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often mistaken for S. Limouium, Hippophae rhamnoides in planta- 

 tions ; in marshj places Hippuris vulgaris, Littorella lacustris, Cliara 

 hispida and flexilis, Bidens cernua, Scirpus lacustris and Scutellaria 

 galericulata grew. On the sides of ditches Scolopendrium vulgare was 

 abundant, and Hypericum maculatum and Lepidium Smithii lined all 

 the road-sides. 



The walk from Garlieston to Wigton, by Kirmadrine and Kir- 

 kinna did not furnish many new specimens. Hieracium umbellatum, 

 and Lamium album, were met with. On the road between Wigton 

 and Newton- Stewart we found Mentha rotundifolia and Ornithopus 

 perpusillus. 



August 17. — Crossing the bridge over the Cree at Newton- Stewart, 

 we now entered Kircudbrightshire, and commenced to notice all 

 the plants of the county with the view of completing its Flora. Fol- 

 lowing the banks of the Cree we reached Creetown, where granitic 

 rocks appear and are quarried, and then walked by the shore to Cars- 

 looth castle, Cardonness, Gatehouse, Crumston castle and Kircud- 

 bright. The shores presented many of the plants previously noticed 

 in Wigtonshire, such as Crambe maritima, Crithmum maritimum, 

 Erythraea linarifolia,Glaucium luteum, Genista tinctoria, &c. ; besides 

 these, we noticed, Bromus mollis var. nanus, Juncus obtusiflorus, Ca- 

 lamintha Clinopodium, Campanula latifolia, Cardamine sylvatica, 

 Pulicaria dysenterica, Silybum marianum, Solanum Dulcamara, Car- 

 duus acanthoides near the granite quarries where granite meets the 

 greywacke, and Convolvulus sepium. The white and pink varieties of 

 the last named plant, along with Epilobium hirsutum, Lathyrus syl- 

 vestris, Vicia sylvatica, and Linaria vulgaris in full flower, lined the 

 shores near Carslooth, and presented a display of colours, than which 

 nothing could be more beautiful and striking. 



Near Carslooth, Lysimachia vulgaris grows in considerable quantity, 

 and Ononis antiquorum is found on the shore near Ravenshaugh, 

 along with gigantic specimens of Pimpinella Saxifraga. At Cardon- 

 ness castle Lithosperraum officinale and Inula Helenium occur ; and 

 Myrrhis odorata was picked near Kircudbright. 



August 18th. — This day the shores near Kircudbright and St. Mary's 

 Isle were visited, and we were rewarded with specimens of Allium 

 arenarium and vineale, Statice rariflora and Limonium, Geranium pra- 

 tense, Dipsacus sylvestris, Salicornia herbacea, Chenopodium mariti- 

 mum, Habenaria viridis, and Rubus suberectus. We then proceeded 

 to Balmae, and were kindly entertained by General Irving, an enthu- 

 siastic botanist, who accompanied us in our rambles, and pointed out 

 many interesting plants. Under his guidance we gathered Ervum 

 tetraspermum in small quantities on the shore, Acorus Calamus growing 

 in a pond at Balmae, having been taken from a native station in Kir- 

 cudbrightshire which has since been drained, Nymph?ea alba, Acer 

 campestre, Anthemis arvensis, and Aquilegia vulgaris. 



