50 ANNALS OF SCOTTISH NATURAL HISTORY 



Sanicula europiza, L. Dens of Auchmedden and Troup. 



Apiitm innndatum, Reichb. f. This was found in Crimond, Long- 

 side, and Aberdour ; local, but not rare where it occurred. 



Slum erection, Huds., was found last year in three additional 

 parishes Logie-Buchan, Cruden, and Lonmay, in one locality 

 in each. 



Viburnum Opulus, L. Grows in the parishes of Aberdour (in the 

 Dhustrath) and Turriff ; but there can be little doubt that it is 

 not native in Buchan. 



Galium Mollugo, L. 93*, Aberdour, in the inclosure round the 

 parish church, and 94''', by the edge of a field in Gamrie, on 

 the west side of the Den of Troup. In both localities the 

 plant comes near var. J3akeri, Syme. 



G. sylvestre, Poll. 93*, ravine of the Quingan, Aberdour; 94*, 

 braes on rocky coast of Gamrie, east of Melrose ; local. 



G. uliginosum, L. Scarce and local ; seen only in Old Deer, Long- 

 side, and Aberdour. 



Aspenda odorata, L. Dens of Auchmedden and Troup, and in 

 Fyvie ; scarce and local. 



Valeriana pyrenaica, L. 93'% 94*. Well established along both 

 banks of the burn of Troup. 



Filago gennanica, L. Very scarce, in a field near Melrose, Gamrie. 



Matricaria discoidea, DC. In the last issue of this Journal, p. 244, 

 may be found a brief account of the rapid extension of this 

 plant over the parishes around Rosehearty. 94.* It has 

 spread westward to Gardenstown in Gamrie. 



(To be continued.} 



ZOOLOGICAL NOTES. 



Hedgehog in Argyllshire. In addition to Mr. Watt's record of 

 the above in the "Annals" for October, p. 233, I have found it at 

 Inellan, on the hills behind the town, and also on the road to Glen 

 Massan, from the head of the Holy Loch. As this animal is kept 

 often in dwelling-houses as a pet, might it not in these two localities 

 be an escape which had been translated to the coast with the owners 

 at the annual trip " doon the waiter " ? In both instances the 

 animals went free, so that they may be the forerunner of the species 

 in the district. J. MACNAUGHT CAMPBELL, Glasgow. 



