14 PLANTS OF THE KENMUIR DISTRICT. 



to be a bed of it at Kenmuir, but this has disappeared. It is 

 occasionally met with here and there, probably as an escape from 

 cultivation. The tuberous comfrey (S. tuberosum), on the other 

 hand, is abundant everywhere on both sides of the river. 



Orobanchace.*:. 

 At one spot on the south bank of the river a small bed of the 

 rare Lathrcea squamaria (toothwort) has occurred up to this year. 



CONVOI.VULACEiE. 



The great white convolvulus (Calystegia sepiuvi) grows among 

 the willows at Bogle Hole. 



Labiate. 



Nepeta Glechoma, the ground ivy, is remarkably abundant in 

 Carmyle Woods. Two forms of this plant occur, and they are 

 both common. One is of considerable size, with large and 

 perfect flowers of a brilliant azure blue ; the other a dwarf, with 

 female flowers only, of a much smaller size and less brightly 

 coloured. 



Of the woundworts, Stachys sylvatica is abundant on both sides 

 of the river, whilst a much less common species, S. palustris, is 

 also frequent around Carmyle. 



Lamium album (white dead-nettle). — There is a large bed of 

 this plant at Kenmuir, and since the destruction of the wood it 

 appears to have spread considerably. This species is rare in 

 Clydesdale, though common in the East of Scotland. 



POLYGONACEiE. 



Polygonum Bistorta, the bistort, is very abundant on the south 

 bank at Cambuslang. It also occurs in the woods further up the 

 river on the south side, and sparingly on the north bank below 

 Carmyle. 



SALICACE/E. 



Of the willows, which form such a conspicuous feature of this 

 part of the Clyde, the most abundant and interesting is Salix 

 purpurea. Dense beds of this species fringe the water's edge 

 on both sides, extending upwards from Cambuslang Bridge. A 

 variety of this plant, the Salix Helix of Linnaeus, with yellow 

 twigs and opposite leaves, is common in these beds. 



