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The rarest mosses I gathered there were Orthotrichmn nipestrc in 

 Craigoch Burn, and H^jpnum valiisdaasa' and Hifpnum iioli/gaiiiuiii 

 near Portpatrick. i\.bout Portpatrick railway station were Sarjiua 

 subiiluta and Sagina apetala ; about the Battery was Sagina 

 maritima ; along the shore, almost everywhere, was Spergiilaria 

 vupestris ; in several places along the heughs is Agrostis piimila ; 

 in the Craigoch Burn I gathered Galium uliginosum, Sedum 

 rhodiola, Vihurman opulus, Rubiis saxatilis, Hieracium umhellutum ; 

 on Cairnpiot I gathered Habenaria viridis, Lastrcea oreopteris, Pohj- 

 Ijodiiun phegoptei-is ; and at Morroch Bay Vicia sylvcUica; at 

 Port-o'-Spital, Equisetuvi maximum, Jtmipierus communis, Carex 

 hirta, and Erodium cicutarium, (J-c. At Castle-Kennedy we saw 

 Littorella lacustris, Nasturtium palustre, Scutellaria galericulata, 

 Alisma raimnculoides, Ti/pha latifolia, Origanum vulgare, Potamogeton 

 hcterophyllus, &c. 



As the result of a week's botanising- with the Eev. James 

 Gorrie, F.C. Manse, Sorbie, I have to state that, through the kind- 

 ness of Lady Borthwick, we were permitted the use of the boat 

 for the examination of Eavenstone Loch, which is fast filling up 

 with decayed vegetable matter. Here Mr Gorrie and I found 

 Callitriche autuinnalis, Potamogeton pectinatus, Potamogeton pusillus, 

 Eleocharis acicularis, Ti/pJia latifolia, Hippuris vulgaris, and on the 

 shore the two mosses Leskea pohjcarpa and Seligeria pusilla. Li a 

 wood near Ravenstone Castle we found an immense quantity of 

 Carex paniculata, with several of its varieties, growing in large 

 tussocks 3 feet high. Carex paludosa was also found here. Near 

 the Castle we gathered — 5, Polygonum bistorta, a new record, and 

 Symphytum tuberosum. Also, through the kindness of Sir Herbert 

 Maxwell, we had the use of the boat for Monreith Loch, near Port 

 William. We found Elodea Canadensis fast filling up the shallower 

 parts of the loch. In the woods on the east side we found 

 Geranium plucum. Near Myrton, in a ditch crossing the road, we 

 found the rare grass Catabrosa acpiatica, which had been formerly 

 reported from near Port Logan. A visit to Physgill shore and 

 St. Ninian's Cave rewarded us with Orobanche rubra, Carlina 

 vulgaris, Scrophularia aquatica, Euphorbia portlandica, Avena pub- 

 escens, Spergularia rupestrii, &c. Near Kirkinner I gathered 

 Medicago sativa, Medicago. lupulina, Linaria vulgaris, Silene inflata, 

 Lysimachia vulgaris, Veronica hedera'Jolia, Sparganium simplex, 



