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did those brought from Fleet Pond, Hampshire, in 1869, two months 
later in the season.” — H. C. Watson. Still occurs at Loch O’Park, 
and in profusion near Loch Connor, between Aboyne andBallater; 
indeed I have a suspicion now that it is abundant in the interior of 
this district, but at present I can speak with certainty as to these 
two localities only. The altitude of Loch Connor is 600 feet.” — 
J. Roy. 
Avena strigosa , Schreb. “ Rather common in oatfields about Ply- 
mouth, but always looking as if sown with the crop.” — T. R. Archer 
Briggs. 
Festuca ambigua , Le Gall. St. Helen’s Spit, Isle of Wight, June 7, 
1870. Mr. Stratton has sent a very large supply of this curious VuVpia , 
collected by Mrs. Stratton. The specimens have a wonderful similarity 
in habit, which is quite that of Festuca uniglumis, except that the 
florets are but half the size, although in everything but the disposition 
of the florets of the panicle it can scarcely be distinguished from F. 
pseudo-myurus. It is strange that the plant has not yet been detected 
in any station but the above, in which it was first discriminated by 
Mr. A. G. More, about ten years ago. On the Continent it seems 
equally rare, or little known, as it is only found in a few places in the 
north-west of France, on the coast of Morbihan. 
Asplenium septentrionale, Hull. “ Rocks at Parlock, Somerset.” — 
Mary Edmunds. The occurrence of this plant in Somersetshire is 
doubted in the Supplement to the ‘ Cybele Britannica,’ though it is 
acknowledged as a native of Devon. In the third volume of the 
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‘ Cybele ’ itself, the question is raised, whether it occurs in Devon or 
Somerset, or in both. 
Opltioglossum vulgaium , Linn. var. ambiguum. “Elevated sandy 
ground, St. Agnes, Scilly Isles, 1863.” — F. Townsend. “It is 
seventeen years since I detected this curious little form of Ophioglos- 
sum in the Orkney Islands, in the parish of Orphir Maculand, Orkney. 
I am not aware that it has been found elsewhere in Britain, except in 
the Scilly Isles, by Mr. Townsend. On the Continent it has been 
noticed in a few places in France, near Paris ; and also near the 
Tower of Pocaucy, near Lardy, and at Cape Farret, near Arcachou. 
The habit of the smaller specimens of the Orkney 'plant is extremely 
similar to that of 0. lusitanicum, while others from the same 
station are scarcely distinguishable from normal 0. vulgutum. Mr. 
