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Lost? Syme cat." in Watson, "Top. Bot.," ed. ii., p. 461. 

 The late Dr. J. T. I. B. Boswell found the var. minor, 

 Syme, in the Fidge, Orphir, Mainland, in 1849, but in his 

 catalogue of Orkney plants he has entered the remark 

 " Extinct 1875 ? " opposite the name of this variety. Prior 

 to 1849 the Fidge was liable to be flooded with sea water ; 

 but, about that year or shortly thereafter, an embankment 

 and sluice were constructed to prevent the flooding. See 

 " Scot. Nat.," No. ii., new series, October 1883, p. 73. 



Carex fulva, Host., x Oederi, Retz. (fide Arthur 

 Bennett). — Pasture at lochside, 15 feet above sea-level, 

 Loch of Saintear, Westray, 23rd August 1913, H. H. John- 

 ston ; and pasture at lochside, 8 feet above sea-level, Loch of 

 Swartmill, Westray, 6th September 1913, H. H. Johnston. 

 Native, and very rare at both stations. At the former 

 station a small clump of this hybrid was growing in the 

 middle of a much larger clump of Carex Oederi, Retz. 

 (fide Arthur Bennett). 



Avena pratensis, Linn, (fide Arthur Bennett). — Very 

 common on sandy links at the seashore, 20 feet above sea- 

 level, Links of Melsetter, Waas, Hoy, 11th August 1913, 

 H. H. Johnston. Native. Each spikelet has one awn onlj 7 , 

 instead of two or three awns as usually occurs in this 

 species. Remark by Mr. Arthur Bennett : — " Your plant 

 seems to agree with Norman's /. pauciflora, ' Fl. Arcticae 

 Norvegiae,' p. 54, 1893." See "Scot. Nat.," No. iii., new 

 series, January 1884, p. 110. 



Glyceria plicata, Fries (fide Arthur Bennett). — Marsh 

 20 feet above sea-level, Burn of Ore, Waas, Hoy, 29th July 

 1913, H. H. Johnston. Native. Removes the ? " doubtful " 

 after "111 Orkney ?' doubtful '" in Watson, " Top. Bot.," 

 ed. ii., p. 488. See " Scot. Nat.," No. iii., new series, 

 January 1884, p. Ill; "Journ. Bot.," vol. xxxix., August 

 1901, p. 274 ; and Bennett, " Suppl. Top. Bot., ed. ii.," 1905, 

 p. 105. 



Festuca SCIUROIDES, Roth (fide Arthur Bennett). — Shell- 

 sand and shingle at the seashore, 5 feet above sea-level, 

 Bay of Skaill, Sandwick, Mainland, 27th September 1913, 

 H. H. Johnston. Native. Removes "(111 Orkney)" from 

 the " non-indigenous plants " in Watson, " Top. Bot.," ed. 

 ii., p. 495. See " Scot. Nat.," No. iii., new series, January 



