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" Ben Lawers is very much hunted ; still Alsine rubella is in 

 quantity on one set of rocks ; Saxifraga cernua is not so very 

 scarce in its limited area ; and the supply of Gentiana nivalis de- 

 pends upon the seasons, what is got being mostly ' seeded down ' 

 from above." 



In conclusion, though we may not agree with all the statements 

 that find a place in the Report, we hail with pleasure its appear- 

 ance, as we trust the forerunner of a series ever more and more 

 valuable as years roll on, and we recognise with gratitude the 

 labour expended on it by the Committee in sifting the corres- 

 pondence. 



Agrostis canina, L. var. Scotica Hackel in Hit.— An alpine 



form of Agrostis canina, which occurs on Ben Eay in West Ross, Professor 

 E. Hackel has thus kindly named for me. He tells me that it is intermediate 

 between A. rubra, Wahl. and true A. canina. Like the latter it has two 

 sub-varieties : — aristata and mutica. 



From true canina it differs in the much larger spikelets, depauperate 

 panicle, etc. A rubra may be distinguished from it by its fiat radical leaves, 

 strongly tufted growth without runners, etc. 



A. canina, var. Scotica occurred in both forms on Ben Slioch also. 



G. C. Druce. 



Pseudathyrium flexile, Syme in Easterness.— In 1888 I 



gathered a fern in an immature state on the Cairngorms (the precise locality 

 of which, for obvious reasons, I withhold), which I have 'since cultivated in 

 the Oxford Botanic Garden. Dr. Buchanan White agrees in my determination 

 pf it as P. fiexile, although it is not absolutely identical with the Ben Alder 

 plant. This is, I believe, a new record for Easterness. 



G. C. Druce. 



EEVIEWS. 



ILLUSTRATED MONOGRAPH OF BRITISH HIERACIA. 



By Frederick J. Hanbury, F.L.S. 



The two first parts of this work have been published, and deserve higk praise 

 for the fulness of the information on the species and varieties treated of in them. 

 The plates are most successful in reproducing the aspect of each plant. We 

 heartily commend this Monograph to our readers ; and look forward eagerly 

 to its completion, as a most valuable contribution to the botany of Scotland 

 especially. 



