6 Botanical Notes. 



Lily of the Valley grows among the rocks on the east side of the 

 bay. In Redhaven Bay I gathered Teesdalia nudicaulis, 

 R. Br. ; Filago minima, Fr. ; Filago germanica, Linn. ; Erodiuvi 

 cicutarium,, L'Herit. In the Collin Burn there is abundance of 

 Mimulus luteus, Linn. ; on the Tennis Lawn, Plantago media, 

 Linn. ; and on the hilly pastures west of Auchencairn, plenty of 

 Briza media, Linn., and Habenaria viridis, R. Br. At the back 

 of Bay View the two rarest plants I found were Lepturus 

 Jiliformis, Trim., and Blysinus caricin, Retz. LepUirus is in 

 plenty along the mouth of the Collin Burn, and also along the 

 banks of the river Urr, south of Palnackie. This Blysmus is 

 very rare in Kirkcudbrightshire, though I found it last year 

 north of the mouth of the Kirkbean Burn. Going along the 

 west side of Auchencairn Bay and as far as Balcary Point, some 

 very interesting plants can be gatliered, as Carex extensa, vidpina,; 

 muricata, disticha, and si/lvatica ; Milium effusum, Linn. 

 Zoslera marina, Linn. About tlie Fish-house I gathered 

 Trisetum jnatense, Pers. ( = Avena Jlavescens ), Doronicum pardali- 

 anches, Linn, (an outcast or escape), Alliitm scorodroprasum, 

 Linn, and Rumex hydrolajiatlium, Huds. Of this Rumex I saw 

 only one plant here, but in South Glen Bay I was fortunate in 

 finding it in plenty. The only station I formerly knew for this 

 Dock was on the side of the Lovers' Walk, on the east side of 

 Carlingwark Loch, Castle-Douglas. South of the Fish-house in 

 Balcary grew Datura stramonium, Linn., and Impatiens parvi- 

 Jiora, D. C. (both outcasts or escapes), and on a wall at Balcary, 

 Cotyledon umbilicus, Linn, (another outcast or escape), and 

 Veronica persica, Poir, Crambe maritima, Linn, and Listera 

 ovata, R. Br. Thalictrtcm Jiavicm, Linn., has disappeared from 

 the east side of Auchencairn Bay, but I found it along the 

 Barlocco shore near the cave. RliyncJiospora fusca, Roem. and 

 Schult., which I discovered in Auchencairn Moss in 1882, is still 

 to be found in fair quantity about the middle of the moss. Here 

 also Andromeda 2>olifolia, Linn., is frequent. The Rev. G. 

 Maconachie informed me that Paris quadrifolia, Linn., was in 

 plenty in one spot near Dundrennan Village. There are very 

 few rare plants on Screel Hill, but I saw Oak, Beech, and Parsley 

 Ferns ; Lycopodium clavatum, Linn. ; Sagina subulata, Presl. ; 

 Corydalis claviculata, Pers., &c. I never anywhere else saw such 

 an extent of both Statice limonium, Linn., and Statice rarijiora, 

 Drej., growing in company as is to be seen at the head of 



