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I have also sought to indicate the distributional areas from 

 which each species has been recorded or obtained, so far as I have 

 been able to verify the facts regarding each. These areas are the 

 river-basins now for several years followed in lists of this kind for 

 Scotland (e.g., in the Mycologia Scotica), except that I divide 

 " Moray " into the two districts of Moray and Cromarty, separated 

 by the Caledonian Canal. The order of succession is from north 

 to south. In the case of rare species the locality where found 

 follows the name of each district in brackets. 



The records from certain localities so entirely depend on the 

 investigations of a single observer in each place that to save space 

 these localities are mentioned without giving the authority for the 

 record, except in the few cases where the record is due to another 

 botanist. These places are : — 



In Tweed, Berwick worked by Dr. Johnstone, and Jedburgh by 

 Mr. A. Jerdon. 



In Forth, Foxhall by Capt. Wauch, round Edinburgh by Dr. 



Greville. 



In Tay, Rannoch by Dr. B. Buchanan White ; Glamis by 



Dr. Stevenson; Menmuir by Rev. M. L. Anderson ; 



Fern and Glen Shee by Rev. J. Fergusson. 

 In Argyle, Appin by Captain Carmichael, and Mull as recorded 



in the Scottish Naturalist by Dr. F. B. White. 

 In Dee, the localities recorded by myself are marked in the usual 



way, by ! 



In Moray, all localities (Forres, Rothiemurchus, Gran- 

 town, &c.) rest on the labours of the Rev. Dr. Keith, 

 unless indicated by another name or initials. 



For Orkney all the records are here published for the first time, 

 and are the result of my own work on the mainland of Orkney 

 during the month of August, 1888. The names are authenticated 

 by Mr. Phillips, who examined all the species. 



I at first intended to render this list a historical record of investi- 

 gations among the Scotch Discomycetes by adding for each 

 species citations of all works in which it had been mentioned a^ 

 Scotch, and, where ascertainable, the name of its first discoverer 

 and recorder. I soon found, however, that to do this consistently 

 would cause considerable delay in the preparation of the list, and 

 would also add to its length inconveniently. I have therefore 



