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published Flora ; nor had I any unpublished lists of its plants 

 from other botanists, except indeed my own notes made chiefly 

 about Killin. (See further under Mrs. Russell, page 555.) 



Various Correspondents. 



Except as otherwise explained, the before mentioned Cata- 

 logues are understood to be full lists of the plants, common or 

 rare alike included. Numerous other manuscript lists of the 

 rarer plants in special areas, and with or without detailed 

 localities, have been kindly sent by botanical correspondents. 

 These have been quoted as " ms." in connexion with the names 

 of their contributors ; that abbreviation being understood to 

 signify a locality, more or less precisely stated, but at any rate 

 presumed to be somewhere within the county or vice-county to 

 which it is assigned. 



Donors to Herbarium. 



The abbreviation " sp." will carry nearly the same local 

 significance. But it is to be recollected that duplicate speci- 

 mens often pass from hand to hand ; and thus not seldom they 

 may become connected with the names of Donors who were not 

 the actual collectors of the specimens. A considerable portion 

 of those referred to under the abbreviation " sp." reached the 

 Compiler's herbarium through the instrumentality of the Ex- 

 change Societies. Of course, he cannot warrant the accuracy 

 of their labels in respect of comital habitats. The " sp." 

 means, however, that the Compiler has himself seen a specimen 

 which was sent or labelled as having been gathered in the 

 county named. 



EEMARKS ON THE CATALOGUES. 



Some of the preceding Catalogues have been described as 

 Manuscript Lists. That is perhaps the best form for rendering 

 them accurate as to names and plants, but with increased 



