The Scottish Naturalist. 



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H. ? saxifragum Fries. 



A specimen was thus named by Dr. Almquist with some doubt ; 

 it came near authentic specimens of this plant. 

 H. boreale. 



Wick River ; between Gilloch and Sibster ; Thurso River, near 

 railway station ! So Mr. Backhouse names specimens from 

 this locality ; but I think they are a new form. A.B. 

 H.? umbellatum. 



Scouthal Wood, Dr. Davidson. " H. umbellatum} or possibly 

 an extreme form of H. crocatum" Mr. Backhouse in litt. 

 H. prenanthoides. 



Wick River ! below Sibster. 



By the kindness of Mr. Hanbury I have examined still other forms of 

 Hieracia from Caithness ; but they cannot be mentioned here, as they 

 have not yet been published by Mr. Hanbury. A.B. 



Leontodon hispidus. 



Local ; Westfield ; Yarrows. 

 L. autumnalis. 



Roadsides and pastures, common. 

 Hypochseris radicata. 



Roadsides, common. 

 Taraxacum Dens-leonis. 



Abundant. 

 T. palustre. 



Watery places, frequent. 

 T. " laevigatum." 



Sandy places by sides of lochs and by the sea ; Thurso, F. J. 

 Hanbury. 

 Sonchus oleraceus. 



Fields and waste ground. 

 S. asper. 



Fields and waste ground. 

 S. arvensis. 



Cultivated fields, among corn, &c. 

 Tragopogon pratensis. 



Local. Banks of Thurso River, opposite Bleachfields. 

 Lobelia Dortmanna. 



Loch Rangag ; loch near Ben Shurrery. 

 Campanula rotundifolia. 



Thurso River ; Brough ; Dunnet ; Pulteneytown ; Kettleburn 



