75 FURTHER NOTES ON J. H. PENSON’S SCOTTISH RECORDS Watsonia 28: 75–77 (2010) Further notes on some of J. H. Penson’s Scottish records

Entries in his field note-books suggest that J. H. Penson considered he had discovered several Carex taxa new to the British Isles. Until recently no specimens were known which supported this view but some have recently come to light and provide an opportunity to examine his assertion