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ANNALS OF SCOTTISH NATURAL HISTORY 



An inspection of the above list shows that the total 

 number of species and varieties observed on the area during 

 the four years was not a very large one (approaching 230 

 species), and it is very unlikely that more than one or two 

 species, if even that, escaped the minute and careful search 

 made on all parts of the area. Certainly none was over- 

 looked of which more than one or two examples occurred 

 there. Many of the common species of the north-east of 

 Scotland either did not occur, or were very infrequent. 



In the list the names of species not native anywhere in 

 Britain are printed in italics. To the names of those species 

 that are natives of the British Islands but have not been 

 found in the north-east district of Scotland except as evident 

 " casuals," or escapes from cultivation, an asterisk is prefixed. 

 The asterisk is inclosed in brackets in the case of a few 

 species that have been admitted into Dickie's " Botanist's 

 Guide " as native, but which occur under circumstances that 

 scarcely warrant their being so regarded. Several of the 

 remaining species, though entitled to a place in the flora of 

 the neighbouring counties, are not met with in a wild state 

 within a good many miles of Aberdeen. The very large 

 proportion of non-native species is remarkable, and it suggests 

 the nature of the materials employed in filling up the old 



