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October 1914. Mr. Peter Goudie, Newliouse, informed 

 me, on 21st August 1914, that this plant escaped from 

 his garden at Newhouse about or before 1908, since which 

 time it has become thoroughly naturalised in the burn 

 between his house and the mouth of the burn at the sea- 

 shore. Confirms the record of this species from Orkney 

 in " History of the Orkney Islands," by Rev. Dr. Barry, 

 ed. ii, p. 280 (1808). See "Trans. Bot. Soc. Edin.," vol. 

 xxvii, p. 55 (1916). 



Saxifraga stellaris, Linn, (name confirmed by Arthur 

 Bennett). — Wet, mossy rocks on hillside, 500 feet and 800 

 feet above sea-level. Hoy, 15th June and 11th September 

 1914, H. H. Johnston. Native. Very rare. See '"' Scot. 

 Nat.," No. xlviii, October 1882, p. 365; and Spence, "Flora 

 Orcadensis," p. 25 (1914). 



*Carum Carui, Linn, (name confirmed by Arthur 

 Bennett). — Old artificial pasture, 70 feet above sea-level, 

 Biggings, North Pai-ish, South Ronaldsa}^ 29th July 1914, 

 H. H. Johnston. Naturalised. Common. This species 

 was found in " meadows below Cletts," near Biggings, 

 South Ronaldsay, by R. Heddle, prior to 1858, and it has 

 grown there, flowering and fruiting freely ever since. 

 See "Scot. Nat.," No. xlviii, October 1882, p. 365; and 

 Spence, "Flora Orcadensis," p. 27 (1914). 



SiUM ANGUSTiFOLiUM, Linn. [ = S. ERECTUM, Huds.l 

 (name confirmed by Arthur Bennett). — Marshy burnside, 

 10 feet above sea-level. Burn of Sutherland, Burray, 27th 

 July 1914, H. H. Johnston. Native. Common. Confirms 

 the record of this species from Orkney by Mr. Patrick 

 Neill in his "Tour," p. 185 (1806). See "Journ. Bot.," 

 No. xiii, January 1864, p. 20; "Scot. Nat," No. xlviii, 

 October 1882, p. 366; Bennett, " Suppl. Top. Bot.," p. 42 

 (1906); and Spence, "Flora Orcadensis," p. 28 (1914). 

 Removes "[111 Neill, ' common '] " from among the "sup- 

 posed errors" in Watson, "Top. Bot," ed. ii, p. 193 (1883). 



Scandix Fecten- Veneris, Linn. — Rousay, 1847, Robert 

 Heddle; corn-field, Hoy, 9th July 1877, H. H. Johnston; 

 and potato-field and turnip-field, Myrland, Deerness, 

 Mainland, 23rd Augu.st 1916, H. H. Johnston. Not 

 native. A weed of cultivation. Confirms the record of 

 this species from Orkney in " History of the Orkney 



