IO PLANTS OF THE KENMUIR DISTRICT. 



Anemone nemorosa is abundant in the open parts of the wood 

 on the south bank, but is much less common on the other side 

 of the river. 



Trollius europceus, the globe flower, is still a feature of the 

 river's edge at Kenmuir, particularly near the Marriage Well, and 

 it also grows at one or two spots further down the stream. 



Crucifer^e. 

 The most interesting plant of this order is the garlic-mustard 

 (A/iiaria officinalis), which, though not abundant, is to be found 

 here and there among the leaves of the butter-bur, etc. 



B.ESEDACE.E. 



One of the rarest plants of the district is the dyer's weed 

 {Reseda Luteola), which occurs occasionally around the Bogle 

 Hole. 



CARYOPHYLLACEjE. 



Silene inflata (bladder campion). — This species occurs at Ken- 

 muir, near the water's edge, above the Marriage Well. The strong 

 tendency to zygomorphism in the flower is a curious anomaly in 

 a plant of this order. 



Lychnis dinrna. — The "diceciousness of the red campion" is one 

 of the things which, according to the late Mr. R. Turner, the 

 novice goes to Kenmuir to study and to wonder over. This 

 beautiful plant, however, so conspicuous a feature of the old 

 wood, has suffered greatly by the destruction of the trees, for 

 only stunted specimens of it now appear. It is still very 

 abundant in the woods on the south bank. 



Stellaria Holostea, the greater stitchwort, is another common 

 woodland gem, to which the same remarks apply. 



»S. nemorum, a much less common plant, is particularly 

 abundant in the woods below Carmyle, and on the south bank 

 opposite Kenmuir. 



Arenaria trinervis is common in the woods. 



HVPERICACE/E. 



Three species of St. John's wort are to be found on the 

 banks of the Clyde hereabouts. Of these the commonest is 

 Hypericum quadrangulum, which occurs on the opener parts of 

 the banks on both sides of the river. 



