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Ardencaple." In both of these stations the plant is, 

 I believe, still to be found. 



The Common Skullcap (Scutellaria galericulata) is 

 unknown or almost so until we approach the margin 

 of Hopkirk's district. His only station for it is 

 "banks of the Clyde at Bowling Bay, plentifully." 

 For the Lesser Skullcap (Scutellaria Tuinor) only the 

 Rutherglen station of Ure — "Banks of the Clyde at 

 Rosebank" — is given. A railway has passed over the 

 spot, and the plant is no longer to be found. It 

 occurs, however, in Bute. 



Linaria Cymhalaria grew then, as it does still, "on 

 the old walls, Bothwell Castle." Linaria minor was 

 rare, but occurred in sandy fields and " on the old 

 walls, Barncluith." Antirrhinujn inajus was found 

 "on the old walls, Mugdock Castle." The first of 

 these plants has become somewhat frequent in the 

 Clyde district, growing on rocks by the seashore and 

 elsewhere in what might be considered truly wil^ 

 places, and is now without doubt thoroughly estab- 

 lished — what botanists call " naturalised." The second 

 is a very rare plant in the district, and is always 

 connected with fields that man cultivates, or walls 

 that he has raised. The other, the Snapdragon, is 

 not uncommon in cottage gardens. 



Scrophularia aquatica he gives as growing in a 

 ditch in Carmyle Wood. Patrick also records the 

 same station. Kennedy does not, and I am not 

 aware that any Glasgow botanist knows of its exist- 

 ence at the present time in that locality. 



His species of Cruciferce are thirty-one in number, 

 and appear to include all the indigenous plants of 

 this order found in the district, besides a few others 

 which have most likely been introduced. Among 

 the latter are Thlaspi arvense, Cochlearia Armoracia 

 (Armoracia rusticana^ Bab. Man.), Iheris atnara, 

 Sisymbrium ampliihium (Nasturtium amphibium,. 

 Brown), Hesperis inodora, Turritis glabra, Brassica 

 Napus, B. Bapa, Si7iapis alba, S. nigra, and Cheir- 

 anthus fruticulosus. 



