182 Mr Arthur Bennett on [sess. lii. 



tion to the flora of Scothmd, and may reasonably be hoped 

 for in such counties as Ayr, Dumfries, or Wigtown. 



Cai^ex ccespitosa, Linn. (Fries), Sp. PI., ed. 1 (1753), p. 978. 



C. pacifica, Drejer, Fl Ex. Hafn. (1838), p. 29 2. 



C. Drejeri, R 0. Lang, Flora (1843), p. 548. 



C. tenuis, Schum., Fnum., i. p. 268, Jiilc Drejer. 



Drejer, Rcvisio Car. lor., No. 31. 



Blytt, Norges Flora, p. 215 (1861). 



Hartnian, Hand, i SL Flora, ed. 11 (1879), p. 469. 



Xyman, Consp. Florm Earop., p. 777. 



Fig. Flora Danica, t. 2547. 



Andersson, Carices Scand,, t. 6, fig. 59. 



Eeichenbach, t. 229. 



In Europe, it occurs in Norway, Denmark, Sweden, Ger- 

 many, Holland, Bohemia, Silesia, Bussia, Iceland, Faroes, N. 

 America, Greenland, &c. 



Gathered very sparingly by Mr Beeby in the island of 

 Unst, Shetland, in August 1887, by whose kindness I am 

 able to show one of the few specimens gathered. 



In our old floras the name C. ca^sjntosa will he found re- 

 presenting sometimes the C. vnhjaris of Fries, sometimes the 

 G. stricta, Goodenough, and in most floras some confusion has 

 arisen from tlie mixing up of the name with vidgaris and 

 stricta, &c. 



But the species is now well understood in Europe, and 

 in Sweden is one of the most (if not the most) abundant 

 of the Carices, and is known under the popular name of 

 Star-grass. 



We have here six additions to the Scottish flora during 

 1887, beside several Hieracia which remain to be determined, 

 among which are certainly H. pulchellum, Lind., and I£. Som- 

 merfeltii, Lind., and H. orarium, Lind., and at least two others, 

 a result which was almost certain, as the extreme north of 

 Scotland has never before been so systematically examined 

 for the genus, as my friend Mr F. J. Haidjury has done in 

 Caitlmess and Sutherland for the last three years ; from 

 whence he has Ijrought a most beautiful collection, of which 

 I hope at some future time to give an account, and present 

 specimens to the Herbarium. 



