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bourhood of Edinburgh were known for this plant last year. It has been 

 since observed in many fields around Edinburgh^ and particularly near New- 

 haven Bromus velutinus, (■> — This variety, no doubt the same as that 



found by Mr Johns in Cornwall, as I have ascertained by comparison with 

 specimens which he kindly gave to mo, was gathered near Sandhead, Gallo. 

 way Calamagrostis ejjigejos — Below the Bridge of Dee, Braemar, Dr Mac- 

 nab. Campanula rapunculcfides — Near Montrose, Mr A. N. Balfour.-< — 



Campanula trachelium — Near Donnibristle, Ilev. A. Robertson. Carex 



capillaris — Observed by Dr Macnab in great abundance at the mouth of 

 the river Naver, and to form a large proportion of the turf on the knolls in 

 Durness Carex extensa — It was observed only in one station in Gal- 

 loway last year. This season, as we went farther to the eastward than we 

 did then, we found it in great profusion in many places among the stones 



close to the highwater-mark Carex fulva. — Subalpine situations near 



Edinburgh, not unfrequent, though not before observed in the district.—— 

 Carum verticillatum. — This plant, extremely abundant in some parts of 

 the west coast of Scotland, was not observed in Galloway last year, nor 



this, excepting in the neighbourhood of Wigton and Kirkczulbright. Cla- 



dium mariscus. — As this plant is stated on the authority of the late Mr J. 

 Mack'ay to be " plentiful in Galloway," every pool in our route this year 

 and last were examined for it, and information sought every where regard- 

 ing it. It was neither seen nor heard of; and a suspicion was necessarily 

 excited that it does not grow, or at least is not " plentiful" in the district. 

 Can Galloway have been inadvertently given, instead of Galway, where it 

 does grow ? If so, the only known station for this plant now in Scotland 



is in Sutherlandshire Eleocharis multicaulis.— This.'plant has before been 



found in the neighbourhood of Edinburgh, but Dr Dewar has found it more 



abundantly near Dunfermline. Erodium maritimum — Coast near Port 



William, Galloway, abundant. New I believe to Scotland. Fedia den- 



tata.— In many places around Edinburgh, in Fife, and in Galloway. , Ge- 

 nista tinctoria. — In great profusion in Galloway in many places, /ro7n Glas- 

 serton to Balmae Head Habenaria chlorantha. — Very common in subal- 

 pine grounds near Edinburgh. On the banks of the Reservoir^ towards Airdrie, 

 and in Galloway. Whether specifically distinct or not, it is easily distin- 

 guished from the H. bifolia, by its more robust growth, greenish-yellow 

 flowers, broader, more connivent segments of the perianth, and its diverging 

 anther-lobes Helosciadium nodiflorum — In almost every ditch through- 

 out our whole route in Galloway i but not, as far as I know, hitherto ob- 

 served on the east of Scotland Hieracium umbellatum. — Valley of 



Clova, Dr Macnab. Juncus maritimus. — One station only was visited 



by the party in Galloway last yean This year we found it in very many, 

 along a great part of the coast in our whole route, and in extreme abun- 

 dance. Jungermannia Mackaii.— A'Var Drummore, Dr Greville. The 



plant has not before been observed in Scotland. Lamium intermedium. 



— In many situations around Edinburgh, and near Sand Head, Galloway. 



Lepidium Smithii — Road-side near JVhitekirk, Berwickshire, Dr Macnab. 

 Linnsea borealis. — Neighbourhood of Edinburgh, A single round patch 



