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CAULis {Bu!^er\ of " Lond. Cat.," ed. x (1908)].— Hilly 

 pasture and burnside, Midland Hill, Orphir, Mainland, 

 29th July 1876 and 5th June 1877, respectively, H. H. 

 Johnston. Native. The same specimens were identified 

 as " A. VULGARIS, Linn., var. b. Montana, Willd.," by the 

 late Dr. J. T. I. B. Boswell, but the Rev. E. F. Linton informs 

 me that the var. Montana, Willd., is not found in Great 

 Britain. See " Annals Scot. Nat. Hist.," July 1895, p. 176 ; 

 and " Journ. Bot.," vol. Hi, November 1914, p. 228, in which 

 "A. minor, Huds., var. filicaulis, Buser," is recorded for 

 H. C. Watson's county No. Ill Orkney. 



Rosa mollis, Sm. var. c. coerulea. Woods {fide W. 

 Barclay). — Banks at burnside, Mill Burn, Hoy, 20th 

 August 1885, H. H, Johnston. Native. Confirms the 

 record of this variety from Orkney (South Burn of Quoys, 

 Hoy) by Dr. J. T. I. B. Boswell, in "Bot. Exch. Club 

 Report for 1880," p. 30 (1881). See "Scot. Nat.," No. 

 xlviii, October 1882, p. 363 ; and Spence, " Flora Orca- 

 densis," p. 21 (1914). 



Rosa glauca, Vill., var. d. transiens (Kern.) (fide W. 

 Barclay). — Heathery banks at burnside, 180 feet above sea- 

 level, Berriedale, Hoy, 4th November 1913, H. H. Johnston. 

 Native. The same specimen was identified as " R. canina, 

 Linn., var. c. sphaerica (Gren.)" by Mr. J. G. Baker, and 

 so recorded by me in "Trans. Bot. Soc. Edin.," vol. xxvi, 

 p. 209 (1914); and in Spence, "Flora Orcadensis," p. 128 

 (1914). See " Corrections." 



Epilobium parviflorum, Schreb. (fide Arthur Bennett). 

 — Wet ditch, 120 feet above sea-level. Upper Braebuster, 

 Deerness, Mainland, 19th August 1916, H. H. Johnston. 

 Native. Very rare. Confirms Dr. Macnab's record of 

 this species for H. C. Watson's county No. Ill Orkney. 

 See " Scot. Nat.," No. xlviii, October 1882, p. 364 ; Bennett, 

 "Suppl. Top. Bot.," p. 35 (1906); and Spence, "Flora 

 Orcadensis," p. 23 (1914). 



*Epilobium hirsutum, Linn, (name confirmed by Arthur 

 Bennett). — Mud at bottom of shallow running water in a 

 burn, 5 feet above sea-level, Newhouse, Clestrain, Orphir, 

 Mainland, 21st August 1914. Naturalised. Common. 

 No fruit developed in 1914, there being only undeveloped 

 ovaries on the plants growing at this station on 2nd 



