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are separated, for in a strict propriety they only constitute along with the 

 LycJmis one genus. But setting asitle this last, it is evident that the two 

 former might easily be joined without the least violence to the Liunaeriu 

 system. 



The Citcnbalus viscosus Avas said to have been found on the coast near 

 Montrose, but I suspect the Sileiie nntans has been mistaken for it, as 

 is now found to have been the case in England. The iS". mUam has, I 

 believe, never been found in Scotland, at least it is not mentioned in the 

 ' Flora Scotica.' 



A species of Arenaria was observed on the Castlehill of Forfar, by Mr, 

 Lightfoot, and by him thought to be the A. laricifolia of Liunseus. But 

 from the figures referred to in the ' Flora Scotica,' it seeius quite a differ- 

 ent plant ; but whatever it might have been, it is periiaps now lost to Scot- 

 land, as the greater part of the place on which it was said to grow has of 

 late been cultivated, and the little that remains in its natural state I ex- 

 amined carefully, but without finding this or any such platit. 



Sed/tm Telephinm has been observed in some cornfields in tlie northern 

 parts of this county. 



Sedum anglicum, of Hudson, I observed on rocks near Dundee. It 

 may not here be improper to remark, that there is at least some room to 

 suppose this plant the S. annuum of Linn?eus, as both authors refer to 

 the same figure, viz. that given by Dillenius in Ray's ' Synopsis.' I 

 should have been more confident in my assertion had I not observed that 

 both plants are mentioned as growing in Kew Gardens. But I am even 

 still inclined to think that some mistake has crept into the work in which 

 this is to be seen, or if the plants are really distinct, it is evident that the 

 synonyraa have beeu misapplied. 



Spergula saginoides grows in sandy ground near Forfar. This plant 

 was called S. laricina, by Hudson and Lightfoot, and observed by the 

 latter in the isle of Bute. It agrees perfectly well with the specific cha- 

 racter either of the one or other of these plants. 



Spiraea Filipendula grows on rocky ground near Dundee. 



TurrUlH Jdrsuia is likeways to be foiuid on several of the lower hills of 

 Angusshire. I was likeways informed, from good authority, that the 

 T. glabra had been found a few miles west from Montrose. 'J'his plant 

 has never yet been found in Scotland, and is even very rare in England. 



The variety of Erodimn cicntariam, with a white fiower, grows not UU/- 

 commou on the seacoast. Perhaps it may be more than a variety, at least 

 if it is only so, tlie differences are permanent and unalterable by cultiva- 

 tion. Although most authors have supposed these to arise from the iw- 

 fluence of the sea. But as I have observed them uncliangeable by cul- 

 ture I cannot accede to tliis opinion. Besides, I have frequently had 

 occasion to see plants of this and of the couunon E. cicnlariiiiii growing 

 side by side; and we may add to tins, that the former is known to grow 

 in the King's Park, a place which we may safely suppose to be altogether 

 removed from the infiuenoe of tiie sea, and it may likewise be observed 

 that in the place now mentioned the E. cicidarliim does not grow. Upon 

 the whole, this plant has certaiidy equal pretensions to a separate specific 

 character from the E. cic/Uariin//, as the; E. pimpintdli/o/iiim of Mr. 

 Curtis and others. 



Orohiis sylvaticus has been observed in some shady woods near Airly 

 Castle. 



