TOPOGRAPHICAL BOTANY OF THE WEST OF SCOTLAND. 3H 



barren peaks, some of these being at a considerable 

 elevation. 



Our first effort will be to record on trustworthy- 

 authority all Phanerogams, native or introduced, and 

 Cryptogams down to and including the Hepaticse, 

 found in the above Vice-Counties or Provinces. As 

 there are no proper records of Mosses and Hepaticse 

 available, it is proposed that entirely new data 

 should be compiled of the distribution of these 

 plants throughout the West of Scotland. 



Vouchers, containing information as to localities, 

 situation of growth, etc., of the plants reported 

 on, will be filled up, and all new records will be 

 verified by the production of specimens to be sub- 

 mitted to the referees of the Botanical Record Club 

 for certification, and afterwards deposited in the 

 Herbarium at Kew for preservation. While doing 

 this work, we will also record the plants growing 

 in the various Parishes in the Counties of Renfrew, 

 Lanark, and Dumbarton, with the ultimate object 

 of being able to show the distribution of plants in 

 what may be termed Clydesdale proper. This may 

 appear a heavy undertaking, as no doubt it is, but 

 those who have taken an interest in its progress 

 will support me in saying that it is a very pleasant 

 one. We are anxious for helpers, and any who 

 desire to assist may obtain all requisite information 

 on applying to me. 



In laying before the Society the result of our first 

 year's work, I may state that over 10,000 stations 

 for Flowering-plants, and nearly 1,000 for Mosses 

 and Hepaticse, have been reported, for nearly all of 

 which vouchers have been filled up. The following 

 extensive list comprises over 500 records previously 

 unknown or insufficiently vouched, but now placed 

 beyond doubt by the production and certification 

 of specimens. A considerable number of introduced 

 plants have been included, the names of these being 

 printed in italics, but at least 300 of the species 

 enumerated are unquestionably native. The more 



