTLAND 
CAITHNEss: Dunbeath Strath (Lillie). 
SHETLAND.—Unst (Sim). 
var. MINOR Carr. 
W. HicHianps.—Clyde Isles: Loch Ranza, cfr. (Macv.). 
W. Inverness: Moidart, cfr. (Macv.). 
NARDIA SUBELLIPTICA Lindb. 
Has been found only in a few places on the Ben Lawers 
range of mountains from 1800-3000 ft. alt. It occurs as 
small tufts on wet rock ledges and wet stony ground. 
Herr Kaalaas writes of the Craig-an-Lochain plant: “The 
specimens of. Vardia subelliptica are a little larger than 
the plants I have seen from Norway, but in all essential 
characters they agree very well with the original specimens 
of Lindberg, especially in the form and structure of the 
perianth ; the difference in the form of the inner bract is 
not considerable.” 
Perianths are always present. 
S.E. HicgHLanps.—Mid Perth: Craig-an-Lochain, Killin, 
cfr., alt. 1800-2000 ft., 1900 (Macv.); Ben Lawers, ecfr., alt. 
3000 ft. (Macyv.). 
HAPLOZIA Dum. 
HAPLOZIA CRENULATA (Sm.) Dum. 
Jung. crenulata Sm. 
Nardia crenulata (Sm.) Lindb. 
Generally distributed on the low ground from Dumfries 
to Shetland, but nowhere common. It is rather rare in the 
Lowlands, and is seldom met with in the Upper Clyde and 
Upper Tweed districts. Is more frequent in the East and 
West Highlands, but is rare in the Hebrides. It appears to 
be rare in the North Highlands. It is rare in Orkney and 
in Shetland. Although usually confined to the low ground, 
it has been found on a roadside at 1800 ft. alt. in Mid 
Perth. 
It occurs in low spreading patches of a green to orange- 
brown colour on loamy soil, most commonly on banks and 
roadsides. 
