'114 TEAXSACnONS A^■T) PEOCEEDIXGS OF THE [Sess. lviii. 



In the " Phytologist," voL i., p. 147, 1842, Lycopodium 

 aniuAinum is said to have been gathered by Mr. G. C. 

 Smith in West Eoss, and given to Mr. Stables. 



Some time prior to 1873, Professor Churchill Babington 

 ■vTBited the county, and recorded the discovery of Rubus 

 Chamceirwrv^, Rosa simiosissima, Antennaria dioica, Cnicus 

 heterophyllus, Hieracium anglicum, Utncularia, intermedia, 

 JvMCVA triglumis, Rhyncospora alba, Avcna imhescens, 

 Gakojjsis versicolor, and Schojnus nigricans. 



In the first edition of " Topographical Botany," published 

 1873—74, Mr. Watson includes for West Ross Silenc aca.ulis, 

 on the authority of Mr. Graham ; Alchemilla aJphia and 

 Salix Lapponum, on Mi. Campbell's authority ; and Galium 

 horeale, recorded by Mr. G. C. Smith. In the same work 

 -sixteen species appear to be first definitely recorded for 

 the "v-ice-county, but they are without personal authority 

 for their occurrence. They are as follows : — Tludictrum 

 oJpinum, Sv.lmlaria aqvMtica, Cherleria sedoides. Radiola, 

 Sibhaldia, Vicia sylvaiica, Saussurea, Lobelia Dortmanna, 

 Azalea procumJbcns, Gentiaim Ariiarella, Arbutv^ Ura-ursi, 

 Salix Turbacea, Tofieldia,, Jfahixis, Blysmv.s rv.fu.s, and 

 Lycopodium inwndatum. Betula. nana is also given, but 

 this is probably included on the erroneous idea that Loch 

 Glass is in West Ross. Several species recorded by Light- 

 foot, Churchill, Babington, and others are also included. 



In the '•' Scotch Xaturalist," vol ii., 1873-74, pp. 74-78, 

 ^Ix. Davidson commenced a paper on the Flora of Ross, 

 but which only treated of the Phanerogams as far as the 

 Caprifoliacese. This flora is not of great ser^-ice to us 

 since necessarily 'SLt. Watson's di%dsions of the county were 

 not adopted, and the absence of precise localities prevent 

 us from taking the authority for the occurrence of the 

 species in the western watershed. The terms " common " 

 or ■' very common " almost certainly refer to Eastern Ross. 

 It must be borne in mind that the two divisions of the 

 county are based on a natural separation by the watershed, 

 east and west, so that the flora of the two divisions of the 

 county perhaps difler more from each other than that of East 

 Ross does from Northern Easterness, or that of West Ross 

 does from Xorthem Westerness. The unlocalised records 

 of Mr. Davidson's are therefore neglected in the following list. 



