APPENDIX B.—DISCOVERIES. 135 
Woodsia hyperborea, R. Br. 
Sent by Don from Ben Lawers, but Dickson may have been 
the first to discover itin Scotland. See Polypodium hyperboreum, 
Eng. Bot., Suppl. t. 2023 (1809). 
Equisetum variegatum, Sch/eich. 
Discovered as a British plant on the Sands of Barrie, Forfar, 
by Don in 1807. See Eng. Bot., t. 1987 (1809). 
Don was also among the earliest recorders of the following 
species as new to Scotland or as found in fresh localities :— 
Brassica oleracea, L. 
Inchkeith. Hooker, Fl. Scot., p. 203. First as Scottish if 
correctly named. 
Raphanus maritimus, Sm. 
Gairloch, 1793. 
Draba muralis, L. 
Edinburgh. Don, Herb. Brit., No. 188 (1806). | Confirma- 
tory of Lightfoot’s record. 
Dianthus Armeria, L. 
Forfar. New to Scotland. Hooker, FI. Scot., p. 134. 
Saponaria officinalis, L. 
Don, Herb. Brit., No. 183. New to Scotland. 
Silene noctiflora, Z. 
From Forfar, only previously recorded from a field next to the 
Botanic Garden at Edinburgh. Don, Herb, Brit. No 12 (1804). 
Silene nutans, L. 
Near Montrose, probably new to Scotland. Don, Herb. 
Brit., No. 110 (1806). . 
Lychnis Viscaria, L., var. alba. 
Airly Castle. Hooker, Fl. Scot., p. 142. 
Cerastium trigynum, V7//. 
