Fi.OKA OF DlliMKKIIOSSIIlUK. IH 



Visi/ors — Bouilais pratonua, luconim, Syi'plius ha I teat us, Enipis 

 vitripennis, Scatupliaga iiKpiinita, stercoraria, Cli()L-to})lula. 



Hypericum elodes L. 



Records. lial.—llev. J. Fraser. 1843; IJgf.—J)r Jialfuur, 1843. 



(Also Cu/J!. Ayr.) 

 Localities. Portpatrick,^r;/. ; Port Log-au,y./r.^/. ; ditch, Newton- 

 Stewart to Glenluce, Afau. ; Loch Cree, G.M^N. ; New-Galloway, 

 J.M'A.; Minnigaff, Sit.; Barscraigh, J.Fr.; Barnhourie, R.R., 

 P. Gr. ; Kirkbeaii, Sii. 



Wet, peaty soil in ditches ; fully exposed. 



Linum perenne L. 

 Records. Dfs.—\)x Davidson, 188G ; AVei'.— Rev. J. Fraser, 1843. 

 Z''(Vi////c^ (escape). Kirkcudbright, y.iv-. ; Brig-house Bay. /■?/(.'. C ; 

 Ross, Rockville, G.C. ; Sanquhar (?), Dv. 

 On hillsides near highwater mai'k. 



Linum angustifoliura Huds. 

 Records. Kcd. — Colvend, Miss C. E. Milligan, 18U2 (escape). 



Linum usitatissimum L. 

 Records. Dfs.—i\ Gray, 18.50; Kcd.—.T. M- Andrew, 1892. 

 Localities. Near Dumfries, F.Gr. ; Drummond's Yard, Moffat, 

 181)1 and 1892,/.7y. (escape). 



Linum catharticum L. (Purging flax). 



Records. Dfs. and Kcd.—?. Gray, 1850 ; Wgt.—i. M'Andrew. 

 1882. 



L^oca/ities. iVi't/isda/e — v.c. near Dumfries and Cluden, 77/., 



C.E.M.. F.W.G.; Moniaive, c. J.Cr.; Sanquhar, c. Dv. 



Annandale — v.c, Dryfe, Milke, (Jorrie, G.Bl. ; Caledonian Line, 



c. S.E. ; Beeftub, Sd. ; to 2300 feet Loch Skene, S.E. Eskdak 



— c. Glenzier, E.Ty. ; c. Esk, Wauchope, S.E. ; Castle O'er,/. ]VI. 



and R.Bl. ; to 1400 ft. Ewes ^\^ater, S.E. 



Dry or moist places on gi'avelly or stony soil, sandstone 



soil, railway cinders, c. old moraines. Almost always in full sun ; 



in short turf or bare spots exposed to wind, though in valleys. 



.\ppears June 12-25, J.T.J. 



Visitors. Platychirius manicatus, Empis vitripennis, and 2 doubt- 

 ful furms. 



