56 TRANSACTIONS OF THE [Sess. lxxxv 



late Mr. A. Somerville's record for it from Sanday, 1898, in 

 " Trans. Bot. Soc. Edin.," vol. xxvii, p. 55 (1916). 



Rosa mollissima, Willd., var. d. pseudo-rubiginosa 

 (Z^.). [ — R. mollissima, Willd., var. c. suberecta of 

 " Lond. Cat.," ed. vii (1874) ; R. mollis, Sm., var. d. pseudo- 

 rubiginosa (LeJ.) of " Lond. Cat.," ed. x (1908), where this 

 variety is erroneously placed under Rosa omissa, Desegl. ; 

 and R. arduennensis, 6Ve'/>.] {fide William Barclay). — 

 Grassy banks at burnside, 20 feet above sea-level, Wideford 

 Burn, Saint Ola, Mainland, 23rd July 1920 and 16th 

 September 1920, H. H. Johnston. Native. Petals white. 

 Ripe fruit scarlet, with persistent sepals. 



Rosa canina, Linn., var. fvgxx {Gren.)[=^}i. glauca, 

 Vill, var. h. fugax (Gren.) oi "Lond. Cat.,"' ed. x (1908)] 

 (fide William Barclay). — Heathery banks at burnside, 90 

 feet above sea-level. South Burn, Hoy, 1st October 1920, 

 H. H. Johnston. Very rare. Leaves glabrous beneath. 

 Ripe fruit dull yellowish-red, with persistent sepals. With 

 reference to my specimens of this species, Mr. William 

 Barclay, in a note, dated 8th November 1920, writes as 

 follows : — " The fruits on the later collected specimen have 

 developed and ripened fairly well. The tendency of the 

 prickles to grow in little groups is noteworth}^" My 

 specimens in ripe and unripe fruit were collected from the 

 same plant on the same date. 



[FucJisia Rircartoni, Hort. Am bor. Cult, (fide G. C. 

 Druce). — Rocky burnside, 300 feet above sea-level, Syra- 

 dale, Firth, Mainland, 23rd September 1920, H. H. John- 

 ston. Not native. Planted. Two plants only seen by 

 me. one below the waterfall in the Burn of Eskadale, on 

 the north side of Syi*adale, from which my specimen was 

 taken, and the other one on a grassy bank, 350 feet above 

 sea-level, at Syradale Burn. The latter shrub was planted 

 by Mr. William Towers in March 1914, but he does not 

 know the name of the person who planted the other shrub 

 below the waterfall, which has been there for a consider- 

 able time prior to 1914.] 



liihes nigrum, Linn. — Grassy banks at burnside, 20 feet 

 above sea-level, near the Mill of Firth, Mainland, 20th 

 May 1920, H. H. Johnston. Not native. One plant, in 

 full flower, only .seen by me. 



