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Most of the party being anxious to get to Dumfries, I had not an 

 opportunity of examining the neighbourhood of Balmae and Kir- 

 cudbright at the time so thoroughly as I could have wished. In 

 the course of a week afterwards, however, I again paid a visit to 

 General Irving, and added a number of rare plants to my collection ; 

 among these I may notice, Pulicaria dysenterica, Carex paniculata, 

 Thlaspi arvense, Potamogeton acutifolius, Artemisia maritima, Car- 

 duus heterophyllus, Epipactis latifolia, Juncus obtusiflorus, Polygonum 

 Bistorta, Stachys Betonica, Doronicum Pardalianches, Scrophularia 

 vornalis, Hippophae rhamnoides, Euphorbia Cyparissias and Mentha 

 rotundifolia (probably naturalized,) Botrychiura Lunaria, and Ophio- 

 glossum vulgatum. At St. Mary's Isle there are numerous rare 

 species, many of which, however, appear to have been introduced, 

 such as Spiraea salicifolia, Lathyrus latifolius, Verbascum nigrum. 

 Campanula Trachelium, Geranium phseum, Gnaphalium margarita- 

 ceum, Althaea officinalis, and Staphylea pinnata. 



On the shores on the opposite side of Kircudbright Bay, and near 

 Borgue and the Ross, I gathered Mentha rubra and viridis, Astrag- 

 alus glycyphyllus, Lithospermum officinale, Triticum caninum. Arum 

 maculatum, (Enanthe fistulosa, Artemisia maritima, Sanguisorba offi- 

 cinalis, Cladium Mariscus in marshes at Culraven, Gymnadenia albida 

 and Ulmus suberosa. 



Near Kirkudbright, and on the banks of the Dee at Tongueland, 

 I found Ruppia maritima and Serratula tinctoria in profusion, Galium 

 boreale, Calamintha Clinopodium, Origanum vulgare, Epilobum angus- 

 tifolium, Thalictrum minus, Chelidonium majus, Polygonum Bistorta, 

 Cotyledon Umbilicus, Geranium lucidum, sanguineum and pratense, 

 Rubus saxatilis, TroUius europacus. To many of the stations on the 

 Dee I was kindly conducted by the Rev. Mr. Williamson. 



Returning from this digression to our party. — We proceeded from 

 Balmae to MuUoch Bay, and thence to Dandrennan Abbey, Auchen- 

 cairn, and Dalbeaty. Sium angustifolium, Carlina vulgaris, and a 

 few other common plants were all that we observed. 



August 19th. — From Dalbeaty we directed our course over a moor- 

 land country to Southwick, and thence to Southerness or Sauter- 

 ness Point, Arbigland, Kirkbean, Carse Bay, New Abbey and Dum- 

 fries. The most productive part of our journey this day was in the 

 neighbourhood of Southwick, and on the sandy shores and rocks near 

 Sauterness. In fields near Southwick we picked with no small de- 

 light Anagallis csorulea in profusion, displaying its beautiful blue 

 blossoms fully expanded, and associated with specimens of Anagallis 

 arvensis, having remarkably large flowers, also Trifolium arvense, and 

 Medicago sativa. The latter plant is cultivated by Mr. Stewart of 

 Southwick, and he imported the seeds from abroad. To this some 

 may perhaps be disposed to attribute the appearance of the blue 

 Anagallis in the neighbourhood. Mr. Stewart has evidently done 



