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J. minuta Orantz. Not unfrequent (I, II).—v. orcadensis Hook. 
Abundant on Morven and neighbouring hills (I). 
_ Nardia (Eue ; in Not unfrequent (I, oh 
N. (E.) obovata Lindb. Not unfrequent (I, Il).—N. (E.) scalaris 
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upella emarginata Dum, Frequent (I, Il).— M. aquatica 
PP oa Not frequent (I). 
3 iy coralioides Carruth. Morven (I).—C. concinnata Gr. & B. 
Morven (I). — C. obtusa Lindb. Morven, abundant (I), frt. — C. 
pea Pearson. Morven (I). 
ossombronia pusilla Dum. Wat a apparently not frequent 
(Il).—F. cristata Lindb. More lee (II). 
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Common (I, II, III).—A. latifrons Lindb. Not uncommon (1, If).— 
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Metzgeria pubescens Raddi. Reisgill Burn (II).—M. furcata Dum. 
Frequent (I, I1).—M. conjugata Lin ndb. Dunbeath Strath (1). 
Marchantia polymorpha L. Not common ( , ii 
pve eruciata Dum. Garden, Watten Manse ; probably an 
import (II). 
Anthoceros levis _ Swiney (II), frt.— 4. punctatus L. Some- 
what rare (I, Il), frt. 
SILENE DUBIA Hersico IN BRITAIN. 
By C. E. Satuon, F.L.S. 
Tus name appears in Herbich’s Flora der Bucovina, 888 (1859) 
as ies, with the description :—‘‘Caule e recto. paniculato 
superne spoienoalie calycibusque glanduloso- pear foliis radicali- 
bus confertis spathulato-lanceolatis utrinque et margine scabris, 
floribus erectis, laciniis lamine bifide linearibus. . . ga 
ramosa flavescens. Caulis erectus peda et ultra. Folia radicalia 
setulis brevissimis scabra. Flores esata Calyx tubulosus 
subcylindricus, dentibus acutis, ciliatis, fructiferus ampliatus et 
subclavatus, Capsula ovata carpophoro quadruplo longior.” ‘This 
description may be contrasted with his diagnosis of S. mutans L.: 
‘“Floribus paniculatis secundis cernuis, petalis bipartitis laciniis 
linearibus, foliis innsoctlntis pubescentibus - 
‘Nyman oneveet Fl. Europ. e pace S, dubia under the Pee 
subspecies transstlvanica Schur of 8S. with distr uti 
- Bucoy. te.” M Mr. Williams (Journ. 
171 (1896) ), #1 
