PLANTS OF THE KENMU1R DISTRICT. II 



H. perforatum is also common, especially in shady places, al 

 Kenmuir, etc. These two have large and conspicuous flowers, 

 and make a striking feature of the banks towards the end of 

 summer. 



The third species, H. hirsutum, is less common. It has 

 smaller and less conspicuous flowers, but is generally a much 

 more elegant plant than either of the others. 



Geraniace^e. 

 Besides the common herb-robert, two species of geranium grow 

 in the woods above Carmyle. One of these, Geranium pratense, 

 occurs in one or two stations in the shadiest parts of the wood. 

 The other species is G. sylvaticum, always interesting to botanists 

 as being the plant which first attracted attention, a century ago, 

 to the adaptation of floral structures to insect fertilisation, a 

 subject which has since been a fruitful source of contention 

 amongst theorists of every school. This plant is, curiously 

 enough, rather uncommon in the vicinity of Glasgow, although 

 a few miles eastward it is one of the commoner woodland species. 



Rosacea. 



Pru nus spinosa, the sloe, is not common, but a few bushes 

 grow on the south bank a little above Carmyle. 



Prunus Avium, the gean-tree, is a conspicuous feature of the 

 Clyde in May. It is abundant around Carmyle and on the south 

 bank opposite. A few small bushes still grow at Kenmuir, but 

 formerly this was one of the great ornaments of the place in 

 spring. 



Prunus Padus, the hagberry, is frequent in the woods on both 

 sides of the river. 



Rubus Idccus, the raspberry, a by no means common shrub in 

 the immediate vicinity of the city, is to be found on the south 

 bank near Newton. 



Saxifragace/e. 



Saxifraga granulata is always interesting as being the only 

 common lowland member of a distinctly alpine genus. It 

 occurs, but sparingly, on many parts of the river-banks ; but 

 there is a particularly fine bed of it on the south side opposite 

 Carmyle. 



