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Among other plants scon around New Luco were Ranunculus 

 Zenoriiiandi and Radiola linoides, in Torrs Warren ; Trollius europ- 

 inis ; Pmmiit padus (confirmed) ; Pijrus malus (confirmed) ; Rubus 

 saxatilis ; Vibiirnutn opulus ; Valeriana vyrenaica, at the Cruives ; 

 Hahenaria albida, near Pularyau ; Eleocharis lacustn's, Kilhern 

 Loch; R/n/nchosjwraalba, Carex fdiformis. AirieollandLoch; Bromus 

 gtganfe us, Arena pubescens, Criiptogramme cri'spa, Botrjjchium lunaria, 

 Equisetum sylvaticum, Lycopodium s e lag o and davatum; Selaginellc, 

 selagmoides, Chara fragilis, and Nitella opaca. Near Portpatrick I 

 gathered Carex kevigata and Pulicaria dysenterica, at Knock Bay ; 

 and Corydalis claviculata, Epilobium angustifolium, var. brachy- 

 carpum, in great abundance, Potamogeton pusillus, Carex pendula. 

 &c., at Lochnaw. The three forms of Alchemilla vulgaris, as given 

 in the Annals of Scottish Natural History for January, 1895, viz.: 

 {a)pratensis (Schmidt), (b) alpestris (Schmidt), {c)filicaulis (Buser), 

 are found in WigtoAvnshire. I have also gathered the three forms 

 at New Galloway, and the Messrs Linton record them for Moftat. 

 When attention is directed to them, they will be found in the three 

 counties. The Rev. James Gorrie writes me that Datura stra- 

 monium is spreading at Rigg Bay, Garliestown ; and Sir Herbert 

 Maxwell gives the information that Carum carui is very plentiful 

 in a meadow at Corvisal, Newton-Stewart. 



Kirkcudbrightshire. 



I have almost nothing new to record for Kirkcudbrightshire. 

 HoAvever, (1) Sagina subulata, Presl., and (2) A rena pubescens, Huds., 

 are new records for the count}', occurring frequently in the Glen- 

 kens. I found Juncus tenuis in a third station in this county, viz.: 

 Creetown Station, where also I gathered Galium mollugo. The rare 

 moss, Oncophorus c;rH?//«^«s (Mitt.), Braithw., is found on the Kells 

 hills, and also on Black Craig Philonotis fontana, var. capillaris. 



I may also add the Hepatic Cephaloda mult i flora (Huds.), 

 Spruce, and the Lichens Graphis sophistica and Cladonia carinsa, 

 from New Galloway. 



TL — T/ic De7'elflpi/ient of Arms and ]Ven/>ons. By Mr Philip 

 SuLLEY, F.R. Hist. S. 



••Without weapons, man is the feeblest of animals, but with 

 tlip weapons which he alone can create, he is the kino- of them all.'" 



