78 Flora of Shetland 



specimens are small compared with the 

 flowers of the Scottish mainland. 



R. minor (Lesser Yellow Rattle). Common. 

 Saxavord Hill. (Beeby in Scot. Nat. 1887.) 



Ord. Lentibulariece 



1. Utricularia vulgaris (Common Bladder- 

 wort). Deep pools and bogs ; scarce. At 

 Bressay, at Walls, and near Ronas Voe, North- 

 maven. 



2. Pinguicula vulgaris (Common Butter- 

 wort). Turfy bogs and heaths. Common. 



Ord. Labiates 



1. Mentha viridis (Spearmint). Wet places 

 near Bardister and Ronas Voe. Probably not 

 indigenous. 



2. Thymus Serpyllum (Mountain Thyme). 

 Dry heaths and banks. Common. 



3. Nepeta Cataria (Catmint). At Sandsting. 



4. Prunella vulgaris (Self-heal). Dry pas- 

 tures. Common. 



5. Stachys palustris (Marsh Woundwort). 

 Wet meadows and cultivated ground. Com- 

 mon. 



S. ambigua. A variation of the preced- 

 ing. Found at Tingwall, Bressay, etc. " Not 



