Short Notes

western Wales and northern England, and rare in Scotland. The Atlas of the British flora shows three post-1930 and one pre-1930 records for the plant in Scotland. Of these, the pre-1930 record for 37/2.7, Forfar, v.c. 90, and the records for 25/8.5, Kirkcudbright, v.c. 73, and 37/4.3, Forfar, v.c. 90, cannot be confirmed either by herbarium or literature references. The record for 37/6.4, Forfar, v.c. 90, is still extant. In addition, there is a 1960 record for 37/7.6, Kincardine, v.c. 91, and a more recent find in 26/0.2, Arran, Clyde Is., V.c. 100. There is an unconfirmed record for 28/7.6, Easterness, v.c. 96. There are therefore three recently confirmed stations for the plant in Scotland, one unconfirmed and four others for which there have been records in the past but in which the plant can no longer be found or for which the original record cannot be confirmed. On the 16th July, 1976, we observed a colony of the plant (confirmed by R. W. David) growing on the roadside verge of the B7011 road west of Law Village at 26/809.518, Lanark, v.c. 77. The location was a damp, open area in an otherwise unbroken stretch of tall herb and grass com-munities dominated by Chamaenerion angusti/olium, Rumex obtusi/olius, Dactylis glomerata and Deschampsia cespitosa. The extent of the Carex spicata was assessed by estimating the number of 1 sq. ft quadrats in which C. spicata was the dominant vascular plant. In this way, the populatio