248 7 /id Scottish Naturalist. 



* R. lutea L. Formerly on the Inch at Aberdeen (Guide). 



* R. luteola L. Though given as native in some parts of Scotland, 



and by Dickie for the north-east, this seems to have no claim 

 to be so considered here, since its appearances are so un- 

 certain, and are of such a nature that they can be accounted 

 for only on the supposition that it is introduced with farm 

 seeds. I have met with it near Aberdeen only in 

 the summer of 1877, when it occurred in six or seven 

 localities. 



\ IOLACE^E. 



Viola cornuta L. Was found by me rather abundantly (in July, 

 1877), on a rubbish heap in Rubislaw Quarries, as an out- 

 cast. 



Caryophyllaceje. 



"* Saponaria officinalis L. Occasionally, as an escape, or as a relic 



of former cultivation; Peterhead (1877, J. H. Walker); 



near Aberdeen, at Alford, and at Strachan (Guide). 

 Saponaria Vaccaria L. In sandpit near Old Aberdeen (August, 



1878, J. T.); on reclaimed Inches (T. E., July, 1883). 



Escape or casual. 

 Silene anglica L. On reclaimed Inches (T. E., June, 1883). 



Casual. 

 Lychnis coronaria Lam. On bank of river Dee above Ballater 



(August, 1879). 



PORTULACACE/E. 



Claytonia perfoliate Don. Grows as a weed in a garden beside 

 King's College, probably introduced undesignedly ; near 

 Ballater (Mr. Brebner). 



MALVACE/E. 



Probably none of the species of this order are natives with us ; 

 but have been introduced for their beauty or supposed 

 medicinal virtues. 



* Malva moschata L. Is common in various localities in Kin- 



cardineshire. 



* M. sylvestris is too common throughout the district to require 



special localities to be noted ; but its habitats, so far as I 

 have observed them, are always suspiciously near gardens 

 or houses, from which it had probably strayed. 



* M. rotundifolia L. Is still less apparently native than the 



others, occurring only beside houses in Johnshaven, &c. 



