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to Bertram — not that Bertram was the name of the 

 estate ; and when we find HoiDkirk mistaking the 

 name of the proprietor for that of the place, I think 

 we are justified in inferring that he had not person- 

 ally visited the locality. Patrick gives the station 

 without quoting any authority, as if acquainted 

 with it, thus — "on the estate of Bertram, near 

 Carnwath"; but from his not giving the actual 

 name of the place, which a perception of the ambi- 

 guity of Lightfoot's words would almost certainly 

 have led him to do, I conclude that he too pro- 

 ceeded on Lightfoot's authority, merely using the 

 word "estate" instead of "lands," and not being 

 aware that Bertram was the proprietor's name. 

 Hennedy gives the station on Lightfoot's authority;, 

 but his quotation is from Hopkirk, and not from 

 Lightf oot — " At Bertram, near Carnwath " — and so I 

 infer that ho, too, had not verified the occurrence 

 of the plant there. In the "Fauna and Flora of 

 the West of Scotland," 1876, this station is the only 

 one given for the plant. A few years ago I made 

 inquiries as to its occurrence near Carn^vath ; and 

 I have as yet been unable to discover any evidence 

 of its having been found there for a long time^ 

 I visited Carnwath and made a search for it,, 

 especially on the Kersewell estate, but unsuccess- 

 fully. I inquired about it at several persons who 

 might have been exiDected to know, but without 

 result. The locality is not a likely one for a plant 

 of Highland type, that prefers a mountainous 

 district; Lightfoot's statement appears to be made 

 on the authority of some person unknown ; all our 

 subsequent Floras merely quote without verifying; 

 and the plant is not known, so far as I am aware, 

 to have been observed there by any living botanist. 

 On these grounds I think we may conclude that 

 this is a mere traditional station, and drop it from 

 our lists as a case of error or extinction. 



Ai'iim viaculatxim still grows about Both well and 

 Hamilton, but there can be little doubt that it has. 

 been introduced. 



