106 ANNALS OF SCOTTISH NATURAL HISTORY 



Mentha piperita, L. Here and there, probably as an outcast. 



Sideritis montana, I,. Occasionally on shingle in Aberlour and 

 Rothes parishes. 



Chenopodium Bonus-Henricits, L. On shingle near Aberlour. This 

 is a not very scarce denizen in N.E. Scotland. 



Cannabis sativa, L. On shingle near Aberlour. 



Lolium temulentum, L. On shingle in Rothes, rare. The common 

 cereals (oats, barley, and rye) also occurred on the shingles ; 

 but their presence might of course have been due only to their 

 being grown as field crops near the Spey. 



ALIEN PLANTS NEAR EDINBURGH. 



By JAMES FRASER. 



DURING the summer of 1903 the following "introduced" or 

 " alien " plants were gathered in the neighbourhood of 

 Edinburgh. 



The localities or districts in which they were mainly 

 found were five in number. 



No. i is a spot to the west of the city (the indefiniteness 

 is intentional) near a pig and poultry farm, where these 

 animals' food seems to consist mainly of refuse from 

 breweries and distilleries. Growing around is a great 

 variety of plants, Crucifers, Leguminous plants and Grasses 

 being the most common. Bromus arvensis, L., has estab- 

 lished itself in a small field close by among the native 

 grasses. 



No. 2 lies north-west of the city, a small area where the 

 refuse of ships, quays, and roads is dumped. Conundrum 

 sativuin, L., and a few crucifers are its main feature. 



No. 3 lies north-east of the city. It consists of a strip 

 of ground about a hundred yards long by a dozen broad, 

 partially reclaimed from the sea and being filled up with 

 refuse from leather factories, flour and paper mills, etc. 

 The outstanding feature of this district is the great variety 

 of Medicks, Trifoliums, and Trigonellas. 



No. 4 is a piece of low-lying waste ground within the 



