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already on record), Scabiosa Columharia (a misnomer or 

 casual), Artemisia Absinthium (a misnomer or an escape 

 from cultivation), Arctium majus (my Loch Torridon plant 

 has been pronounced to be A. intermedium), Syrivphytv.ni 

 officiiude (I have seen the prickly comfrey as an escape, 

 but not the true S. officvaale in West Eoss), Veronica alpina 

 (very doubtful ; if correct, an interesting record), Rumcx 

 maritimus (a sea-side Faimco:, not the true plant), Scdix 

 'pliylicifolia (likely to occur, but I have not seen it in the 

 county ; forms of aS'. cinerea are often mistaken for it), 

 Junipcrus communis (J. nanus is common, also an inter- 

 mediate plant). The above records, I am afraid, show that 

 implicit reliance cannot be placed on the naming of the 

 plants in the foregoing list. Two plants, however, that 

 are mentioned in the text are additions — Mclarapyi^m 

 pratensc (probably the J/, sylvo.ticurn of my 1880 list was 

 the yellow-flowered form of this species) and Scolo- 

 pendrium. 



In 1886, " Gairloch," by J. H. Dixon, was published. 

 This excellent account of the Parish of Gairloch contains 

 a list of 368 plants, compiled by the author with the 

 assistance of Lady Mackenzie, Mrs. Fowler, Mr, 0. 

 Mackenzie, Mr. A. Davidson, etc. This list probably 

 precedes the records just referred to in the Applecross 

 list. The Gairloch list, which includes many plants not 

 previously recorded, however, contains so many errors 

 that in a scientific point of view it will be safer to ignore 

 it, at any rate it will be necessary to verify the occurrence 

 of each plant recorded. Some of them are probable 

 enough, others are wildly improbable, if referring to 

 native species. Ranunculus aquatilis, R. hederaceus, and R. 

 bulbosi's (the latter a very rare plant in the north-west of 

 Scotland — Davidson says it is common in Eoss), Fapaver 

 Rhceas, Cahile (very likely to occur), Coronopus didyrna, 

 (very improbable), Arabia hirsuta, Cochlearia anglica and 

 danica, Sisijmbrium Tkcdianum, Sagina subidata, Hypericum 

 pcrforcdum. Geranium, sanguineum, G. lucidum, Malva 

 moschata, M. sylvestris (not native), Erodium ciciUarium 

 (since verified by me), Prunus Cerasus (not native), 

 Potentilla reytans (probably only a form of P. Tormentilla), 

 Riihus saxatilis (since found by me), Pyrus Aria (if 



