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being indigenous, Ulex nanus, Hypericujn kirsutum, Saponaria 

 officinalis, Saxifraga oppositifolia, Inula Helenium, and Pulmon- 

 aria officinalis. None of these are given in the " Flora of Dum- 

 friesshire." On the contrary, Professor Trail does not give 

 (among others) Ranunculus auricoinus, Aquilegia vulgaris, 

 Pap aver RJiccas, P. Argemone (seen by me), Reseda Luteola, 

 Viola odorata, Stellaria nemorum (seen by me), Prunus domes- 

 tica, Callitriche verna, Epilobium tetragonum, and Leontodon 

 Jiispidus. Some of these are undoubted errors. He queries 

 Stellaria palustris and Hypericum hirsutuni. I am credited in 

 the " Flora of Dumfriesshire " with recording Ranunculus 

 Lenormandi and Tanacetum, but I have no recollection of 

 seeing them in the county. 



(Enanthe pimpinelloides of the " Flora " from Wigtown, 

 which was recorded by Professor Balfour, is CE. Lachenalii. 

 In more recent times Mr. Charles Bailey has gathered Rubus 

 ScJieutzii at Castle Kennedy. 



The total number of species therefore recorded for 

 Wigtownshire stands somewhat as follows : 



Native Species, including Denizens and Colonists . 668 

 Casuals, Aliens, etc. . . . . 91 



759 



In the late August of the dry summer of 1898 I spent 

 a few days in the neighbourhood of Stranraer, when I noted 

 between 400 and 500 species ; but the great majority of 

 these I had observed on the previous visit. Among the 

 more interesting plants which I gathered are the following 

 (* denotes those which appear to be new records ; t indicates 

 that the plant is of Casual or Alien origin) : 



Ranunculus acris, Linn., var. *Steveni (Andrz.\ forma angustiseda 

 hirsuta, Freyn. Roadside near Stranraer. 



Caltha palustris, Linn., Tar. *laeta (Schotf). Near Dunragit. 



Cardamine pratensis, Linn., var. *palustris (Peterm.}. Dunragit and 

 Lochnaw. 



Teesdalia nudicaulis, J?. Br. Not observed by me in 1883. I 

 gathered in 1898, in the hollows on the sand dunes of Torrs 

 Warren, growing in almost pure sand, and presenting, instead 

 of a flat rosette of leaves, a somewhat globular rosette, anchored 



