III. 



PLANTS OF THE KENMUIR DISTRICT 

 OF THE CLYDE. 



By John R. Lee. 

 (Paper read ist May, 1895.) 



The Kenmuir district of the Clyde has long been one of 

 the favourite haunts of local botanists, and probably most 

 Glasgow students have here made their first acquaintance with 

 the floral gems which adorn our woodlands and hedgerows. 

 Apart from its botanical interest altogether, the localities around 

 Carmyle have been rendered almost classic, alike to the naturalist 

 and the merely general lover of Nature, by the Rambles Round 

 Glasgow of Hugh Macdonald. 



It has been customary for some time past for the botanists of 

 our Society to pay at least one visit annually to this part of the 

 Clyde ; and in view of this, the following notes on a few of the 

 species occurring in the locality may be of interest. My remarks 

 refer only to those plants to be observed on the banks of the 

 river, extending upwards on the north side from the Bogle Hole 

 to Kenmuir Bank, and on the south side from Cambuslang 

 Bridge to the mouth of the Rotten Calder at Newton. 



Both banks of the river are wooded throughout most of the 

 distance, especially the north bank from Kenmuir down to 

 Cambuslang Bridge. There is also a fair stretch of wood on 

 the south bank above the new railway bridge. In early spring 

 these shady nooks of the Clyde are full of such favourites as the 

 violet, lesser celandine, and wood sorrel, followed later on by the 

 bluebell, red campion, and stitchwort. These common plants 

 serve to make the banks beautiful, and to sustain our interest 

 and enthusiasm whilst searching amongst them for their rarer 



