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The following is a list of the rarer and more 

 interesting plants observed within the district, with 

 particulars of the localities where they have been 

 found. Species previously recorded for the Garnock 

 Valley in the Botany of Ayrshire, published in 1872, 

 are indicated by " B. A." placed within brackets at 

 the end of the specified localities. 



Clematis Vitalba, L. — Woods at Blair, Dairy; and Eglinton, 



Kilwinning. Alien. 

 Thalictrum minus, L. — Border of a field east of Dairy Station. 

 Helleberus viridis, L. — Wood near Beith. Alien. 

 Trollius enropaeus, L. — Lngton Water, Montgreenan to Anchen- 



tiber. 

 Ranunculus sceleratus, L. — Rare in the Garnock Valley ; a few 



plants at Misk. 

 R. Lingua, L. — Ashgrove Loch; rare. (B.A.) 

 Berberis vulgaris, L. — A few bushes in a hedge near Bannock T 



Kilwinning. 

 Nymphaea alba var. minor, Syme. — Small plants, with fifteen 



stigmatic rays, collected in Lowhouse Loch, north-east from 



Beith. 

 Meconopsis cambrica, Vig. — A small patch in Eglinton Woods, 



Papaver Argemone, L. — A few plants got on the railway, and 



on Garnock banks near Kilwinning. 

 P. Rhoeas, L.— Rarely got on the railway near Kilwinning. 



Hesperis matronalis, L. — Sparingly on banks of Garnock, be- 

 tween Dairy and Kilwinning. Alien. 



Nasturtium palustre, DC— Sides of Dusk Water, near Barrmill, 



N. officinale, Br.— At Byrehill, Kilwinning; Ashgrove Loch, 



Stevenston. 

 N. amphibium, Br.— Frequent along the sides of the Garnock, 



both above and below Kilwinning; and on the Dusk Water 



at Barrmill. 

 Cochlearia Armoracia, L. — Border of a field east from Dairy 



Station; Eglinton Woods, Kilwinning. Alien. 

 C. officinalis, var.? — In Allan's Glen, near the. source of the Rye 



Water. 

 Teesdalia nudicaulis, Br. — On sandy lands at Kilwinning and 



Misk. (B.A.) 

 Lepidium Smithii, Hook. — Common on the sandy lands and 



rubbish heaps near Kilwinning. (B.A.) 

 Iberis amara, L. —Occasionally on the railway near Kilwinning. 



Alien. 

 Erysimum orientale, R. Br. — On the railway, Kilwinning; rare. 



Alien. 



