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of an old hedge between two fields. Saxifraga aizoides, S. hyp- 

 noides, and Chrysosplenium alternifolium are found in Shielhill 

 Glen, the last mentioned plant being also found in various other 

 localities. Hippuris vulgaris is still found where previously re- 

 corded, in a small shallow loch on the hilly moors near Eavenscraig. 

 PepMs Portula we find at Loch Thorn and other places in the 

 neighbourhood of Greenock. Dipsacus sylvestris I have found 

 occasionally in the Battery Field near Gourock Toll. The only 

 species of theUmbelliferae I will mention is Peucedanum Odruthium, 

 which we find near the Roman Bridge, near the Whinhill reser- 

 voir, and about Kilmalcolm. 



Of the Compositaceae very few that may be called rare are found 

 in our district. Senecio viscosus and S. sylvatieus both occur in 

 the neighbourhood of Greenock. Great-Leopard's-bane, Doronicum 

 pardalianches, has been observed for a number of years in a wood 

 near Dunrod Farm. Anthemis arvensis has been occasionally 

 found in a field at the east end of Gourock. The very rare and 

 pretty little Ivy-leaved Bellflower, Campanula hederacea, need 

 scarcely be alluded to here, it being already so well known to 

 Glasgow botanists, were it not to notice the somewhat interesting 

 fact that the only two stations as yet recorded for it in Clydesdale, 

 the Cloch and Dunoon, are as nearly as may be opposite to each 

 other, as if the idea of near neighbourhood was a factor in the 

 arrangement of the stations. Vaccmium Oxycoccos occurs in a marshy 

 hollow a little west of the station mentioned for Omithopus per- 

 pusillus. Echium vulgare and Anchusa sempervirens are the only 

 rare Borages found near Greenock, the first in the western suburbs, 

 the other at the Roman Bridge. Myosotis palustris, which we 

 find occasionally, is said to be a common species, and there is no 

 reason for doubting the assertion so far as certain localities are 

 concerned; but in regard to the district under consideration, an 

 experience extending over several years tends to shew that it is 

 rather scarce. No doubt the experienced botanist finds little diffi- 

 culty in making out this species; but still, having on several 

 occasions seen M. repens mistaken for M. palustris, I am inclined 

 to think that its reported commonness may be due, partly at least, 

 to want of familiarity with its characteristics, and consequently a 

 more restrictive term than " common " would be a more appropriate 

 one. One of its characteristics which I have always found very con- 

 stant and very distinct is, that the calyx segments are shorter than 



