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great gale of the early nineties had blown down, so as to com 
eradicate the plant, which thus again was lost to the Scottish flora 
When I was at Thurso in 1902 I visited the locality described i in 
the Life of Rober = — where he gathered what he — was 
L which more recently has FR: referred 
quest of this interesting species It was a wet ‘day and the mars 
was not pleasant walking, but before we sac been in it five minutes 
I saw Deyeuxia cai as at Loch id over a very limited tat : 
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see whether D. strigosa also grows there, and as favouring 
I may say that, after a very careful description of the localities ‘where 
the Rev. E. S. Marshall and anbu: 
specimens of D. strigosa, 1 am convinced that mine is not ifendidel 
with these, although in the immediate vicinity. Professor Hackel, 
however, doubts if true D. strigosa has been found in Scotland. A 
specimen given me by Mr. Hanbury closely resembles my specimen 
m Scandinavia of D. strigosa, but as yet my eyes have not 
allowed me to dissect the spikelet for microscopic comparison. It 
would be “aera interesting to find that Caithness possesses 
- both ey ies.—G. CLARIDGE Druce. 
TEMULENTUM L. his Flora of eossooets (ed. 4 
1895 ‘te late Mr. . C. Mansel-Pleydell gives L. temulentum 
bed 5) record, Bell Salter, 1830°’; ad that Bell Salter records 
no locality, and that the Dorset name is ‘‘ Cheat” ; ; but, though the 
plant is ‘‘ rare,” there are no stations. It has see eemed curious — 
(var. With.) occurred among rye 
eae Za me he had the seed of the crop from 
