12 Botanical Records for 1896. 



there are several points wliich re(iuire elucidation, and I shall take 

 the present opportunity of directing the attention of local botanists 

 to some of these, in the hope that endeavours will be made to solve 

 them. For instance, none of the following seaside plants liave as 

 yet been recorded for Dumfriesshire, though many of them are to 

 be found in Kirkcudbrightshire on the eastern bank of the Eiver 

 Nith, and this fact affords a reasonable probability that some of 

 them will yet be get between the mouths of the Nith and the Esk. 

 They are Scirpus Taberncemontani^ Senebiera coronbpus^ Ligustiaim 

 scoticum., Crithmum jnaritimuin, Inula crit/wioides, Pulicaria 

 dysenterica, Mertensia maritima, Beta marititna, Atriplex laciniata, 

 Zostera marifta, Ruppia rostellata, Suczda inaritima, Carex aren- 

 aria, Raphanus maritiiiius^ Astragalus hypoglottis and glycyphyllos, 

 Crambe maritima, Geraftiu?n sanguineum. These give a goodly 

 list of eighteen plants to be added to the Dumfriesshire Flora. 

 Again, of more inland plants, the following are not yet recorded 

 for Dumfriesshire : — Hypericum elodes, Pinguicula lusitanica, 

 Scutellaria minor, Vicia lathy roides, Scirpus Jluitans, &c. Brassica 

 monensis and Convolvulus soldanella seem to be extirpated from 

 Southerness. Perhaps the former is not now to be found in 

 Wigtownshire or Kirkcudbrightshire. Such plants as Tofieldia 

 palustris, Juncus balticus, /uncus castaneus, Juncus trifidus, /uncus 

 biglumis, and a few others, may with all safety be erased from our 

 local lists. Trientalis europcea grows at a lower elevation, and 

 may occur, but requires refinding. 



Some plants again, in all pi'obability incorrectly named at 

 fii'st, are very doubtful records for our counties, as they go back 

 fifty or sixty years. Some of these are : — Bromus erectus, Fhleum 

 arenarium, Lychnis viscaria, Melampyrum sylvaticum, Eriophorum 

 latifolium, Bartsia viscosa, Dodder, Lithospermum arvense, Orchis 

 pyramidalis, for Kirkcudbrightshire ; Geranium columbinum, Vicia 

 gracilis, and Erodimn moschatum, for Southerness ; and Elymus 

 arenarius, for Dumfriesshire. Investigation may also proceed in 

 the following direction. As some critical species of plants get 

 their names introduced into local lists on insufficient grounds 

 information about these is necessary, as for instance : — Is Viola 

 hirta for Criffel the true plant ? Have true Mijosotiti palustris, 

 Bumex sanguineus, Lepidiiiin campestre, been found in the district ? 

 *Siwin angustifoUum requires looking into, as Dr Hooker says that 



'" Since found near Milnehead, Kirkmahoe. 



