Botanical Notes. 7 



Orchardton Bay. At Palnackie I gathered Papaver diibium, 

 Linn., and Senebiera coronopus, Poir. Mr F. B. Coles once found 

 a single plant of the latter at the mouth of the river Dee at 

 Kirkcudbriglit, but was unsuccessful in finding any more when 

 afterwards looked for. It grows about Palnackie harbour in fair 

 quantity, and I have no doubt of its being both at Kirkcudbright 

 and Dalbeattie harbours also. This, however, undoubtedly 

 confirnjs this plant for Kirkcudbrightsliire. About Rascarrel 

 Bay I gathered Carlina vulgaris, Linn. ; Juncus obtusijlorus, 

 Erh. ; Verbasciotn thapsus, Linn. ; Sagina Sicbulala, Presl. ; 

 Radiola linoides, Roth, ifec. Among other plants in the 

 neighbourhood of Auchencairn are Genista tinctoria, Linn. ; 

 Hypericum elodes, Linn. ; Lycojnis europmus, Linn. ; Vibitrnum 

 opulus, Linn. ; Bromus giganteus, var. trijlora, Syme ; Ranunculus 

 sceleralus, Linn. ; Conium maculatum, Linn. ; Galium molhcgo, 

 Linn. ; Agrimonia eupatoria, Linn, itc. 



At the north end of Carlingwark Loch, Castle-Douglas, I saw 

 Callitriche autumnalis, Linn. ; Potamogeton perfoliattcs, Linn. • 

 obtusifolius, Mert. and Koch. ; crispus, Linn ; Scutellaria 

 galericrdata, Linn. ; Conium maculatum, Linn. ; Rumex hydrola- 

 pathum, Huds. (the fourth station for this Dock) ; Lysimachia 

 nummularia, Linn, (an outcast) ; Nasturtium sylvestre, R. Br. ; 

 and palustre, D. C. ; Glyceria aquatica, Sm. ; and Cicuta virosa, 

 Linn., &c. From the neighbourhood of Castle-Douglas was sent 

 to me for identification Allium carinatum, Linn., thus making at 

 least three stations for this rare plant in the Stewartry. 



At Creetown Station I gathered Sagina apetala, Linn., and 

 Arenaria serpyUiJolia, var. glutinosa, Koch., both laew records for 

 Kirkcudbrightshire. 



True Poly gala oxyptera, Reich., grows in abundance in Ken- 

 mure Holms, New-Galloway. 



Wigtownshire. — At Portpatrick I found another station for 

 the very rare grass Calamagrostis epigeios, Roth., on the side of 

 Craigoch Burn. In the Garliestown Curling Pond grow in 

 abundance Carex Goodenovnl, var. juncella, T. M. Fries (a new 

 record), and Carex Jilijormis, Linn. The Rev. James Gorrie, 

 F.C. Manse, Sorbie, was fortunate in adding other two new 

 records for Wigtownsliire in Stellaria palustris, Retz., near 

 Newton-Stewart, and Dipsacus sylvestris, Huds., in Galloway 

 House Woods. He also found Scabiosa arvenis, Linn., at 



