364 THB DISAPPEAKANCE OF BRITISH PLANTS. 



cultivation (T. A.). Has been extirpated from its old habitats in 

 Glen Urqubart, Inverness-shire, by an itinerant fern- collector -who 

 squatted in the neighbourhood and took all he could find ; but new 

 habitats have been discovered (Gr.). 



1773. Asplenium Trichomaiies, L. Not now found in the woods 

 of Knockespock Clatt, Mid- Aberdeen (W. W.). 



1776. Asplenium germanicum, Weiss. Nearly eradicated from 

 Steuton Kock, near Dunkeld (F. B. W.). 



1777. Asplenium septentrional e, Hull. Probably extirpated or 

 nearly so, from Arthur's Seat, Edinburgh (G. A. P.). Nearly 

 eradicated from Stenton Rock, near Dunkeld (F. B. W.). 



1779. Athyriwii alpestre, Milde. Now very rare in Clova 

 Mountams and mostly in inaccessible places (G. A. P.). 



1781. Ceterach o'ficinarum, Desv. Almost extirpated from 

 Orchardtown Tower, Kirkcudbrightshire, by fern-hunters (J. M. A.). 

 Used to grow on the walls of Drumlanrig Castle, one of the seats of 

 the Duke of Buccleugh, Dumfriesshire, but not now found there 

 (T. A.). 



1782. Scolopendrium vulgare, Symons. Almost extirpated from 

 several places in Kirkcudbrightshire by fern-hunters (J. M. A.). 

 Extirpated from several places in the vicinity of Dumfries (J. W.). 

 On the burns falling into Loch Ness there is now only one in which 

 this plant is to be found, owning to the ravages of the itinerant 

 fern-collector referred to under 1772. It still exists, however, in 

 inaccessible stations (Gr.). 



1783. Woodsia ilvensis, R. Br. Well-nigh extirpated by fern- 

 hunters from the Moffat district (J. W.). 



1787. Cijstopteris montana. This plant, though not at present 

 really uncommon round Aberfeldy, will not improbably be made 

 very scarce by fern-collectors. It has disappeared altogether from 

 one of the stations in which it was first found in Britain (F. B. W.). 



1788. Polystichiim Lonchitis, Roth. Almost extinct on Mealfour- 

 vouny Mountain, Inverness -shire, through the action of fern- 

 collectors, and especially of the one referred to under 1772 and 1782 

 (Gr.). Has been cleared from the Raven's Rock, near Strathpeffer, 

 Dingwall, Ross-shire, by summer visitors (T. A.). Was plentiful 

 near Castleton, Braemar, formerly, but the guides learned that they 

 could sell it at a shilling a plant, and it is now difficult to get (T* A.). 



1803. Fheyopteris {Puhjpodium) Robertiana, A. Br. ; Polijpodium. 

 calcareum, Sm. Once abundant in the debris of an old limestone 

 quarry near Aberfeldy, but now nearly eradicated. Fern-hunting 

 visitors and tourists are largely to blame for this, but the destruction 

 has been completed by persons who collect ferns for sale. That the 

 species is not altogether lost in the district is, however, shown by 

 the fact that a few weeks ago a local fern-hunter was offering plants 

 for sale, and at the same time plants of 1787 Cystopteris montana 

 (F. B. W., July, 1887). 



1800. Osmiuida reyrdis, L. Has disappeared from Ballingear 

 Glen, New Galloway, and from other places, as Colvend, through 

 the ravages of fern-hunters (J. M. A.). Extirpated from several 

 localities in the vicinity of Dumfi-ies (J. W.). Has entirely dis- 



