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sea-level, Chalmersquoy, Westray, 1st September 1913, 

 H. H. Johnston. Not native. Mr. Murdoch Balfour in- 

 forms me that Chicory seeds along with those of clover and 

 rye-grass were sown in May 1911 for pasture for cattle. 

 As the Chicory has never before been recorded from Orkney, 

 I have reported its introduction into the county as a culti- 

 vated plant in case it may become naturalised hereafter, 

 and, if so, there will thus be a definite record of the exact 

 manner of its first introduction into Orkney.] 



Hieracium scoticum, F. J. Hanbury, in " Journ. Bot.," 

 vol. xxvi., 1888, p. 106. — Crags on hillside, 270 feet above 

 sea-level, North Hill, Westray, 15th July 1883 (fide F. J. 

 Hanbury), and 28th August 1913, H. H. Johnston ; very 

 rare on grassy cliffs at the seashore, 15 feet above sea-level, 

 Hangaback, Gyre, Orphir, Mainland, 18th August 1885, 

 H. H. Johnston (fide F. J. Hanbury ; the same specimen 

 was doubtfully identified as " H. gothicum, Fries," by the 

 late Dr. J. T. I. B. Boswell, who informed me that, if it was 

 not that species, he did not know what it was ; see H. GOTHI- 

 CUM, Fries, in " Scot. Nat.," No. xlviii., October 1882, p. 370 ; 

 and H. scoticum, F. J. Hanbury, in " Annals Scot. Nat. 

 Hist.,'' July 1895, p. 177) ; crags at burnside, 240 feet above 

 sea- level, Sowa Dee, Sand wick, and one plant only on the 

 Stromness side of the burn which forms the boundary 

 between the parishes of Sandwick and Stromness, Main- 

 land, 26th August 1912, and 15th July 1913 (fide E. F. 

 Linton), H. H. Johnston ; cliffs at the seashore, 10 feet 

 above sea-level, east side of Aith Hope, South Waas, Hoy, 

 21st July 1913, H. H. Johnston (fide E. F. Linton); grassy 

 cliffs at the seashore, 10 feet above sea-level, west side of 

 Aith Hope, Waas, Hoy, 4th August 1913, H. H. Johnston 

 (fide E. F. Linton) ; and seen growing by me rare on rocky 

 crags on hillside, 310 feet above sea-level, Vins Hamar, 

 Fitty Hill, Westray, 5th September 1913, H. H. Johnston. 

 Native at all these stations. I did not collect specimens at 

 Vins Hamar. 



Pyrola rotundifolia, Linn. — Rousay, August 1869, 

 Miss G. Gold (fide J. T. I. B. Boswell) ; and Rousay, 30th 

 July 1881, James Reid (fide J. T. I. B. Boswell). Native. 

 See "Scot. Nat.," No. xlviii., October 1882, p. 371; "Scot. 

 Nat.," No. xiii., new series, July 1886, p. 319 ; and "Annals 



