APPENDIX A.—REPUTED DISCOVERIES. 107 
media, 
Student’s Flora says is one of Don’ oi ‘reputed pice leo not 
confirmed.” ‘lhe old adage, “ give a dog a bad name,” is well 
exemplified in the case of Don, for Smith’s cee ata pes 
as well as Drummond’s slips are fathered on Don. fc 
true reading should be “ S. sal = 4-0 ot of Linn.” ‘A form 
of S. officinalis sent from the West of Scotland by Don was 
mistaken by Sir J. E. Smith for the North American species. 
Don himself identified it as being a variety of S. officinalis. 
Alchemilla conjuncta, Bab. (A. argentea, G. Don). 
“Clova mts. Mr.G.Don. A specimen is in Mr. Borrer’s 
herbarium, but I have never been able to recognise it among 
the hundreds of specimens of A. ses examined for that 
purpose.” Gardiner, Fl. Forfar 
— ere 5) Incognit. ? Sa to have been collected 
va mountains. r. Don’s specimens are 
still in herbaria But I suspect some mistake, the ee. 
appear so like those from gardens.” Watson, Cyb. Brit., 
p. Bee lil., P. 423 
P. 470 are ). 
Professor Babington informs me that he has specimens of 
the true plant from Mr. A. O. Black in Glen Dole, and that 
most of the garden plants originally came from Don. T 
exact station given by Black is “about 300 feet from the base 
of Glen Dole, on the left hand side of the first ot ot ravine 
which comes down from Craig Rennet on entering le. 
The plant still awaits remee nd and Mr. a eit is a little 
ipsam which may be 
held to cago Don’; statement. A point has been raised by 
