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Old Kilpatrick. Mr. L. Watt, Clydebank, informs me 

 that it also occurs on waste ground near Dalmuir. 



Echium vidgare, L. — Alien ; a few small j)lants 

 gre^v last autumn on "waste ground between the 

 canal and the river, about a mile below Old Kil- 

 patrick. 



Pulmonaria officinalis, L. — Alien; reported for 

 West Kilbride on the authority of Dr. Landsborough. 



Mimulus luteus, L. — Alien ; on the side of the 

 Duntocher Burn above Dalmuir. 



Linaria minor, Desf. — Rare in the district. Abun- 

 dant last autumn on the sides of the railway above 

 Old Kilpatrick station. 



Lamiiim interinediuin, Fries. — Rather local ; very 

 abundant in fields and gardens at West Kilbride, 

 especially near the sea-shore. It is there the most 

 common of the Lamia. 



J uncus glauciis, Ehr. — Local; occurs sparingly on 

 waste ground near Clyde Ironworks. 



J. maritimus, Sm. — Common along the West Kil- 

 bi'ide coast, between Fairlie and Chapelton. 



Alisma rannnculoides, L. — Rare; rex:)orted for 

 West Kilbride, on the authority of Mr. Lands- 

 borough, jun., in The Botany of Aijrsldi'e. 



Scirpus Sarii, Schultes. — Moist shore near Poteath 

 Farm, West Kilbride ; rather abundant from Yon- 

 derfields to Seamill, and probably general along that 

 part of the coast. 



Carex acida, L. | — Not unfrequent in the dis- 



C paludosa, Good. Vtrict. Abundant in a ditch 



C. riparia, Curt. / between the canal and river, 

 below Dalmuir. C riparia also occurs near Neilston, 

 and C. paludosa on the moist shore below Fairlie. 



C. limosa, L. — Mr. D. Farquhar has showed me 

 specimens collected by him at Cardross. 



C. laevigata, Sm. — Rare ; Biglees Glen, between 

 West Kilbride and Fairlie. — Mr. Farquhai-. 



C. pendida, Huds. — Local ; wood behind " Bank 

 Cottage," between West Kilbride and Ardrossan, 

 where it attains a orreat size in the shade. Mr. R 



