ALIEN PLANTS NEAR EDINBURGH 237 



specimens. As before, only species not in Mr. Eraser's list 

 are here given. 



Adonis ccstivalis, L. Leith Docks and Slateford dumping grounds, 

 July, a few small flowering specimens ; but without fruit the 

 identification is not quite certain. 



Delphinium orientale, J. Gay. Leith Docks, August and September, 

 several small plants. 



Eschseholtzia californica, Cham. Craigmillar Quarry, July 1902, 

 several ; Slateford, September, one. 



Hypecoum grandiflorum, Benth. Leith Docks, July, one plant. 

 Matthiola Mcornis, DC. Slateford, September, one. 

 Barbarea prcecox, R.Br. Leith Docks, July, a few. 



Malcolmia maritima, R.Br. Railway siding, Kingsknowe, July 1902, 

 one plant. 



Brassica Toumefortii, Gouan. Slateford, July, one ; September, a 

 dozen. 



Rapistrum orientale, DC. Slateford, September, one. 



Silene conoidea, L. Slateford, July, not uncommon. 



Hibiscus Trionum, L. Leith Docks, September, a single plant. 



Afalva sEgyptia, L. Slateford, September, three. 



M. verticillata, L. Slateford, July-September, a few. 



M. nic&ensis, All. Leith Docks, July-September, a few ; Slateford. 



Tropczolum majns, L. Mouth of Esk, September, two. 



Erodium moschatum, L'H. Dunbar, September, 1903 (from Mr. 

 M'Taggart Cowan) Slateford, September, two. 



Ononis alopecuroides, L. ? Leith Docks, September, one. 



Trigonella corniculata, L. Slateford, July, several. 



T. aurantiaca, Boiss. Slateford, September, two. 



Medicago tornata, Willd. Regarding the specimen entered in our 

 former list as M. striata, Bast. ?, Mr. E. Baker writes : " I 

 think your plant must be M. tornata, Willd. = M. obscitra, var. 

 tornata, Urban." We may explain that the specimen with 

 which we compared it in the Herbarium here was labelled M. 

 tornata, Dec., the specific name being struck out and striata, 

 Bast, written over it. 



M. turbinata, Willd. Regarding a specimen from Slateford, August 

 1903, submitted to Mr. Baker, he writes: "This matches a 

 sheet in Herb. Mus. Brit, of M. turbinata from Linnaeus' 

 Hortus Cliffortianus, but for the satisfactory discrimination 

 of this species from M. tuberculata ripe fruit is necessary." 

 Leith Docks, September, one in fruit. 



