ALIEN PLANTS 



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ALIEN PLANTS. 



By JAMES FRASER 

 PLATE III 



THE following list of Alien Plants, mainly from the neighbour- 

 hood of Edinburgh, brings the number of such, seen by Mr. 

 M'Andrew and myself during the last five years, up to about 

 eight hundred, of which over a hundred are new to Britain. 

 Many in this list were found previously to 1907 (and since 

 1903) but have only now been identified. 



As will be seen below, I have again to thank Professor 

 Hackel not only for naming a large number of the grasses 

 and for interesting and helpful remarks on them, but also for 

 describing and naming a new species and a new variety. 

 To A. O. Hume, Esq., C.B., F.L.S., I am also indebted for 

 many identifications and for much help in various ways. 



As in previous papers, the names under each Natural 

 Order are in rough alphabetical order : an asterisk in front 

 of a name indicates a new British record : a = once found ; 

 /3 = twice or thrice, but rare ; j = neither rare nor frequent ; 

 S = frequent ; e = abundant. 



RANUNCULACE,*;. 



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* Ranunculus monspeliacus, L. Linlithgowshire, e. 

 *R. spicatus, Desf. Leith, (3. 



BERBERIDACE^:. 



Epimedium alpinum, L. Linlithgowshire, /5. 



FUMARIACE^E. 



Corydalis lutea, DC. Near Borthwick Castle, /3. 



CRUCIFERyE. 

 *Brassica oxyrrhina, Coss. Leith and Slateford, /3. 



CARYOPHYLLACE^:. 



Lychnis Coronaria, Desi: Sea-shore at Inverkeithing, Fife, u. 

 Lychnis chalcedonica, L. Craigmillar Quarry (outcast), a. 



