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XL- LIST OF THE LESS COMMON PLANTS GATHERED AT 

 THE EXCURSIONS DURING 1884, WITH LOCALITIES. 



By Mr ANDREW MOFFAT, Secretary. 



At the meetings of 27th November and 26th December 1884, and 

 26th March 1885, the Secretary read a series of notes on the less 

 common plants gathered at the excursions of 1884 ; but as the list 

 of the plants, with their localities, is the only part of the notes of 

 permanent interest, that alone is given here. The following list 

 being strictly confined to the plants gathered at the Club's excur- 

 sions in 1884, is not to be considered as exhaustive in respect to 

 the rarer plants to be gathered within an easy distance of Edin- 

 burgh. Another list, it is hoped, will be contributed to the next 

 number of the Transactions, giving those plants gathered at the 

 excursions of 1885, where these differ from those of 1884. In this 

 list I have followed the arrangement of Hooker's ' Student's Flora,' 

 which is also that of the ' London Catalogue of British Plants.' 



Ranunculus hederaceus L. Ditches near West Linton. 



Ranunculus Lingua L. Duddingston Loch. 



Ranunculus sceleratus L. Duddingston Loch. 



Trollius europseus L. Caribber Glen, and banks of the Avon 

 near Canal aqueduct at Manuel. 



Chelidonium majus L. Near Manuel ; a garden escape. 



Glaucium luteum L. Seashore near Cockburnspath. 



Corydalis lutea L. Near Manuel ; a garden escape. 



Viola lutea Huds. Near West Linton ; variety with purple 

 flowers very abundant. 



Silene inflata Sm. var. puberula. Borders of fields near Long- 

 niddrie station. 



Lychnis Viscaria L. Samson's Kibs. 



This very rare plant owes its continued existence in this locality 

 to the inaccessible rocks on which it grows. It is still found 

 abundantly on the soutli of Blackford Hill, but in more accessible 

 places : now that this hill is about to be opened to tlie public, the 

 likelihood is that it will soon disappear from the Blackford locality. 



Cerastium arvense L. Found sj^ariugly on the Links at Gos- 

 ford. 



Stellaria glauca L. Duddingston Loch. 

 Arenaria verna L. 



This local plant was gathered abundantly on the rocks at the 

 Windy-Goul, Queen's Pai'k, and other rocks on the south of 

 Arthur's Seat : it is also found on Blackford Hill. 



