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E. U7nbrosu7n. Isoetes is stated to be found in Mug- 

 dock Loch; lire's station— "in the pond at Galloflat" 

 — is quoted for Pilulaj-ia; and the four species of 

 Lycopodium that still occur are given. 



The Ferns recognised are Polypodium vulgare, P, 

 Phegopteris, P. Dryopteris, Aspidium aculeatum, A. 

 lobatuTn, Lastrea Oreopteris, L. FiUx-mas, L. 

 dilatata, Cystopteris fragilis, Asplenium Filix- 

 fcemina, A. Adiantum-nigrutn, A, Ruta-muraria, A. 

 Trichomanes, Scolopendrium vulgare, Pteris aquilmay 

 Blechnum bo7-ecde, Osrnunda regalis, and Ophioglossuni 

 vulgatum. He gives also Aspidium Lonchitis, on the 

 authority of Ure, as occurring "in fissures of rocks 

 below Calderwood." He adds in a note : " I have 

 frequently sought for this fern, without success ; 

 perhaps the young plants of A. aculeatum may have 

 been mistaken for it." This is more than likely. 



Of the Ferns unrecorded, Cryptogramme crispa, 

 though uncommon, occurs in the district; Aspidium 

 angulare near Helensburgh, at his limit sea-ward ; 

 Asplenium viride, at the Falls of Clyde, his limit 

 inland ; and Bofrychium Lunaria on Neilston Pad, 

 Cathkin Hills, Mearns Moor, &c. Aspidium angulare 

 and Asplenium viride thus hardly occur in his dis- 

 trict, while the Parsley Fern and the Moonwort are 

 both uncommon. The latter, though the more fre- 

 quent, does not readily catch the eye. 



Into a consideration in detail of his lists of 

 Mosses, Algae, and Fungi, I shall not enter. They 

 are admittedly very incomiDlete, and of them he 

 observes in his preface : " That the list of Plants in the 

 class Cryptogamia is imperfect, I am aware ; but from 

 the idea that it may prove useful to the Botanical 

 Student to know the most general Cryptogamous 

 inhabitants of this part of Scotland, I have been 

 induced to insert it, limited though it is." 



The following genera of Mosses are included in 

 his list, the numerals within brackets denoting the 

 number of sj)ecies which he gives for each genus : 

 Sphagnum (2), Phascum (3), Gymnostomum (3), 



