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Islands," by Rev. Dr. Barry, ed. ii, p. 279 (1808). See 

 " Journ. Bot.," No. xiii, January 1864, p. 14; "Scot. Nat.," 

 No. xlviii, October 1882, p. 366 ; and Spence, " Flora 

 Orcadensis," p. 30 (1914). 



GaliuTn Mollugo, Linn., var. c. Bakeri, Syme (fide 

 Arthur Bennett). — Patch of artificial pasture, 4 feet long 

 by 3 feet broad, left unploughed in a here (barley) field 

 by Mr. William Delday to prevent the extinction of this 

 plant, 160 feet above sea-level, Quoybelloch, Deerness, 

 Mainland, 19th August 1916; and rare on a grassy bank 

 at roadside, 55 feet above sea-level, Downatown, Birsa}^, 

 Mainland, 22nd September 1919, H. H. Johnston. Not 

 native. A weed of cultivation. Leaves 6 in a whorl. 

 Corolla white. 



Crepis virens, Linn. [ = C. capillar is, Wallr.] (^fide Arthur 

 Bennett). — Artificial grass-field, 10 feet above sea-level, 

 Garson, Stromness, Mainland, 5th September 1919, H. H. 

 Johnston. Not native. A weed of cultivation. Common. 

 Confirms the record of this species under the name of 

 "Crepis Tectoruw," Sm., in "History of the Orkney Islands," 

 by Rev. Dr. Barry, ed. ii, p. 285 (1808). See "Journ. 

 Bot.," No. xiii, Januar}^ 1864, p. 14 ; Bennett, " Suppl. Top, 

 Bot.," p. 47 (1905); and Spence, "Flora Orcadensis," p. 41 

 (1914). 



HiERACiUM RUBicuNDUM, F. J. Hanbury, var. h. Bos- 

 WELLi {Linton) in "Journ. Bot.," vol. xxxi, June 1893, 

 pp. 178 and 179 (as a species) {fide E. F. Linton, 30th 

 October 1914. See "Corrections"). — Crags on hillside. 

 430 feet above sea-level, Dwarfie Hamars, Ho}^ 22nd July 

 1912, H. H.- Johnston. Native. On 20th September 1912 

 the same specimens were doubtfully identified as H. 

 silvaticum, Gouan, var. c, tricolor, W. R. Linton, or 

 var. e. asymmetricum. Ley, by the Rev. E. F. Linton, and 

 they were recorded by me as var. c. tricolor, W. R. 

 Linton, in "Trans. Bot. Soc. Edin.," vol. xxvi, p. 211 

 (1914); and in Spence, "Floi-a Orcadensis," p. 131 (1914). 

 With reference to these specimens, the Rev. E. F. Linton 

 furnished me with the following written note, dated 30th 

 October 1914, viz.: — "Not var. tricolor. May be var. 

 asymmetricum, Ley, but has very hairy leaves for that. 

 It has much the resemblance of my H. ruhicundum, var. 



