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Crawford’s “Chart of the British Carices,” but as yet I have 
not been able to find its equivalent in the Lond. Cat., 
9th edition. 
Caren incurva (Lightf.).—One of Dick’s discoveries. It 
is pretty common at the Water of Wester (N. of Wick), 
between the bridge and the sea, in what is often practically 
salt water. It also grows on Reay Links and at Shinval (a 
place in the 8S. W. of Caithness, and several miles inland). 
Deyeuaia strigosa (Kunth.)—A Scandinavian species, its 
native habitat beg wet, boggy marshes in Lapland, Finland, 
ete. It was found by Dick at Loch Durran, and was taken 
by him to be Calamagrostis lapponica, but Professor Balfour 
named it C. stricta. The draining of the loch was supposed 
to have rendered the plant extinct, but it has been found 
since. 
ADDENDUM. 
Hymenea Courbaril—W. Indian locust. The seeds are 
imbedded in a mealy pulp, which is used as food. Nat. 
order Leguminose, 
This specimen was found at low tide among the seaweed 
and shells between Huna and John o’ Groats. It appears 
to have been carried from the West Indies by the Gulf 
Stream. It is not the only West Indian or Gulf of Mexico 
product that has reached Caithness in that way. 
GEO. LORIMER, Esq., exhibited a photograph of abnormal 
flower of Digitalis alba. Several members cited instances of 
similar abnormalities in this and other genera. 
Dr. R. Stewart MacDouGa.u showed fruits of Zrapa 
bicormis found in tanks in N. India. 
Mr. Nico~son, Mr. Lorimer, and Dr. MacDouGaLy 
received the thanks of the Meeting. 
