262 The Scottish Naturalist. 



Daphne laureola L. — Grows at Pepperknowes, on the most 

 inaccessible parts of the rocks, and far from any dwelling, but 

 probably introduced. 



Euphorbia exigua L. — Though found from Banff and Forfar 

 southwards, this may be considered as a rare plant, if not in the 

 county generally, certainly in the Carse, where I have frequently 

 searched for it. It was only this last summer that I detected 

 it growing pretty plentifully on some arable land above Bal- 

 thayock. 



Cephalanthera ensifolia Rich. — In the Kinfauns woods, grow- 

 ing in a small scattered patch. It has for long been known as 

 a native of the Methven woods on the other side of Perth, and 

 though possibly also long known to have been a Carse plant, 

 there is no record of its being so further than the mention made 

 to me by Mr. Gorrie lately, that he had some recollection, more 

 than 30 years ago, of the late Mr. Robertson, then gardener at 

 Kinfauns, stating that it grew in the neighbourhood. Whether 

 introduced by Robertson from Methven (as has been suggested) 

 is doubtful ; at all events it is thoroughly established now. 



Orchis incarnata L. — This is by no means rare on the Carse 

 Hills, where it is abundant in ground suited to it nearly along 

 the whole range. It can at once be distinguished from 

 latifolia by its less robust growth, its flesh or white coloured 

 flowers, and especially by the leaf, which is at the tip concave 

 or boat shaped. It seems to prefer the high grounds, as I have 

 never noticed it in the low Carse, even in places where 

 latifolia is very frequent. 



Butomus umbellatus L. — This is another Elcho Marsh plant, 

 first noticed by me in 1869. on which a doubt has been thrown as 

 to its being a true native (see Dr. Boswell Syme's Exch. Club 

 Report, 1870-71), for what reason I know not, unless it be 

 merely those mentioned above — that everything from the Tay 

 savours of suspicion. In my own mind I fully believe that it is 

 native : it abounds in the marsh, and is so much at home that 

 I see no cause for doubt whatever. 



Sparganium simplex Huds. — Though not a rare plant, I am 

 not aware of its having been previously recorded from the Carse ; 

 it is a much stouter and more robust form than what I have 

 noticed in other parts of the county. It grows in one or two 

 places in the Carse ditches, and I have no doubt would be more 

 abundant were it not, along with other aquatics, rooted out an- 

 nually in cleaning the ditches. Its congener, S. ra?nosum, is 



