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Lichen miniatus. 



26. Chara vulgaris. 



hispida. 



27. Fontinalis squamosa. 

 Polytrichum subrotun- 



dum. 



July i. Polygonum persicaria. 

 Achillea ptarmica. 

 Tri folium medea. 

 Epilobium hirsutum. 

 Carduus acanthoides. 

 3. Centaurea cyanus. 

 Chrysanthemum sege- 



tum. 

 Cardamine amara. 



Nymphaea alba. 

 lutea. 



Potomageton lucens 

 Artemesia vulgaris. 

 Typha latifolia. 



On the rocks of the Castle Hill 

 as also of the Kings Park. 



In a ditch at a marsh near mire 

 side. 



In and at Do. 



With the two former. 



On stones in the Kings Park. 



Among corns. 

 With " Do. 



At the Water of Leeth near the 



new well. 



In Lochend Loch. 

 In Do. 



In Do. 



Among corns. 

 In Lochend Loch. 



(To be continued.} 



ZOOLOGICAL NOTES. 



Great Gray Seal at Cumbrae. On the forenoon of Saturday, 

 8th September last, in company with Mr. W. Wallace, B.Sc., St. 

 Andrews, and while dredging off the old castle, island of Little 

 Cumbrae, I had the pleasure of seeing a magnificent specimen of 

 the Great Grey Seal (Halichtzrus gryphus) rise to the surface within 

 less than thirty yards of our boat. It remained on the surface for 

 at least five minutes, watching all our movements just as closely 

 as we watched it, and seemed to have no fear of us. We could 

 distinctly see its eyes and the gray mottled fur of its head and neck 

 as it leisurely turned its head from side to side, following our every 

 turn, apparently quite oblivious of its own safety. It was probably 

 a solitary animal, as we saw no companion ; but the same individual 

 appeared twice again, close inshore, within the next quarter of an 

 hour. It was seen later on the same afternoon by another boating 

 party, about two miles farther east on the opposite (Ayrshire) coast. 

 The last local record I have of the animal is from the little island 



