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rare about Glasgow, it is abundant in Wigtownshire 

 on the one side and in Strathmore on the other, I 

 have sometimes wondered if the coal district had 

 an influence in causing the scarcity of this beautiful 

 and conspicuous flower. Anthyllis Vidneraria, Genista 

 anglica, and Ononis arvensis are common; Ornithopus 

 perpusillus is found occasionally on dry banks ; and 

 Trifolium arvense is plentiful in various parts of 

 Forfarshire, although I have not seen it near Alyth. 



Of the Grasses less common about Glasgow, 

 besides those already mentioned, Melica uniflora and 

 M. nutans are found in the Den of Airlie ; Air a 

 brevifolia occurs on rocks and at shingly places by 

 the Isla ; Triodia decnmbens is on all the moors ; 

 Festuca sylvatica is plentiful at some places in the 

 Craighall Den, near Blairgowrie; and Br achy podium 

 sylvaticimi appears in large masses in shady woods. 

 The late Rev. Mr. Simpson of Glenisla, whose 

 botanical knowledge was both wide and accurate, 

 told me that Lolium temulentum was occasionally 

 met with by the edges of fields in Glenisla, and 

 that it was called " sleepy grass," a name which 

 doubtless arose from its narcotic qualities. 



To complete our glance, a few more particulars 

 may be given without reference to classification. 

 Sllene inflata and Helianthemum vidgare are quite 

 common in their respective habitats, and Germanium 

 sylvaticum is often strikingly abundant in shady 

 woods. Pyriis Malus, Berberis vulgaris, Viburnum 

 Opidus, Carpinus Betulus, Cytisus Laburnum, Cas- 

 tanea vulgaris, and jFscidus Hippocastanum, are 

 frequently seen in woods ; and Spiraza salicifolia, 

 Sambucus nigra, and Symphoricarpus racemosus, in 

 hedges and bushy places. As escapes from cultiva- 

 tion, Spiraea Filipendida, Hesperis matronalis, Lunaria 

 biennis, Aconitum Napellus, and Aquilegia vulgaris, 

 turn up occasionally. Agrimonia Eupatoria, Galium 

 Mollugo, Chenopodium Bonus-Henricus, and Origanum 

 vulgare, are frequently met with ; while Verbascum 

 Thapsus, Lychnis vespertina, Campanula latifolia, and 



