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full size, while in P. cate rage wong remain rolled-up in a 
funnel until they are almost full-grow This is a distinction 
ai Postion of P. heterophyllus in the lucens group is between 
and P. nitens, and it seems to have about equal apenas 
h 
o P. lucens on the one hand, and through P. Zizi — P. — 
to P. lucens on the other hand. t would, however, be premature 
to discuss these alliances until the numerous wariotal aie are 
more fully examined and understood. 
JULY, 
By F. J. ee F.L.8., anyp Rev. E. 8. Marsnant, M.A., F.L.S. 
NOTES ON 3 SOME Teh oe OF NORTHERN SCOTLAND 
OBSERVED 1886. 
addition to the ee already publis hed’ i in this Journal for 1886 
(pp. 343-4). A few hours speak at Dunphail, Morayshire (Co. 95, 
Elgin), produced, among other interesting plants, an Equisetum of 
which particulars will be found below 
Our best thanks are due to Mr. Ar thur Bennett for his careful 
ecent able paper on the Flora of Shetland (in the ‘ Scottish 
para for 1887, pp. 20, &e.) advantage has been freely taken, 
0 whose personal inspection of some of the plants is due the 
soldanee of several a poe possible errors. 
several forms —. the N. coast, identical 
tie 
J. F. Grant, of Wick, who has done so SPE: towards aluesiasing 
the plate, of Caithness, accompanied us on our exeursions there, 
and in W. Sutherlan 
The sign * denotes “ new to Britain”; ; t ‘*new to county” (so 
far as we are aware 
of officinalis gathered at pet (108) 
snd neat Wick i 109) ae re Febnarkably small, but have 
ered by Mr. Beeby to be rightly ‘abla: 0. graen- 
