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SOLIDAGO VlRGA-AUREA, Linn., var. CAMBRICA (Hllds.) 



(fide Arthur Bennett). — Heathery hill-top, 650 feet above 

 sea-level, on the south-west side of Hoglinns Water, Waas, 

 Hoy, 13th August 1913, H. H. Johnston. Native. 



♦Inula Helenium, Linn, (fide Arthur Bennett). — 

 Grassy bank at burnside, near the sea, 5 feet above sea- 

 level, Burn of Stennadale, Firth, Mainland, 7th August 

 1913, H. H. Johnston ; and ditch-side in links near the sea, 

 20 feet above sea-level, Links of Melsetter, Waas, Hoy, 

 11th August 1913, H. H. Johnston. Naturalised and very 

 rare at both stations — one clump of a few plants only at the 

 former station, and two clumps of a few plants only in each 

 clump at the latter station. See " Scot. Nat.," No. xlviii., 

 October 1882, p. 369. 



The aggregate species Euphrasia officinalis, Linn., is 

 recorded from Orkney in Watson, " Topographical Botany," 

 ed. ii., p. 292, but the following segregate species are not 

 mentioned in that book : — 



Euphrasia brevipila, Burnat et Gremli (fide E. S. 

 Marshall). — Grassy crags at the seashore, 15 feet above sea- 

 level, east side of Aith Hope, South Waas, Hoy, 21st July 

 1913, H. H. Johnston. Native. See "Journ. Bot.," vol. 

 xxxix., August 1901, p. 270. 



Euphrasia borealis, Toumsend {fide E. S. Marshall).— 

 Stenness, Mainland, 6th August 1875, H. H. Johnston; 

 pasture, Binscarth, Firth, Mainland, 21st August 1880, 

 H. H. Johnston ; pasture, Skaill, Sandwick, Mainland, 19th 

 August 1881, H. H. Johnston (see " Bot. Exch. Club Report," 

 1881, p. 53) ; dry sandy pasture, Linksness, Hoy, 20th 

 August 1885, H. H. Johnston (see " Bot. Exch. Club Report," 

 1885, p. 133 ; heathery and grassy pasture, 90 feet above sea- 

 level, Black Crag, Stromness, Mainland, 19th August 1912, 

 H. H. Johnston (see " Bot. Exch. Club Report," 1912, p. 273. 

 in which the specimens from the Black Crag have been 

 erroneously recorded as Euphrasia curta, Wettst., but this 

 error will be corrected in the Report for 1913); and heath 

 at top of crags at the seashore, 130 feet above sea-level, 

 Brims, Waas, Hoy, 4th August 1913, H. H. Johnston. 

 Native at all these stations. The specimens from Brims 

 have the corolla white, with dark purple lines, and a yellow 

 spot on the throat of the lower lip, and with reference to 



