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Mi/rrJiis Odorata, Scop. — Artificial pasture at roadside, 

 70 feet above sea-level, Finstown, Firth, Mainland, 22nd 

 May 1920, H. H. Johnston. Not native. An escape from 

 a garden. Rare. 



Leontodon autumnalis, Linn., var. d. simplex, Duby 

 {fide Arthur Bennett). — Damp natural pasture, 30 feet 

 above sea-level, Deepdale, Stromness, Mainland, 14th 

 August 1920, H. H. Johnston. Native. Common. Plants 

 in full flower. Leaves with a few hairs on both surfaces. 

 Phyllaries clothed with greenish-black hairs. Style and its 

 two branches yellowish-brown ; and short, natural pasture, 

 15 feet above sea-level, west of the United Free Church, 

 North Ronaldsa}', 21st August 1920. Native. Common. 

 Plants in full flower. Leaves thinly hairy on both surfaces. 

 Scapes 1-2, decumbent, 1 -headed. Phyllaries clothed with 

 greenish-black hairs. Corolla yellow, or j^ellow above and 

 striped dull crimson beneath. Style and its two branches 

 yellowish-brown. Confirms the record of this variety from 

 Orkney (" Ward Hill, Orphir ") in Spence, " Flora Orca- 

 densis," p. 43 (1914). 



Taraxacum spectabile, DahUf, var. maculigeri^m, 

 DaldM. {fide G. C. Druce). Grassy banks at seashore, 

 10 feet above sea-level, Hamla Voe, Stromness, Mainland, 

 19th May 1920, H. H. Johnston. Native. Very common. 

 Plants in full flower. Leaves dull green above, paler green 

 beneath. Outer phyllaries recurved both in flower-bud 

 and in the fully-expanded flowers; innef phyllaries not 

 appendaged at the apex. Fruit brown. 



Chrysantheinu'in Partheniiiin, Pers. {fide J. Hutchinson). 

 — Side of a' footpath outside a garden, 90 feet above sea- 

 level, Daisybank, Kirkwall, Saint Ola, Mainland, 23rd Jul}- 

 1920, H. H. Johnston, Not native. An escape from Daisy- 

 bank garden. Very rare. Corolla of ray-florets white. 



Anaphalis margaritacea, Benth. et Hook. fli. [ = Gnaj)h(i.- 

 lium margarifaceum, Linn.] {fide G. C. Druce). — -Banks 

 at burnside, 140 feet above sea-level, Burn of Beaquoy, 

 near The Wilderness. Birsay, Mainland, 9th August 1920, 

 H. H. Johnston ; and grass}' banks at burnside, 200 feet 

 above sea-level. Burn of Vinden, Firth, Mainland, 23rd 

 September 1920, H. H. Johnston. Not native. Very rare 

 at both stations. 



