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Carex teretiuscula, Good. [ = C. diandra, Schranl-] 

 {fide G. C. Druce and Arthur Bennett). — Swamp, 130 feet 

 above sea-level, Dee of Durkadale, Birsay, Mainland, 4th 

 August 1920, H. H. Johnston. Native. Rare. A new 

 record for H. C. Watson's county No. Ill Orkney. Mr. 

 G. W. Scarth, in litt., dated 19th September 1919, informs 

 rae that the last time he visited the Dee of Durkadale he 

 saw " what looked very like Carex teretiuscula. Good.," 

 but the plants were not in fruit, and he did not preserve 

 specimens of them. 



Agrostis vulgaris. With., var. h. pumila (Light/. ) (fide 

 G. C. Druce). — Pasture, 170 feet above sea-level, Binscarth, 

 Firth, Mainland, 6th August 1920, H. H. Johnston; and 

 grassy and heathery pasture, 10 feet above sea-level. Point 

 of Onston, Stenness, Mainland, 9th August 1920, H. H. 

 Johnston. Native. Rare at Binscarth and common at 

 the Point of Onston. Confirms the record of this varietj'' 

 from Orkney in Neill, "Tour," p. 184 (1806). See "Scot. 

 Nat.," No. ii, new series, p. 74 (October 1883); "Annals 

 Scot. Nat. Hist.," No. 64, p. 227 (October 1907); and 

 Spence, " Flora Orcadensis," pp. xxv and 86 (1914). 



Agrostis alba, Linn., var. d. coarctata (Hojfm.) (fide 

 G. C. Druce and Arthur Bennett). — Short natural pasture 

 near edge of sea-cliffs, 250 feet above sea-level, Black Crag, 

 Stromness, Mainland, 7th August 1920, H. H. Johnston. 

 Native. Common. Confirms Mr. G. W. Scarth's record of 

 this variety from Orkney in Spence, " Flora Orcadensis," 

 p. 86 (1914). 



Koeleria britannica, Domin [ = K. gracilis, Pers., 

 var. c. britannica, Domin (K. cristata, Pers. ed. 9) of 

 "Lond. Cat.," ed. x (1908)] (fide G. C. Druce).— Grassy 

 banks at lochside, 30 feet above sea-level, Kierfiold, Loch 

 of Skaill, Sand wick, Mainland, 4th August 1920, H. H. 

 Johnston; natural shell-sandy pasture at seashore, 10 

 feet above sea-level. Links of Boardhouse, Birsay, Main- 

 land, 4th August 1920, H. H. Johnston; and short natural 

 pasture near edge of sea-clifls, 240 feet above sea-level. 

 Black Crag, Stromness, Mainland, 7th August 1920, H. H. 

 Johnston. Native. Common at all these three stations. 

 Confirms the record of this subspecies for H. C. Watson's 

 county No. Ill Orkney, as Koeleria cristata, Per.s., in 



