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this species from the Ward Hill, Hoy, in " Scot. Nat.," 

 No. ii, new series, October 1883, p. 73. See Spence, " Flora 

 Orcadensis," p. 83 (1914). 



Carex Oederi, Retz., var. e. pygmaea, Anders., in 

 " Cyperaceae Scand.," p. 25 (1849) (Jide Arthur Bennett). — 

 Short wet natural pasture, 100 feet above sea-level, between 

 Valle\^ Burn and Glen of Button, Hoy, 19th June and 

 9th September 1914, H. H. Johnston, Native. Rare. 

 Stigmas 3. A new record for this variety for H. C. 

 Watson's countj^ No. Ill Orkney. In a written note, 

 dated 18th November 1914, Mr. Arthur Bennett writes, "I 

 think I have seen ^ pygmaea from Caithness and Suther- 

 land, whether inland or not I cannot say." This variety 

 is not mentioned in " The London Catalogue of British 

 Plants," tenth edition (1908). 



Carex binervis, Sm. var. h. alpina, Drejcr in " Crit. 

 Rev. Car." (1841) [=rar. h. Sadleri {Linton) of "Lond. 

 Cat," ed. X (1908)] (/ir7e Arthur Bennett).— Heathery hill- 

 top, 330 feet above sea-level, summit of Kirbuster Hill, 

 Birsay, Mainland, 15th September 1919, H. H. Johnston. 

 Native. Common. A new record for this variety for H. C. 

 Watson's county No. Ill Orkney. 



Carex limosa, Linn, (name confirmed by Arthur 

 Bennett, who in a note writes, " All good typical limio&a "). 

 — Swamp, 400 feet above sea-level. Meadow of Surtoo 

 ("Bog of Surtan" in 1-inch Ordnance Map published in 

 1912), at source of Burn of Kit Huntlins, Birsaj^ Mainland, 

 25th July 1919, H. H. Johnston; and swamp, 130 feet 

 above sea-level, Dee of Durkadale, Birsay, Mainland, 15th 

 September 1919, H. H. Johnston. Native and common at 

 both stations. Confirms Mr. G. W. Scarth's record of this 

 species from the Meadow of Surtoo in 1918, in Spence, 

 ''Flora Orcadensis," p. 84 (1914). Mr. John Spence, Over- 

 abist, Birsay, showed me both stations for this species. 

 This species is not recorded from County No. Ill Orkney 

 in Watson, " Top. Bot.," ed. ii (1883), nor in Bennett, " Suppl. 

 Top. Bot." (1905). 



PoA PRATENSis, Linn., var. h. subcoerulea (Smith) (Jide 

 Arthur Bennett). — Heap of earth and stones from a stone 

 quarry, 360 feet above sea-level, Hill of Heddle, Firth, 

 Mainland, 15th July 1919, H. H. Johnston. Native. 



