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or varieties marked with an asterisk are not re- 

 corded for the West of Scotland in either of these 

 works. 



Clematis Vitalba, L.- In a hedge at Dunglass Castle, 

 Bowling. Although I have seen this plant there for 

 the last ten years, it has not flowered until last 

 summer. 



Thalictrum flavum, L.— In a dyke between the Forth 

 and Clyde Canal and the river near Kilpatrick. 



Ranunculus fluitans. Lam.— Formerly found in a 

 small burn between Clydebank and Dalmuir, but now 

 extinct owing to the burn having been used as the 

 conduit for the sewage from the village of Radnor 

 Park. As the burn was subjected to the tidal flow of 

 the river, there can be no doubt that the plant was 

 originally introduced in this way, along with 

 Potamogeton perfoliatus, L., which is common in the 

 Clyde, 



Kennedy remarks that R. fluitans seldom flowers 

 near Glasgow. I watched this plant for three years 

 before obtaining its flowers. There were always 

 plenty of buds below the surface, but few of these 

 seemed to open into bloom. I have observed a similar 

 condition of R. fluitans in the River Leven. 



* Ranunculus trichophyllus, Chaix., var. demci-sus.— 

 Rare. Specimens were shown by Mr. Ewing at a 

 meeting of the Society on 26th November. These were 

 found in the burn which runs between Loch Fyn 

 and Loch Humphrey on the Kilpatrick Hills. This 

 plant has not been observed elsewhere in the county, 

 and is not referred to in any of the Floras. 



Rammculus Lenormandi, F. Schultz.— Rare. In a 

 ditch at Low Bog, Kilpatrick Hills. 



Ranunculus auricomus, L— Woods at Auchentorlie, 

 Bowling. In reference to the occurrence of this plant 

 at Kenmuir Bank, on the Clyde, a few miles above 

 Glasgow, Mr. R. Turner has remarked : " This appears 

 to be about its most northern limit in the West of Scot- 

 land; and the specimens found have usually imperfect 

 petals, a form sometimes kno^vn as var. depaxiperatus. 



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