58 TRANSACTIONS OF THE [Sess. lxxx 



p. 79. It seems strange that so comniou a species has 

 been overlooked. Still both in Shetland and Caithness. 

 L. sylvatica seems to be tlie commoner species. 



Carex limo.sa, Linn., p. 84. — Another new record for the 

 Isles in the Flora. 



Carex Oederi, var. 0('<hic(ir[><i, And. — Marsh near N. Dam, 

 Hoy, 1886. Stony loch shore, Loch of Kirbister, 1913. 

 H. H. Johnston. 



*K()eleri(i eri^fafa, Linn., sub-sq. britannica, Dom. — 

 Orkneys. E. S. Marshall, Ann. Scot. Nat. Hist., 1906, 32. 



Festiica bromoldes, Linn. — Shell sand and shingle in Bay 

 of Skail, Mainland, 1913. H. H. Johnston. 



Lastrea dilatata, Presl, var. collina, Moore. — Trail in 

 Ann. Scot. Nat. Hist., 1907, 229. 



Equisetum palwstre, Linn. var. liudiun, Newn. — Trail, 

 I.e., 230. 



*l8oetes lacnstris, Linn. — Hill lake, Peerie Water, Rousay, 

 1901. A. Somerville sp. Rej)orted but not accepted by 

 Mr. Spence. 



0/>Jiio(/lo.s.s'>tin vidgaturii, Linn., var. ambifjuum, Coss. 

 et Germ. — This was discovered by Mr. W. I. Fortescue, 

 2nd August 1878, on the west end of the Calf of Flotta. 

 Black Craig, Stromness. Miss P. Deuche in Exch. Club 

 Rep., 1877-8, 20 (1879). Veness, Swanbister. Syme. 



^CJuvra fra(/d,is, Desv., var. ca/pUlacea, Coss. et Germ. — 

 Rotten Loch, Brims, Waas, Hoy. Col. Johnston in Trans. 

 Edin. Bot. Soc, xxvi, 226(1894). 



*Char(i (n^jiern, Willd., var. de.snuica id/H(, H. et J. Groves. 

 —Orkney. Ann. Scot. Nat. Hist., 1907, 230. 



C. bidflnt, Fr.— This was lound by Messrs. Marsliall and 

 Shoolbred, J 3th July 1900; and by Mr. Crawford, 31st 

 August 1900. 



At pages l.'}.S-9 i.s a "Note on a New Primula found in 

 Orkney by Mr. M. Sj,rnc.';' l>v C. E. Moss, D.Sc, F.L.S., 

 FR.G.'S. 



IMants grown by Mr. liuiiuyltun 'had capsules 1'5 to 2-0 

 times as long as the calyx ; with narrow, less compact, 

 more spathulate, and more obtuse leaves." Then Dr. Moss 

 finds that Mr. Spence's plant verges towards P. stricta, 

 Fries, a Scandinavian .species, and per/Ki/'s is actually 

 th.af Kpecics. There is certainly no climatic reason against 



