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the tube of the corolla, and therefore not bent outwards by the 

 rotate divisions of the corolla, as is the case with M. repens. In 

 August, 1878, I got Solan a in nigrum on some rubbish heaps in the 

 neighbourhood of Greenock. 



Of plants belonging to the order Scrophulariaceae, a few may 

 be mentioned Bartsia viscosa is common in a field behind 

 "*'Ashton. Linaria Cipnbalaria I have found at various times on 

 old walls about Greenock. Verbascum Thapsus is found in a 

 plantation at Wemyss Bay. A plant belonging to this order, and 

 which is truly a stranger to these parts, has made its appearance 

 in our district of late, — V. blattaria. Last year some very luxuri- 

 ant specimens were noticed in a field between Fort-Matilda and 

 Gourock; and the other day I saw in the same field some root- 

 stocks which gave promise of producing specimens well worth a 

 place in our herbaria. This species is said to be native in the 

 south-west of England, but after standing such a winter as Ave are 

 just now emerging from — 1880-81 — I think it is qualified to 

 take its place as a sub-arctic species. Mimulus luteus, another 

 plant belonging to the order, is found in a ditch about four miles 

 out on the Inverkip road ; and although the ditch is cleared out 

 every season, the Mimulus always conies up the following spring 

 as plentifully as ever, which shews it agrees well with its location. 

 The Gipsy-wort, Lycopus europaeus, the only rare species of the 

 Labiatae occurring in our district, is found below the Cloch Light- 

 house. Scutellaria galericulata, which is common on the shore below 

 Gourock, is, I notice in Hooker's Flora entered as "rare in Scotland." 

 Primula veris I have found both at Parklea near Port-Glasgow, and 

 at Inverkip. Lysimachia vulgaris was found some years ago near 

 Inverkip by Mr. Peter Mackellar, Greenock. Parietaria officinalis 

 I once found growing on the Roman Bridge. Whether I had 

 injured the plant when securing a part of it for a specimen I cannot 

 say, but I have not seen it there since ; this species grows plentifully 

 on the old wall at the Abbey Walk, St. Andrews. 



Of the Orchidaceae few that may be called uncommon are found 

 in our district. Habenaria viridis and II. albida are got on the hills 

 behind Greenock, and one or two other places ; I have got very fine 

 specimens of H. albida on the Tower hill, Gourock ; Neottia nidus- 

 avis, which used to be met with in a wood below the Cloch Light- 

 house, has not been seen for a number of years. The curious little 

 Listera cordata, as well as its more robust companion, L. ocata, are 



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