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in Angusshire not unfrequent; also on the mountain of 
Benachie or Ben High, in Aberdeenshire 5 and on the summit 
ance. The crust in the figure i in Eng. Bo t. is of a much lighter 
colour than that of my Scotch specimens or fof those I have 
received from England. 
|Lecidea atrorufa (Dicks.).—G. C. D.] 
FascicuLus III.—1805. 
51. Schoenus nigricans, Eng. Bot. ¢. rz27! 
I observed it in marshes by the seaside near Brodie House, 
Morayshire ; also near Loch-na-Caiplich, in some small lakes, 
where it grows plentifully with the Eriocaulon seplangulare, and 
from which place my specimens were gathered. It has also 
been found wild on the west coast of Scotland by Mr. Smith, 
nurseryman near Ayr. 
52. Schoenus rufus, Lightf., 77. Scot. ¢. 24, f. 2; Eng. Bot., ¢. roro. 
On the sigect at Fifeshire and ce St. Andrews; Sands of 
Barry ; and other places on the c of Angusshire ; Isle of 
Sky, et of Broadiord by the seaside whence my specimens 
were taken 
[ Scirpus wifes. Schrad.—G. C. D.} 
53- Schoenus albus, /7. Dan., ¢. 320; Eng. Bot., t. 985. 
For excellent specimens of this plant I am indebted to James 
cone Esq., M.P., whose liberality on of occasions deserves 
y warmest acknowledgment of gratitu 
und in marshes near Brodie House. Y have observed it 
also in a marsh called “Moss of Balgown” in Perthshire; in 
the Isle of Sky, and near Loch Nevis, Inverness-shire, but in 
ae _ have I observed it in such plenty as in a marsh near 
sley 
_[Ryncospere alba, Vahl. Methven Moss is probably the 
ae which is the earliest reported for the 
pene sty 
54. oe tenella, Curtis, F/. Lond, fasc. 3, t. 15; Eng. Bot., 
ba 5, 
pidiinecs of this plant were kindly communicated to me by 
James Brodie, Es -P., who collected them in marshes b 
the seaside near Brodi ouse. It also grows in Fifeshire, 
and has been found near Gourock, by Mr. Austin, nurseryman, 
Glasgow. | It o been found in great plenty at pee 
