1861.] collinson's notes. 305 



oi Juncus biglumis, while the bogs above yield the black-headed 

 Carex saxatilis, Epilobium anagaUidifolium, and many other in- 

 teresting things, "vvhich amply compensate the botanist for the 

 rain and storms that frequently assail him. 



Polystichum Lonchitis abounds almost everywhere in the cre- 

 vices of rocks, at an elevation of two thousand feet and upwards, 

 frequently associaited with 



Pseudathyrium alpestre ; and on Ben Lawers, with a 

 Lastrea, of which the fronds are highly divided, so as almost 

 to xe'&eiwhle Cyst op. montana. 



COLLINSON'S NOTES. 



{To the Editor of the ' PJnjtohgist .') 



Dear Mr. Editor, — From the same source as that from which I 

 sent you a few notes upon Harefield and other Orchises, viz. some 

 original manuscript notes by the Collinsons (Peter and Michael), 

 I now have the pleasure of communicating a sort of supple- 

 ment to that paper (see ' Phytologist ' for June, 1861, p. 171). 

 The present relates chiefly to many Orchises observed during 

 a visit to and sojourn in Rome, in the year 1770. This paper 

 appears to be entirely in the handwriting of, and is signed by, 

 Michael Collinsou. It follows here in the order and in the exact 

 words of the journal. 



''June, 1770. — Observed in the gardens of the Capuchin Con- 

 vent, near Albano, in the wood within the enclosure, the com- 

 mon Bee Orchis in full flower, not the least variation from our 

 English kind, and this was the only place in all Italy where I 

 saw it. 



"May, 1770. — About a mile or two before we entered Rome, 

 as also at a place a little more remote, and not far from a monu- 

 ment called Nero's Tomb, I observed the green-winged Bee 

 Orchis, the same as our English kind, only higher and stronger, ■ 

 and nearly out of flower, growing on the green banks close to 

 the side of the road, where there also grew a noble tall species 

 of Asphodel, branched with white flowers in full bloom. 



N. s. VOL. V. 3 b 



