152 TRANSACTIONS, NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY OF GLASGOW. 



Flora of tlie West of Scotland, or the Proceed higs of 

 the Society. Although such details possess little 

 importance, or even interest, in themselves, I offer 

 them in the hope that they may induce other work- 

 ers to contribute similar lists dealing with other 

 parts of the district. Were such lists regularly 

 supplied and published in a tabulated form, they 

 would not only afford considerable aid to local 

 students but would throw light on many interesting 

 features in the Botany of the West of Scotland. 



Thcdictruin ficivum, L. — Rare ; reported to be fast 

 disappearing from the few sjiots on the Clyde near 

 Glasgow where it has long been known to grow. 

 In most of these — the borders of fields — it is fre- 

 quently cut down along with the grass. I am glad, 

 however, to learn that another station has been 

 discovered near Dalmuir, Avhere the plant is in less 

 danger of being extirpated. 



Papaver Argemone, L. — Rare in most parts of the 

 districts ; but occurring not unfrequently between 

 the Clyde Ironworks and Mount Vernon village, on 

 waste ground, railway embankments, &c. 



Eriisiinuin orientale, Br. — Alien ; I observed a few 

 plants last year on the railway between Dalmuir 

 and Old Kilpatrick stations. 



Raphanus inaritiiniis, Sm. — Reported for West 

 Kilbride, on the authority of the late Rev. David 

 Landsborough, D.D., in The Botany of Ayrshii^e. 



Diplotaxis teniiifolia, DC. — Plentiful last autumn 

 in an old neglected garden on the canal-bank be- 

 tween Old Kilpatrick and Bowling. Unlike most of 

 the other Bi^assicw, the leaves of this species have 

 a very disagreeable taste. Not included in the 

 Clydesdale Flora. 



Arabis hirsuta, Br. — I observed a fine specimen of 

 this plant on the roadside between Torrance-of- 

 Campsie and Lennoxtown, on 6th October, 1883. 

 This, I think, is the nearest station to Glasgow yet 

 recorded. 



Polycjala vulgaris, L., var. depressa.—Comm.on on 



