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Priory, and G. lucidum at Cartland Crags and near 

 Bowling; and in all these stations they are still to be 

 found. We retain Geranhim pusilluin in our lists 

 on his authority. He gives it as "frequent about 

 Cambuslang." It may then have occurred there on 

 waste ground; but as it does not now appear to 

 grow at all in the district, it is highly probable that 

 Hopkirk mistook for it some form of Geranium 

 molle. Under any circumstance, it has no claim to 

 rank as indigenous. 



All the MalvacecB of the district are given by him. 

 Althcea officinalis he states to be "rare," adding, "in 

 a marshy place, Campsie Hills." Hennedy calls it 

 "very rare," giving Arran and Campsie as stations. 

 It is very doubtful, however, whether it is native at 

 all in our neighbourhood. 



The Common Fumitory and the Rampant Fumitory 

 were pretty weeds then as now. Corydalis claviculata 

 he records as "said to grow on the thatch of houses 

 near Northpark." Though this plant is most 

 abundant in Highland districts, covering cottage 

 roofs and making a tangle in bushy places, as about 

 Loch Lomond and in Bute and Arran, it is also 

 found nearer Glasgow, as in the woods at Craigton 

 and elsewhere; so that it is very likely it did grow 

 then on thatch as stated. 



Of the Legiuninosce all our species seem to be 

 included, with the following exceptions : Tidfoliuin 

 viedium and Lotus major are omitted, as they are 

 also by Patrick. Trifolium medium is not now a 

 very common plant about Glasgow, and, though a 

 native of Britain, was probably still rarer in Hop- 

 kirk's time. Lotus major w^as most likely not 

 considered a distinct species from cornicidatus, with 

 which, indeed, Bentham joins it. Much confusion 

 has prevailed among botanists with reference to 

 Trifolium agrarium, T. procumhens, T, filiforme, and T, 

 minus, and this is reflected in Hopkirk's list. I do 

 not profess to say what species he actually means 

 by Trifolium procumhens, T. filiforme, and T minus; 



