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Knautia arvensis, Coult.— Rare, Bartonhohn, Irvine ; Redburn, 

 Kilwinning ; roadside east of Cuff Hill, Beith ; railway near 

 Barrniill. Only a few plants in each station. {B. A. —Beith.) 



Taraxacum officinale var. palustre, DC. — Banks of Garnock 

 below Kilwinning ; moors above Kilbirnie. 



Cichorium Intybus, L. — Single plant near Dirrans, Kilwinning.. 



Carduus acanthoides, L.— A few plants at Byrehill, Kilwinning. 



Centaurea Cyanus, L. — A few plants in a field west of Kil- 

 winning. 



Tanacetum vulgare, L. — Dubbs, Kilwinning ; Low Baidland, 

 Dairy. 



Senecio viscosus, L. — Abundant on blaes-bings at Blair No. 5 

 pit, Dairy, and near Kilbirnie. 



S. sylvaticus, L.— Bartonholm ; Bogend, on the right bank of 

 the Garnock ; Eglinton Woods. 



S. saracenicus, L. — Abundant in large patches on banks of 

 Garnock Water, from Kilbirnie to Kilwinning, and descend- 

 ing the estuary to the commencement of the seaweeds 

 (Fucus). {B.A.— Kilwinning.) 



Doronicum Pardalianches, L. — Rare, Eglinton Woods ; at old 

 ruin east of Cuff Hill, Beith. Alien. {B.A.— Beith.) 



Anthemis nobilis, L. — Longford, Kilwinning, and near Kilbirnie. 



Vaccinium Vitis-Idaea, L. — Common on the moors near sources 

 of Garnock. 



V. Oxycoccos, L. — Rare, on Kilbirnie Moors. 



Pyrola minor, L.— Misk, Stevenston ; banks of Lugton, near 

 Auchentiber. 



Primula veris, L. — Frequent, and spreading in the Fergushill 

 district, east of Kilwinning. Alien. 



Lysimachia vulgaris, L.— Rare ; roadside at Blair, and Giffart- 

 land, Dairy. (Z?. J.. —Kilwinning.) 



Vinca minor, L. — Glengarnock Castle ; Kilbirnie ; Monkcastle 

 Glen ; Montgreenan ; Kilwinning. 



Gentiana campestris, L. — Sand-hills at Misk ; Cuff Hill, Beith. 



Polemonium caeruleum, L. — Abundant in old quarry at Ashgrove.. 



Echium vulgare, L. — Abundant on the rubbish heaps south of 

 Kilwinning. Has spread rapidly within the last fifteen 

 years. A large patch used to grow on the Ardeer Sands,, 

 but it was exterminated by the sand being blown over it. 

 Alien. 



Pulmonaria officinale, L. — Rare ; Blair Woods, Dairy. Alien. 



Anchusa sempervirens, L. — Rare ; Auldmuir, Dairy. Alien. 



Borago officinalis, L.— Rubbish plant, Kilwinning. 



Hyoscyamus niger, L. — Rubbish plant, Kilwinning. 



Solanum Dulcamara, L. — In a hedge at Bog, Stevenston. 



Veronica Anagallis, L.— Rare ; near source of Pundevon Burn, 

 Kilbirnie. 



Mimulus luteus, L. — Sides of River Garnock from Kilbirnie to- 



