74 Flora of Shetland 



Not so common as the following, but of fre- 

 quent occurrence on dry moors. 



E. cinerea (Fine-leaved Heath). Common. 



4. Loiseleuria procumbens (Trailing Aza- 

 lea). On the grassy slopes a little below the 

 summit of Ronas Hill, flowering freely and 

 abundantly on the west side. 



5. Pyrola media (Intermediate Winter- 

 green). Near Walls. 



Ord. Plumb aginece 



i. StaticeLimonium(Common Sea Lavender). 

 Two or three specimens were found at the 

 Nab, near Lerwick, in 1839. (Edmondston's 

 note, 1845.) 



2. Armeria maritima (Sea Pink). Common. 



Ord. Primulacece 



1. Primula acaulis (Primrose). Dry banks 

 of Lund and near Petester, Unst ; near Olla- 

 berry, Bardister, and elsewhere in Northmaven ; 

 Reafirth and Mid Yell ; Cunningsburgh ; hill 

 near Olligarth House, Whiteness. 



2. Trientalis europaea (Chickweed Winter- 

 green). Observed by Edmondston on a green 

 slope facing the west sea, Hermaness, near 

 the north point of Unst. 



