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C. rariflora, Sm. 
This new species to science was discovered by Don on the 
Clova mountains in 1807 and named by him C. wivalis, but 
Smith chose the name Cahors in Eng. Bot., t. 2516 (181 3): 
Don, Herb. Brit., No. 215 (18 
C. vaginata, Zausch, in Flora, iv. (1821), p. 587. 
Found in 1802 by Don on the Cairngorms. See C. salina, 
Herb. Brit., No. 216 (1812), also in Eng. Bot., Suppl., t. 2731 
(1832), as “ pheostachya. Don refers to it as C salina, Swartz 
(from Ben Mac Dhu), in a letter to Mr. Booth dated 1812, but 
as a slightly different form from that which he first found on 
the Cairngorms. on’s discovery therefore was prior to 
Borrer, whom, under C. ocean in Eng. Bot., t. 2293 (1811), 
Smith gives as the discoverer. Smith’s name is older than 
that of Tausch, although subse eHOently:t in the “English Flora” 
he named practically an identical plant as C. pheostachya. 
C. saxatilis, LZ. (C. pulla, Good.). 
Found by Don on Ben Lomond in 1789 and by Mackay and 
Dickson subsequently, but in Eng. Bot., 2045 (1809) oa credit 
is given to Mackay, although Don in Herb. rit., 0, gives 
the history of its discovery, which has been claimed by. Dickson. 
C. divisa, Huds. 
Found by Don for the first time in Scotland near Montrose, 
see Herb. Brit., No. 196 (1806), and for a long time was con 
sidered to be one of Don’s “ reputed discoveries ” for Seotland 
until recently it has been ré-found. 
C. xanthocarpa, Deség. 
Is contained in his herbarium under the name of C. fu/va var. 
It is now considered to be a hybrid of C. flava and C. 
Hornschuchtana. 
G. ae Schkuhr. 
n Lawers, and first as British. Figured in Eng. Bot. as 
- alt, Wahl., t. 2404 (1812), and re-found in 1892 by Rev. 
aul. 
G i Schreb., var. stictocarpa, Druce. 
ribed as a species by Smith in oe FL, iv.,.p. 127 
gest: from Clova specimens sent by Don 
Alopecurus alpinus, Sv. 
This interesting grass new to science was found i, Don on 
Loch-na-gar. See Fag: Bot., t. 1126 (1803). Don, Herb. Brit., 
No. 4 (1804). 
