60 Flora of Shetland 



8. Buda maritima (Sea-side Sandwort 

 Spurrey). Not unfrequent on sea-shores. 



Ord. Portulacece 



i. Montia fontana (Water Blinks). Com- 

 mon in wet places. 



Ord. Hypericinece 



i. Hypericum perforatum (Common St 

 John's Wort). Found near Ollaberry and 

 Mossbank. 



H. pulchrum (Small Upright St John's 

 Wort). Common in dry, hilly pastures. 



H. pulchrum, var. procumbens. Abundant 

 on serpentine hills near Baltasound and south 

 side of Ronas Voe. (Beeby.) 



Ord. Linece 



I. Linum cartharticum (Cathartic Flax). 

 Common on dry, hilly pastures. 



L. usitatissimum (Common Flax). Fields, 

 rare. An escape from cultivation. 



Ord. Geraniacece 



I. Geranium phaeum (Dusky Crane's Bill). 

 To be found near Tresta, Fetlar. 



G. molle (Dove's-foot Crane's Bill). Com- 

 mon in dry pastures. 



