242 ANNALS OF SCOTTISH NATURAL HISTORY 



Tussilago Farfara, Z., continues to spread, forming several large 

 patches. 



Senecio vulgaris, Z., occurs on cinders and on opener spots, but 

 cannot contend successfully with the coarse vegetation. 



Arctium minus, Bernh. Not increasing. 

 Helianthus tuberosits, L. One weak plant seen. 



Cnicus lanceolatus, Willd., is the most conspicuous plant on the 

 ground, and continues to increase rapidly. In the autumn the 

 seeds are scattered far and wide on every breeze. 



C. arvensis, Hoffm., is also increasing year by year, though not so 

 abundant as C. lanceolatus ; it forms some large clumps, and is 

 freely mingled with the other coarser vegetation. 



Centaurea nigra, Z., barely holds its place. 



Lapsana communis, Z., appears to be increasing on the southern 

 part, though slowly. 



Crepis virens, Z., is becoming crushed out, and now occurs only 

 isolated here and there. 



Taraxacum officinale, Web., scarcely seems to do more than keep 

 its place on the more open spots. 



Sonchus oleraceus, Z., is diminishing. 



Lycopsis arvensis, Z. Of this a single example was found in flower 

 in July. It had not been met with before on this ground. 



Myosotis arvensis, Lam., was more common here and there in July 

 than it had been in former years. 



""Volvulus sepium, Junger, has extended year by year, and has 

 spread considerably since 1896, flowering with moderate 

 freedom, and supporting itself on the coarse vegetation among 

 which it climbs. 



Convolvulus arvensis, Z., of which a plant was observed here for the 

 first time last year, appears to have got a hold, two or three 

 having been seen in 1897. 



Solatium tuberosum, L. (potato). A good many here and there, 

 especially on rubbish. 



Mimulus luteus, L. One plant, in flower, on the cinders. 

 Mentha viridis, L. Two patches in flower in September. 

 M. piperita, Z. (not M. viridis) was destroyed under cinders in 1896. 



Nepeta Glechoma, Benth. Destroyed in the extension of the 

 railways. 



Scutellaria galericulata, Z. --Two small patches, bearing flowers, 

 were detected at the west end of the ground in July. 



