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the plant did not grow in the nearest vegetative zone to the 

 sea, where we might expect to see it if it had been cast up by 

 the waves, but in the higher zone, among Psamma and Erytigiuin, 

 which are only occasionally within the reach of surf. In the 

 case of the Irish plants, the only portion where refuse was taken 

 from Lord Ardilaun's garden was separated by a creek a quarter 

 of a mile wide from the locality where the wild plant occurred, 

 well above ordinary water-mark. More recently I gathered it 

 in the Psamma zone on the coast of Cornwall, between 

 Penzance and Marazion ; but this part of the coast is notori- 

 ously the home of many foreign plants ; though, so far as I 

 know, none of them could be referred to Kamtschatkan or even 

 to Scandinavian origin. Professor Areschoug, in an interesting 

 and weighty paper, gave reasons for assuming the plant to be a 

 relic of an Altaian flora which had been gradually driven out 

 by a more recent invasion of species of an Atlantic type ; and 

 he considered it to be a native of Scania. This year, while 

 botanising with the Rev. H. J. Riddelsdell and Mr. Knox, I 

 found a solitary specimen on the sand dunes of Lunan Bay, 

 Forfarshire, where it was associated with Psamma and Elymus. 

 I have made extensive inquiries, and find that, while it is not 

 sold by nurserymen in that district of Scotland, it is actually 

 grown in the garden of Glammis Castle in Forfarshire, from 

 which I have specimens; but these specimens are not identical 

 with the form I gathered at Lunan Bay ; nor do I think it at 

 all likely that the garden was the source which supplied it. It 

 must be remembered that the latitude of Lunan Bay and of 

 Scania is very similar, and that it is more probable that we owe 

 its occurrence to some bird, unless, indeed, Professor Areschoug 

 is correct in his hypothesis. Certainly the discovery of the 

 Artemisia in other localities on the northern and eastern coasts 

 of Scotland would do much to support his idea. 



Carduus nutans, L. Near Forfar. 



*Gentiana uliginosa, Willd. (G. axitlaris, Schmidt, var. annua). 

 Foliis basilaribus spathulatis. Near Forfar. 



Utricularia major, Schmidt ( U. neglecta, Lehm.). In a marsh near 

 Forfar. 



Symphytum tuberosum, L. Near Lunan Bay. 



Pneumaria maritima, Hill (Mertensia). Sparingly on the shingle 

 between Lunan Bay and Redhead, pointed out to me by my 

 friend Mr. John Knox. 



Euphrasia scotica, Wefts. Glen Dole, 1882. 

 E. brevipila, Burn, and Gremli. Clova, 1882. 

 E. gracilis, Fries. Clova, 1882. 



