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wick, Mainland, 23rd July 1886, H. H. Johnston. Native. 

 See " Transactions of the Botanical Society of Edinburgh,' 7 

 vol. xvii., 1886, p. 133 ; " The Gardeners' Chronicle," 

 vol. xxvi., No. 677, new series, 18th December 1886, p. 793; 

 and " Journ. Bot.," vol. xxxix.. August 1901, p. 270. 



Euphrasia curta, Wettst., va.r. glabrescexs. Wettst. 

 (ride E. S. Marshall). — Damp pasture on hillside, 300 feet 

 above sea-level, Wart Hill, Hoy, 15th August 1912, H. H. 

 Johnston ; grassy banks at burnside, 270 feet above sea- 

 level, Burn of Selta, Stromness, Mainland. 23rd August 

 1912, H. H. Johnston ; marsh 300 feet above sea-level. Dale 

 of Oback, Orphir, Mainland, 9th July 1913, H. H. Johnston ; 

 and heathery and grassy pasture at top of crags at the 

 seashore 130 feet above sea-level, Brims, Waas, Hoy. 4th 

 August 1912, H. H. Johnston. Native at all these stations. 

 See remarks under E. borealis, Tovmsend, on p. 213; 

 and 'Journ. Bot./' vol. xxxix., August 1901, p. 270. 



Euphrasia foulaexsis. Tovmst nd {fide E. S. Marshall). 

 — Short pasture, 150 feet above sea-level, drenched with 

 sea spray during storms, Vaval. Westray. 21st August 1913, 

 H. H. Johnston. Native. Remarks by the Rev. E. S. 

 Marshall : — " Your Westray Eyebright is the compact 

 coast-form of Euphrasia foulaexsis. Tovmsend \, which 

 Shoolbred and I found at Black Craig, Mainland, in 1900. 

 The full-grown capsules considerably exceed the sepals : 

 the leaves are blunt, glabrescent ; the corollas small, violet/ 

 See 'Journ. Bot.," vol. xxxix.. August 1901, p. 270. 



Triextalis europ.ea, Linn. — Heath, 200 feet above sea- 

 level, Kingsdale, Firth. Mainland, 9th July 1913, H. H. 

 Johnston. Native. Removes the? after '111 Orkney: 

 in Watson, " Top. Bot.," ed. ii., p. 335. This species was 

 first discovered in Orkney at the above-mentioned station, 

 in June 1*47, by the late Mr. George Robson. See MS. 

 '• Flora Orcadensis," by Alexander R. Duguid. M.D.. 1858 ; 

 and Bennett, " Suppl. Top. Bot., ed. ii.," 1905, p. 68. 



Class II. — Moxocotyledoxs. 



Carex extexsa, Good., var. minor, Syrne (fide Arthur 



Bennett). — Stony ground near the seashore, 130 feet above 

 sea-level. North Hill, Westray, 28th August 1913, H. H. 

 Johnston. Native. Removes " Lost " from "111 Orkney. 



