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dantly by the Naver, in North Sutherland, and is marked by Dr. 

 Lindeberg "typicaml" Other plants, such as we have been ac- 

 customed to call H. pallidum Biv., he has called H. Schmidtii, vars.* 

 H. Oreades Fr. — From rocky places by the sea, on the east coast 

 of Caithness. 



H. bifidum Kit. — From Glen Caness, in Forfarshire; from 

 Teesdale ; and by the Rev. Augustin Ley, from Carnarvonshire. 



H.stenolepis Lindeb. — From Herefordshire, by the Rev. Augustin 

 Ley ; and a less typical form from near Braemar by myself. 



H. Sommerfeltii Lindeb. — From the east coast of Caithness, 

 and from the Cairngorms in Western Aberdeenshire ; also by the 

 Rev. W. R. Linton, from the north coast of Sutherland. 



H. pulchellum Lindeb. — From Burrafirth, Unst, Shetland, by 

 Mr. W. H. Beeby ; and subsequently in greater quantity, by the 

 Rev. W. R. Linton, from one of whose specimens the species was 

 determined. 



H. Friesii Hartm. — From the north coast of Sutherland; the 

 Cairngorms ; and by Dr. F. Arnold Lees, from Ingleboro', Yorks. 

 The broader-leaved forms of this species are identical with Mr. 

 Backhouse's H. gothicum var. lati/olium. H. Friesii var. vestitum 

 Lindeb., from Caithness. 



H. dovrense Fr., from Shetland, by Mr. W. H. Beeby. 



H. ovarium Lindeb. — From the north coast of Sutherland and 

 from Caithness. A very marked and striking plant. 



H. auratum Fr. — From Tongue, Altnaharra, Betty Hill and 

 Melvich, in Sutherland ; from Dunbeath, in Caithness ; from 

 Braemar ; and by the Rev. W. R. Linton, from near Killin. It is 

 a curious fact, that this very beautiful and apparently widely-dis- 

 tributed species should have so long escaped the observation of 

 British botanists. It is a native of North America, and is not only 

 an interesting addition to the flora of Great Britain, but to that of 

 Europe, having previously been recorded as an introduction only, 

 near Upsala. Dr. Lindeberg identified it without any hesitation, 

 and both Professor Babington and Mr. Backhouse concur in the 



correctness of the name given. 



H. angustum Lindeb. f— H. crocatwn var. antjustatum Fr.). 

 From near the Spittal of Glen Shee in Forfar, and from Teesdale. 



I will now briefly refer, under the names by which I propose 

 calling them, to two or three species which appear to be new. 

 The conclusions at which I have arrived have not been hastily 

 formed. Two of the plants have been collected during three suc- 

 cessive seasons, and cultivated in my garden. I should not, with 

 my limited knowledge of foreign species, have ventured to speak of 

 any plant as new, had I not first consulted the best authorities on 

 the subject. The work of detailed description and drawing 1 

 Purpose leaving for the illustrated monograph that I hope to com- 

 mence publishing in January next. 



* Whilst the name " pallidum," is doubtful (Fries himself included several 

 species under it— H. Schmidtii, H. saxifragum and H. bifidum), the nama 

 "Schmidtii" is definite ana certain. 



