MAN'S INFLUENCE ON INDIGENOUS FLORA OF ABERDEEN 233 



Ononis repens, L. On the Old Aberdeen Links before 1840; not 

 common. It has not been seen there for many years. 



Astragalus danicus, Retz. On a slope of the Broadhill, in the 

 Links; but destroyed by the use of the ground for amusements. 

 In 1902 a small patch was observed on the outer sand-dunes, 

 about \ mile away ; but the formation of a carriage drive on 

 the dunes has destroyed it. 



Vicia hirsuta, Gray. Noticed by Skene " in arvis," and by Dickie 

 in broken ground at Rubislaw, where it may have been native. 



(Primus spinosa, L. Had probably grown in thickets by the streams, 

 as it still does at no great distance, but had disappeared with 

 the thickets.) 



Potentilla procumbens, Sibth. Still common on moors in the 

 vicinity ; disappeared with the moors. 



P. palustris, Scop. Plentiful in the marshy soils, seemingly became 

 extinct in Aberdeen when Ferryhill Moss was drained, before 

 1850. 



Saxifraga granulata, L. Formerly on the Broadhill and Links, but 

 long extinct ; possibly gathered for its interest, botanical or 

 otherwise. 



(Parnassia palustris, L. Probably grew in the marshes in the 

 parish, as it does in neighbouring ones, though there is no 

 actual evidence of its having done so; and it would not survive 

 drainage of its habitats.) 



Sedum villosuni, L. Recorded from Rubislaw Den (in 1802) by 

 Knight, and from Stocket Moor (in 1833) by Dickie, this has 

 long been extinct locally. 



Drosera rotundifolia, L. Common formerly on the wet moors and 

 peat mosses in the parish, but has been extinct at least since 

 Stocket Moor was cultivated, about iSSo. 



Hippuris vulgaris, L. In peat mosses; it became locally extinct 

 when Ferryhill Moss was drained. 



Peplis Portula, L. The latest record in Aberdeen dates from sixty 

 or seventy years ago, the localities in which it grew having been 

 drained. 



Epilobium palustre, L. Though still common in marshes in the 

 vicinity, this has not been noticed in Aberdeen since the local 

 marshes were dried. 



Hydrocotyle vulgaris, L. This was formerly plentiful ; but it appears 

 to have become extinct in Aberdeen since 1903, when its last 

 habitat here was rendered unsuitable by being covered with 

 town-refuse, to form a football ground on Old Aberdeen Links. 



