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as an introduced plant, and Watson so places it. I 

 suppose it is on this record that Babington in his 

 Manual gives Scotland for it, as there seems to be 

 no other record." 



From the rocky nature of the west coast of 

 Wigtownshire, there are very few bays suitable for 

 the growth of plants. In this respect Luce Bay has 

 the advantage, and consequently more plants are 

 found along its shores. In the immediate vicinity 

 of Portpatrick, on each side of the hollow in which 

 the town is situated, I saw such plants as Senebiera 

 Cororwpus, Cerastium tetrandum, Lychnis vespertina, 

 Honckenya peploides, Anthyllis Vulneraria, Conium 

 maculatum, Daucus Carota, Glaux maritima, Samolus 

 Valerandi, Plantago Coronopus, Hippophae rhamnoides 

 (evidently planted), and other common shore plants. 

 At the mouth of Dunskey Glen I found Geranium 

 savguineum, Vicia sylvatica, Mimulus luteus, and 

 Carex hirta. To the south of Portpatrick, near the 

 old castle of Dunskey, I saw Trifolium arvense, 

 (Enanthe Lachenalii, Orchis lati folia, Empetrum ni- 

 grum, and Schcenus nigricans; and further south, in 

 Morroch Bay, I gathered some very good plants, as 

 Crambe maritima, Cakile maritima, Glaucium luteum, 

 Beta maritima, Lamiiim intermedium, Helianthemum 

 vulgar e (a scarce plant in Wigtownshire), Echium 

 vulgare, Verbascum Thapsus, Eupatorium cannabinum, 

 Polygonum Raii, Mertensia maritima, and Euphorbia 

 Par alias. At Port Logan, still further south, on its 

 sandy bay, I formerly gathered Eryngium mari- 

 timum, Convolvulus Soldanella, Carduus tenuiflorus, 

 Erodluni cicutarium, not seen above Portpatrick. 

 All along the heughs grows Scilla verna, which 

 must make a fine show of purple blossoms in spring. 

 It is strange that this plant does not apparently 

 grow further along the Solway than the mouth of 

 the River Dee. On the west side of Luce Bay I have 

 gathered Vicia hitea, Vicia sylvatica, Orchis pyra- 

 midalis, and Raphanus maritimus. The typical plants 

 of the county are Lepidium Smithii, Carum verticil- 



