The Scottish Naturalist. 261 



it may be entitled to a place in the Carse flora, at all events as 

 a casual. Its congener, Vcrbascum thapsus L., is of regular 

 occurrence in the Carse. 



Veronica anagallis L. — In ditches at Kinfauns and near 

 Cairnie Mill, and I have no doubt on a little search it will 

 be found in other places also. 



Veronica Montana L. — On Derry Island in several large 

 patches, and also in the Den of Balthayock. 



Calamintha acinos Clairv. — Has been found in one or two 

 places, but seems to prefer the light dry soils of the braes to the 

 lower grounds, having been noticed on the knolls at the back 

 of Rossie Priory, and obtained this summer above Kilspindie 

 on rocky ground that appeared at one time to have been under 

 cultivation. It may therefore possibly have been introduced 

 in former days by seed among corn. 



Galeopsis angustifolium Erhr. — First noticed several years ago 

 on a dry gravelly knoll above Seggieden. Since then I have found 

 it in various places, at Kilspindie and Rait; also on the dry 

 knolls at the back of Fingask and Kinnaird, where it is abun- 

 dant. 



• Cynoglossiun nwntanum Lam. — In two places in the Carse — 

 a few straggling plants about Barnhill, and very abundantly in 

 some of the hedge banks and woody places in the neighbour- 

 hood of Fingask. Don discovered this species in the same 

 locality in which it now grows as far back as 1820. Its con- 

 vener, C. officinale L., is also found in the Carse. 



Rumex hydrolapathum Huds. — This plant I have known for 

 some years as a denizen of the marsh below Elcho. Though a 

 common plant in England, it is by no means so in Scotland; 

 and on my forwarding specimens to Dr. Boswell Syme, he 

 describes it in his report to the Exch. Club for '7o-'7i as a 

 very scarce plant in Scotland, the occurrence of which in the 

 county of Perth required to be substantiated. He then adds, 

 the only question that remains is, whether it be indigenous? 

 " the banks of the Tay producing so vast a number of aliens 

 that suspicion is sometimes cast on plants which are true natives 

 of the locality." I grant that the Tay has a bad name in this 

 respect; nevertheless, I can see no reason to doubt that this is 

 a true native of the Carse, having not only found it at Elcho 

 and on both banks of the Tay, but also in some of the Carse 

 ditches, which are at a distance from, and have no connection 

 with, the spot where it was originally found. 



