48 BOTANICAL TtftTR IN THE 



all doubt or ' supposition/ told me he found this plant on Ben 

 Lawers. I trust no further confirmation is necessary to esta- 

 blish it a native." 



Most of us are aware of the generally prevalent presumption 

 that Hierochloe borealis had never really been found wild in Scot- 

 land ; yet this plant was,, only about a couple of years ago,, redis- 

 covered at a great distance from its first-announced Scottish loca- 

 lity. The particulars of this more recent rediscovery of a Scottish 

 native is expected with some impatience. 



