I he Scottish Naturalist. 



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within the Arctic Circle ; but Dr. Hooker does not name 

 it in his paper on the " Distribution of Arctic Plants," in 

 the Transactions of the Linnean Society. 



no. Outer Hebrides. 



Cochlearia anglica. Isle of Mingulay. Finlayson ! 



Vicia sylvatica. W. S. Duncan, sp , July, 1889. Recorded for 

 the " Glen of Rodell," by Macgillivray ■, in his " Account 

 of the Outer Hebrides," 1830 : but the record was 

 questioned by Watson. Mr. Duncan's examples were 

 gathered in Harris. 



Sonchus arvensis. Isle of Mingulay. Finlayson / 



Hieracium anglicum, [ 



TT r ( Somerville, sp., 1888. 



H. murorum, /., « r ' 



Stachys arvensis. Isle of Mingulay. ) ^. , 



-n , . , V Finlayson / 



polygonum aviculare, var. arenastrum. J 



Carex incurva, "Plentiful at Scaristra, Isle of Harris; W. S. 



Duncan, sp. ex King. 



Equisetum pratense ) rrr ' „ 



V. . ( IV. S. Duncan, sp. 



k,. arenanum ) 



It may be well here to quote all of the few stations that 



Macgillivray gives for plants of Harris : — 



1. "Nuphar lutea, Lakes in N. W. but extremely rare. 



2. Subularia aquatica, Southern extremity of Loch 



Lang-avat in Harris : 



3. Raphanus maritimus, abundant. 



4. Draba incana, Upon the granitic vein of Ben 



Capval in Harris. 



5. Orobanche rubra. Head of the Sand of Northtown, 



upon a gneiss rock called Creag Canna. 



6. Elymus arenarius, of very rare occurrence." 



By the kindness of Mr. A. Somerville, I was enabled to look 

 over a collection of plants, (poor in themselves, but 

 sufficient for identification)., made by the school children 

 on the island of Mingulay, under the schoolmaster, Mr. 

 Finlayson. This interesting little collection added four 

 species to the records for the Hebrides, and I think 

 cannot be too highly spoken of as an example of what 

 may be done where there is the will. 



