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Geranium Pyrenaicum ; [Is not mentioned for Scotland, but is naturalized in 

 several counties.] Rliamnus frangula, [also in Ross-shire. J Poterium Sangui' 

 sorba, from Perth and Forfar, southwards ; [Has this any claim to be native in 

 Perthshire ?] Rosa rubiginosa f vera J, probably an escape in Scotland ; [Wild 

 in Perth?] P. arvenhs, from Haddington, southwards; [From Perth?] Pyrus 

 Ma/us, from Forth and Clyde, southwards, — an escape in Scotland ; [From 

 Ross-shire, where it appears to be wild.] Cratcegus oxyacantfia, from Moray, 

 southwards ; [Certainly wild north of the Caledonian Canal.] Saxifraga tri~ 

 dactylites, East of Scotland, from Caithness ; [Only near the sea?] Sedum 

 reflexum, England, Wales, and Ireland — not indigenous ; [Quite naturalized in 

 Perthshire.] Myrrhisodorata, northwards to Renfrew ; [Common in Perth.] Cam- 

 panula rapunculoides, from Fife, southwards ; [From Perth.] Ligustrum vulgare, 

 naturalized in Scotland ; [Is it? and where?] Echium vulgare, an alien or 

 colonist in Scotland ; [Wild in Perth?] Syniphytian officinale; | Is this native 

 in Scotland?] Solatium dulcamara, a denizen in Scotland ; [A native?] Ver- 

 dascum Thapsus, a denizen in Scotland ; [A native ?] Linaria Cymbalaria, 

 from Clyde and Forth, southwards ; [From Perth.] Lamium album, rare and 

 local in Scotland ; [?] Pinguecula Lusitanica, West of Scotland ; [East of 

 Ross.] Utricularia minor, rare in Great Britain ; [The commonest Utricularia 

 in Scotland.] Listera Nidus-avis ; [Ascends to about r,ooo feet in Perthshire.] 

 Luzula arcuata ; [In Inverness.] 



A New British Grimmia.-In "Science Gossip" for December, the Rev. J. 

 Fergusson of New Pitsligo records the occurrence of Grimmia Ungeri Juratska 

 in Aberdeenshire. This moss, which resembles Grimmia Donniana, G. 

 montana, and G. alpcstris, was discovered by Dr. Unger in Cyprus, and had 

 not (before its discovery in Aberdeenshire) been found elsewhere. Mr. Fergusson 

 suggests the probability of its occurrence elsewhere in Britain. 



Aster Longifolius, Lam.— In an excursion made to Perth in September, 

 in which I had the benefit of the guidance of Mr. John Sim, he pointed out to 

 me the Aster which had been sent to Professor Babington, and pronounced by 

 that botanist to be A. salignus, Willd. The plant grows in great abundance 

 over the couple of miles of bank which we traversed, and Mr. Sim assured me 

 that it extended much further down the river side. As I stated in my last re- 

 port, A. salignus is a doubtful plant, but if the Tay-side plant be A. salignus. 

 that name is one of the numerous synonyms of the American A. longifolius 

 Lam. Professor Babington is doubtless right in considering the Tay-side plant 

 distinct from the Derwent-water Aster, sent to the club last year by Miss 

 Edmunds. Along with A. longifolius there grow on the banks of the Tay 

 several other species of Aster in small quantity, among which are A. puniceus, 

 L.j A. prenanthoides, Muhl., and a broad-leaved species which I believe to be 

 A. Novi-Belgii, L, but which Mr. H. C. Watson inclines to call an abnormal 

 growth of A. brmnalis, Willd., a plant, which according to Torrey and Gray, 

 is not certainly known to exist in North America, and is perhaps derived from 

 A. Ntvi-Belgii.— Dr. Boswell Syme in "Botanical Exchange Club's Report 

 for 1870." 



