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•Zostera marina, L. — Often cast up on the Ardeer shore. 

 Blysmus rufus, Link. — Estuary of Garnock, at Bogend. 

 Scirpus lacustris, L. — Dusk Water, at Auchenmade ; old quarry, 

 Auchenkist, Kilwinning; Ashgrove Loch. 



S. maritimus L. — Estuary of Garnock, at Misk ; rare. 



Carex dioica, L. — Ashgrove Loch. 



C paniculata, L. — Loch Libo. 



C. acuta, L. — Garnock Water, Kilwinning. 



O. liiuosa, L. — Moors near Fichen. 



C. pendula, Huds. — Montgreenan woods. 



Alopecurus agrestis, L. — On railway below Kilwinning, rare. 



Alien. 

 Phalaris canadensis, L. — Rubbish plant ; Kilwinning. 

 Milium effusum, L.— Hindog Glen, Dairy; Glengarnock, Kilbirnie. 

 Melica uniflora, Retz. — Monkcastle Glen ; banks of Lugton Water, 



at Mavisbank ; Hindog Glen, Dairy ; Glengarnock. 

 Poa aquatica, Sm. — Bogs, Dairy. 

 Catabrosa aquatica var. littoralis, Para. — In ditches at Misk; 



and Nethermains, south of Kilwinning. 

 Festuca bromoides, L. — Kilwinning and Kilbirnie; not common. 

 Phragmites communis, Trin. — Blacklands, Kilwinning; Blae 



Loch, Beith ; Loch Libo. 

 Bromus sterilis, L.— Sides of Doura branch railway, near G. <fc 



S. W. Ry., Kilwinning. 

 B. asper, L. — Woods, Kilwinning. 

 B. commutatus, Sch.— Misk, Stevenston ; and on the railway 



near Kilwinning ; rare. 

 Triticum junceum, L.— Along the estuary of the Garnock. 

 T. caninum, Huds. — Banks of Garnock, at Dirrans, Kilwinning. 

 T. repens var. barbatum. — Near Monkredding, Kilwinning. 

 Elymus arenarius, L.— Railway at Longford, Kilwinning; near 



mouth of Garnock ; large patch on the sand at north-west 



corner of railway bridge over Irvine Water, Bogside. 

 Hymenophyllum Wilsoni, Hook. — On wet rocks in the glen 



above Kilbirnie. {B.A. — Kilbirnie Hills.) 

 Aspidium aculeatum, Sw.— In the glens at Dairy and Kilbirnie, 



Montgreenan W^oods. 

 Cystopteris fragilis, Bern. — Frequent in the glens about Kilbirnie. 



Asplenium Adiantum- nigrum, L. — Not common on the Garnock 



and Lugton. 

 A. Ruta-muraria, L. — Abundant on walls near Irvine. 

 Scolopendrium vulgare, Sym. — Common twenty years ago, rare 



now. 

 Cryptogramme crispa, Br.— Kilbirnie Hills, rare. 

 Osmunda regalis, L. — A small patch grew at Shewalton Moss, 



on a part which has now been reclaimed. A few plants 



still in woods not far from Kilwinning. 



