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Lobelia Dortmanna, abundant in the shallow lochans. 



Pyrola minor. Tongue Wood. 



Mentha viridis, hirsuta, sativa, and arvensis; these are all 

 new records. 



Ajuga pyraniidalis, Torbreck. 



Trientalis europa;a, in one locality only, near Inchnadamph. 



Salix pentandra, Loch Inver and Tongue. This, with 

 S. purpurea, S. viminalis, and S. caprea, are new species, but 

 are perhaps doubtfully native. 



Sparganium affine, ditches at Elphin (new species), and 

 S. minimum, on Ben Loyal. 



Of the Gramincffi — Avena flavescens, Holcus mollis, Catahrosa 

 aquatica, in a loch at Clachtoll; Festuca elatior, Brachypodium 

 sylvaticum, Triticum acutum, and Melica nutans are new 

 records. 



Filices. — The commoner ferns are fairly well distributed 

 throughout the district, while the limestone rocks at Inch- 

 nadamph and Knockan yield the more interesting forms in 

 considerable variety. Folypodium Dryopteris, P. Fhegopteris, 

 P. alpestre, Polystichum Lonchitis, and As'plenium viride occur 

 abundantly; and Hymcnophyllmii unilaterale is found in the 

 Allt Poll an Droighinn at Inchnadamph. Scolopendrium is 

 very rare, and has only been noticed in three localities — in 

 Glen Dhu, Inchnadamph, and Glen Coul. Osmunda regalis, 

 in spite of the tourist, is still fairly plentiful in several spots 

 both in Assynt and Eddrachillis ; but the one plant known 

 to us in Durness in 1884 has, I believe, met with its fate at 

 the hands of some unscrupulous collector. 



Four species of Chara were collected by Mr Gray, includ- 

 ing C. crinita and C. fragilis, both new records ; and he was 

 of the opinion that further careful examination of this diffi- 

 cult genus would recognise several other species as occurring 

 in this district. 



In conclusion, as probable garden escapes, must be con- 

 sidered — Clematis Vitalba, in Tongue Wood; Astrantia major, 

 at Inchnadamph; yFgopodium Podagraria, covering a small 

 island in Loch Assynt, to which tradition points as the 

 garden of the former occupants of Ardvreck Castle; Narcissus 

 Pseudo- Narcissus, at Ardvreck ; and Polcmonium cceruleum, in 

 Tongue Wood. 



The total number of species recorded for this county, 108 



