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the limits of liis diHtrict; Ilahenaria chloranthfij which 

 was still eonfounded with //. hifolia; Lint era cordata, 

 which occurs on the hills alon^ the Firtli, hut had 

 not then heen observed there ; and Neottia NidiiH- 

 Avis; whifh has almost certainly made its appearance 

 in Clydesdale since his time, as Patrick, who knew 

 the plant well, was not aware in 18:U of its occurrence 

 anywhere nearer than Crawfordland Castle, Kilmar- 

 nock. 



I need hardly say that the troublesome Canadian 

 Pond weed (AnacJtaris) hnd not in tlir;se dnys invaded 

 our loclis iuid cannls. The Horned Pondweed fZdnni- 

 -chellia), though rare, occurred "in the Clyde near 

 the ford, Ponies TTole." 



Tijplid Utilfolid he records as ^rowin^ " in n, h()\r 

 on the banks of the Clyde, about two rnil(;s to the 

 east of Hamilton." This station is the l)(;adwaters 

 at Fernie^air, where the Great HcHHl-rnace still 

 flourishes. Patrick in his }>ook r(;rninds us, vyith 

 reference to this phtnt, that "Kul>ens has [)ut it into 

 the hand of Christ as a sc(?f>tre, when lie was 

 saluted as n Kin^ in mo(;kery by Herod's soldicjrs." 



For the I)w;ir-f Hirch { Betuhi ndnrij h(^ (juotes 

 Lightfoot's Clydes(hile station. What Li^^hti'oot 

 actually says is: "It has becin found also in Hie 

 lowlands, as on the lands of Bertvdin, about n mile 

 from Carnwath, in (Jh/denddle" From the wording 

 of this it do(;s not ;i,pf)ear that Li^htfoot hn,d him- 

 self found the plant there, and he does not sny on 

 what authority he makes the statement. Ho[)kirk 

 l^ives the station on Lightfoot's authority, but he 

 does not quote Lightfoc>rs words. He s/iys : "At 

 Bertram, about a mile from Carnwath." I fhink 

 this rather fortunate, as 1 believe it enjil>J(;s us to 

 conclude that he had not visited the station hirnscjlf. 

 There is no place known as Bertram near Carnwath ; 

 but the family of Btirtram have long possessed 

 lands there, and Kersewell, their residence, is nJjcjut 

 a mile from Carnwath. Lightfoot in referring to 

 "the lands of Bertram" meant the lands belonging 



