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Spircea Ulmaria L. U, 0. 



Alchemilla vulgaris L. U. Bare. — A. alimia L. B. H., at 

 1400 ft. and above ; dwarfed forms. I saw it nowhere else. 



Potentilla Anserina L. U. 0. — P. sylvestris Neck. U, 0. 



Comarum palustre L. U, 0. 



Buhus ''fruticosus" L. U. Only one patch was seen in a 

 pasture-field near the stone fence. — B. saxatilis L. U. On the 

 Serpentine only where wind-swept ; a distinct reddish brown to 

 nigrescent dwarf variety with rugose leaves, usually two fully 

 grown with a smaller third one, with under surfaces pressed to 

 the ground." — Var. horealis. Differs from type in the plants 

 being from f to 1 in. high ; leaves spread out horizontally on the 

 ground, three in number, two of which are fully grown, the third 

 smaller, 1^ to 2 in. in length and breadth, largest leaflets IJ in. ; 

 light to dark brownish green above, with scattered hairs ; below 

 pale with prominent hairy veins, margins shortly and silkily 

 ciliate, one or two delicate aciculi on the long shoot (15 in.). 



Geum rivale L. U. Only in one place. 



Bosa canina L. U. Only one plant was seen at the edge of 

 an enclosed pasture. 



Pyrus auctvparia Ehrh. U. I was told by a native, who knew 

 common plants, that this was the only native tree, and that it 

 occurred in some ravines ; I only saw it where planted among 

 Sycamores. 



{Ulex ettropcBUs L. U. Some small bushes in a hollow in an 

 enclosed field at Baltasound, where I was told they had been 

 planted.) 



Trifolium pratense L. U, 0. — T. repens L. U, 0. 



Lotus corniculatus L. U, 0. 



Anthyllis Vulneraria L. U, 0. In Unst I only saw this on 

 the Serpentine. 



Vicia Cracca L. U. 0. Among rocks in both places ; very 

 dwarfed. — V. migusiifoUa L. U. 



Lathynis pratensis L. U, 0. 



Geranium pratense L. U. One patch in a field near a minis- 

 ter's house, in the very neglected garden of which there was also 

 a fine clump ; I therefore felt certain of its introduction. 



Linum catharticum L. U. 



Badiola millegrana Sm. Near Scalloway ; in one place only. 



Polygala serpyllacea Weihe. U, 0. Not frequent. 



Callitriche palustris L. U, 0. — C. stagnalis Scop. U, 0. 



Empetriim nigrum L. U, 0. 



[Acer Pseudoplatamcs L. Planted and poor. U, Sc.) 



Hypericum hiunifiisum L. U. Only in one place. — H. pul- 

 chrum L. U", 0. — Among rocks in both places. 



Viola canina L. U, 0. — F. tricolor L. U. Among and near 

 crops. 



* I give a copy from my notes of what I wrote down as a description of 

 fresh specimens. It is probably but a dwarf form due to its constant insolation 

 and its wind-swept habitat, 



