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gathered a few years ago in a field at the foot of the road which 

 leads to Montfode Farm. Senebiera Coronopus and Melilotus par- 

 vifiora grow on the Inches below Ardrossan Railway Station; and 

 on the rocks at the Castle Hill a few stunted plants of Asplenium 

 Ruta-muraria, which is scarce in the district, were observed a fev 

 years ago. Lychnis vespertina grows abundantly on the sides of 

 the Fairlie railway above the junction near Ardrossan Station. 

 Sedum villosum, Hippuris vulgaris, and one of the Utricidariae, 

 occur sparingly in a marsh at the foot of Knockewart Hill on 

 the east side of the parish, but have not been noticed elsewhere. 



The following list contains a summary of the rarer plants which 

 have been recorded as occurring in the Parishes of West Kilbride 

 (including Lesser Cumbrae) and Ardrossan : — 



Ranunculus sceleratus, L. Shore between Fencebay and Portincross. 

 Glaucium luteum, Scop. "West Kilbride," Landsborough ; Lesser 



Cumbrae. 



Alyssum calycinum, L. Montfode, Ardrossan. 



Camelina sativa, Crantz. Shore at Seamill, &c, occasional; 

 "Ardrossan," Lands. 



Twsdalia nudicaulis, Br. Seamill; Yonderfields, abundant. 



Senebiera Coronopus, Poir. Seamill; Inches, Ardrossan. 



Lepidium Smithii, Hook. Yonderfields, West Kilbride. 



Lychnis vesperUna, Sibth. Fairlie Railway near Ardrossan. 



Sagina suJmlata, Wimm. Tarbert Hill, West Kilbride. 



Spergularia manjiuata, Syme. Portincross; Chapelton, West Kil- 

 bride. 



Hypericum calycinum, L. "West Kilbride," Lands. 



Lavatera arbor •ea, L. „ ,, 



Malva moschata, L. ,, ,, 



Geranium sanguineum, L. Portincross. 



Melilotus parriflora, Lam. Inches, Ardrossan. 



Trifolium striatum., L. Seamill to Chapelton, abundant. 



Ornithopus perpusillus, L. Common. 



Vicia sylvatica, L. "West Kilbride," Lands. 



V. lathyroides, L. Sandy pastures, &c, West Kilbride. 



Hippuris vulgaris, L. Marsh at Knockewart Hill, near Ardrossan. 



Cotyledon Umbilicus, L. Roadside at Tarbert Hill; Portincross. 



Pcplis Portula, L. Marsh, east side of Tarbert Hill. 



Eryngium maritimum, L. Shore near Fencebay; Chapelton. 





