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Wigtownshire) ; Nastiirthun palustrp, in Poltantoii Burn ; Carcx 

 remota, in Genoch Woods ; Sajiaa subulata, in Torrs Warren j 

 Trifolium striatum, on the road into tlie piggery at Dunragit 

 Cfeamery ; Callilriche aulumnalis, in Soulseat Loch ; and 

 Ornithopus perpusillus in abundance in the adjoining fields. 



Among mosses the following are worthy of record : — 

 Didijmodon luridus and Dicranella varia, var. callistomtom, on 

 mud banks on the west side of Loch Ryan ; Didymodonjlexifolius, 

 on tlie moors ; and Splachnum ainpullacenm, on dung. The 

 three following Hepatice may be noted, as they are by no means 

 Common : — Aneura latifrons, growing with the two mosses 

 already mentioned on the shore of Loch Ryan; Riccia glaucescens, 

 on Lagganmore Moor, on the Port o' Spital road ; and in a field 

 adjoining, abundance of A nthoceriis pitnctattts. Riccia glaucescens 

 I formerly found by the side of Dunskey Lakes, and also on 

 Burnfoot Hill, New-Galloway, and misnamed it Riccia bifurca 

 (readers will kindly make this correction in my " List of Mosses 

 and Hepaticpe "). Near Portpatrick I found the lichens 

 Piirmelia revoliita in fruit ; Coccocarpia plunibea, at the mouth 

 of Dunskey Glen ; and the rare lichen, Cladonia leptophi/lla, on 

 the mocJrs around Portpatrick. Several years ago I discovered this 

 Cladonvt, around New-Galloway, and its discovery around 

 Portpatrick extends the distribution to the west of Wigtown- 

 shire. 



KiRKCUDBRiGHTSiiiKB.— Around New-Galloway since last year 

 I have found the following cryptogams : — The moss, Hypnum 

 crista-castrensis (the ostrich feather moss), in two places in the 

 Garroch Glen, and also Hypnum callichroiom, Brid., near it • 

 and the following Hepatic;B new to this district — Radida 

 aquiUyia, Tayl. ; Eucalyx hyalina, Lyell ; Aplozia sphca-ocarpa, 

 Hook. ; Lophozia porphyroleuca, Nees ; Lejeunea serpyllifolia, 

 var. planiuscula, Lindb. ; var. cavi/olia, Ehrh. ; and Nardia 

 compressa, Gray. 



2. So?ne Kirkbean Folklort. 



By Mr Samuel Arxott, Carsethoru. 



It must be said that the record of ghosts seems a long one for 

 so small a parish. Six in a district about six miles in length, 

 Hud averaging only three miles broad, seem a liberal allowance, 



