62 TRANSACTIONS OF THE [Sess. lxxxv 



Johnston. Native. Rare. Stem solid. Leaves xpotted 

 dark purplish-black on upper surface. Perianth 'pcde 

 purple, with dark purple lines on lip ; two lateral sepals 

 spreadiwi ; upper sepal and two petals connivent ; lip fiat 

 and 3-lobed, with a large middle lobe, longer than the two 

 lateral lobes, and straight (not recurved at the apex as in 

 the subspecies O. ericetorum, Linton). Orchis maculata, 

 Linn., is recorded for H. C. Watson's county No. Ill 

 Orkney in Watson, " Top. Bot.," ed. ii, p. 390 (1883), but 

 there is no doubt but that this record was based on plants 

 of the subspecies O. ERICETORUM, IJiiton, which is very 

 common in Orkney. Since I began to collect botanical 

 specimens in Orkney in 1874, I have seen many thousands 

 of plants of O. ericetorum, Jjinton, in several different 

 islands, but the only plants of O. maculata, Linn. I have 

 seen in Orkney are those I found at Wideford Burn on 

 23rd July 1920. In the opinion of Dr. G. Claridge Druce, 

 the subspecies O. ericetoru.m Linton, is the true type 

 of 0. maculata, Linii., " Species Plantarum," 1335, and xny 

 specimens from Wideford Burn belong to another species, 

 which he lias named O. FucHSil, Druce. In O. ericetorum, 

 L^inton, the middle lobe of the lip is smaller, shorter, and 

 narroiver than the two lateral lobes, and recuroed at the 

 apex, whereas in O. FucHSii, Britce, it is larger and longer 

 than the two lateral lobes, and the apex is not recurved- 

 See, "Trans. Bot. Soc. Edin.," vol. xxviii, p. 39 (1920). 



Narcissus I^scudo-narcissiis, Linn, {fide C H. Wright). — 

 Grassy bank at lochside, 140 feet above sea-level. Loch of 

 Wasdale, Firth, Mainland, 22nd May 1920, H. H. Johnston. 

 Not native. Five small clumps of plants only seen by me. 



Scilla non-scripta, Hoffmgg. et Link [=Scilki nutans, 

 Sm., and Endgmion nutans, Dum.]. — Grassy banks at 

 seashore, 5 feet above sea-level, Isgarth, Lady, Sanday, 

 27tli May 1920, H. H. Johnston. Not native. An escape 

 fj'oiii the garden of Isgarth House. One small clump of 

 plants, in flower, seen by me. Perianth blue. Confirms 

 the record of this species from Orkney in Bennett, " Suppl. 

 Top. Bot.," ed. ii, p. 82 (190.5). This species is cultivated 

 in gardens in (Jrkney, but it is not native, nor has it 

 become naturalised anywhere in the county, so far as I 

 am aware. 



