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15. OnopordonAcanthium (Scottish Thistle). 

 Near Ollaberry : perhaps introduced. 



16. Saussurea alpina (Alpine Saussurea). 

 Of this Edmondston said : " Found on Ronas 

 Hill by Dr M'Nab in 1837. I possess speci- 

 mens from him, but have searched the station 

 in vain myself. It also occurs on Hoy Hill, 

 Orkney." 



17. Centaurea nigra (Black Knapweed, 

 Hard-head). Baltasound. 



C. Cyanus (Cornflower). Cornfields. 



1 8. Hieracium Schmidtii (Schmidt's Hawk- 

 weed). Ronas Voe, Bergs of Skelberry near 

 North Roe. (Beeby in Scot. Nat. 1889- 

 90.) 



H. vulgatum (Common Hawkweed). Near 

 Cliff and Burrafirth, Unst. 



H. murorum (Wall Hawkweed). North 

 Roe, Northmaven. 



H. zetlandicum. A new Hieracium dis- 

 covered by Beeby, of which a full descrip- 

 tion is given in the Journal of Botany, 

 1891. This is one of the most important 

 additions to the flora of Shetland for 

 some years. Space prevents quoting from 

 the Journ. Bot. in full, and excerpts are 

 valueless. Suffice it to say that the 



