18-i TRANSACTIONS AND PROCEEDINGS OF THE [Sess. LXiii. 



Ccphalanthcra cnsifolia, Eich. — This seeuis to be a 

 decreasing species. It does not appear to form seed, and 

 is only found in small quantity in a few copses. 



Habcnaria conopsea x albida. — This interesting hybrid, 

 determined by Mr. Eolfe, was found by ]\Ir. H. N. Dixon, 

 in Arisaig, in June 1898. It has not before been found 

 in Britain. In the "Journal of Botany," 1898, p. 352, 

 will be found the distinguishing points of this hybrid. 



Hahcnaria hifolia, E. Br., and H. chlorolenca, Eidley. — 

 These are both common in early summer in suitable 

 ground. 



Juncus tenuis, Willd. — Found by Mr. AV. Grant, in 

 1896, at Arisaig in -a garden, and by the side of a cart 

 track near houses. In the follovving year I found one 

 plant in Moidart in the middle of a disused road. In 

 1898 it had increased to several plants. I also found 

 one plant in another locality near a poultry yard. The 

 evidence available from its stations in the district support 

 the view that this increasing alien was introduced by 

 means of American hay, and, perhaps, other feeding 

 material. 



Carex remota, L. — Although generally distributed, only 

 a few plants are found in any single locality. I have 

 noticed in one case that it is prevented from seeding 

 by being cropped by cattle, who at once detect it when the 

 stems rise above the surrounding herbage. 



Careo^ fusca, All. (C. Buxbaumii, Wahl). — The only 

 station for this rare species in Britain is in this district, 

 where it was discovered by Mr. W. F. Miller in 1895. 

 It only grows in small quantity, but it is in a very 

 favouraV)le locality, and would appear to be in no danger 

 of becoming extinct, except through injudicious collectors. 

 As it is already extinct, or nearly so, in its only Irish 

 station, it is to be hoped that consideration will be shown 

 to it in its Scottish locality. An interesting extension of 

 continental range for the species was found in 1896 in its 

 occurrence in the west of France, in the department of 

 Manche. 



Carex extensa, Good., Ya.Y. pumila, Anders. — If this be the 

 same as var, minor, Syme, it does not appear to be worth 

 varietal rank. In comparative length and curvature of 



