2 4 o ANNALS OF SCOTTISH NATURAL HISTORY 



Valeriana sambucifolia, Mikan. By the Tweed at Melrose, and a 



small form near Hawick. 



Galium boreale, L. Tweedside, no personal authority. 

 *Sonchus asper, Hill. Near Melrose. 

 *Arctium minus, Bernli. Melrose. 

 *A. intermedium, Lange. Near Melrose. 

 -'Carduus crispus, L. Melrose Abbey. 

 '"Matricaria inodora, L. Tweedside. 

 Senecio viscosus, L. By the Tweed at Melrose. * Volvulus 



sepium, fa tiger. Near Melrose, doubtfully native. 'Thymus 



Chamaedrys, Fries. Near Melrose. 

 Atriplex patula, Z. Melrose. 



Rumex domesticus, Hartm. Melrose, by the Tweed. 

 *Ulmus montana, Stokes. By the Tweed at Melrose. 



*Quercus sessiliflora, Salisb. (Q. foemina, Miller}. Melrose, etc. 



N.C.R. 



Salix purpurea, L. By the Tweed. 



Orchis maculata, Z., var. *ericetorum (Linton). Melrose. 

 *Agrostis alba, L. Melrose. 

 *Festuca rubra, Z. Melrose. 

 *Arrhenatherum bulbosum, Presl. Melrose. 

 Poa nemoralis, Z., var. coarctata, Gaud. 



Papaver somniferum, Z., occurred as an alien by the Tweed, where 

 Ribes Grossularia and R. rubrum also were seen. 



P. Rhceas, Z., var. Pryorii, Druce, in which the stem is clothed with 

 dark crimson hairs, occurred near Melrose. Echium vulgare, 

 Z., Cheiranthus Cheiri, Z., and Prunus avium, Z., grew Ou'the 

 Abbey walls. Lamium album, Z. was seen in several places. 

 Potentilla palustris, Scop., and var. *villosa, grew in a marsh 

 near Minto. 



In Haddingtonshire I noticed *Quercus sessiliflora, Salisb., and 

 Lychnis alba, Mill. 



In Berwickshire, in the neighbourhood of Duns, I noticed the 

 following plants, which are mostly without personal authority 

 in " Top. Bot." A few marked with an asterisk are apparently 

 new records. Lychnis alba, Mill., and the hybrid *L. dioica, 

 Z x L. alba, Mill. ; Polygala serpyllacea, Weihe. ; *Cardamine 

 flexuosa, With. ; *Spergula sativa, Boenn. ; Trifolium hybridum, 

 Z. ; Potentilla palustris, Scop., var. *villosa ; * Rosa glauca, Vill. ; 

 Potentilla silvestris (P. erecta, L.), forma; *R. coriifolia, 

 Fries. ; *Rubus Selmeri, Lindeb. ; R. Rogersii, Alchemilla 

 vulgaris, Z., var. alpestris, and var. filicaiilis ; *Epilobium 



