14 FLORA OF DUMFRIESSHIRE. 



98 on dry sandy and gravelly soils, roadsides, shingles, garden refuse, 

 old walls, whinstone ; in sun or half-shaded and usually windy places ; 

 prefers bare ground. 



99 on moist leaf mould, whinstone or alluvial ground, usually mud ; 

 in shade or half-shaded and always wind-sheltered, often in long grass. 



Visitors: Melanostoma sp., Anthomyia radicum, sulcivcntris, Apion 

 germari, S. E. 



Sisymbrium officinale. Soop. (Hedge Mustard). 



Records : D/s. and Kcd. — P. Gray, 1850. JVgt. — G. C. Druce, 

 1883. 



Localities : Nithsdak — Kirkconnel, M. W. ; Cargen, Dumfries, 

 P. Gr., Hn., S. E.; Glencairn, PL; Sanquhar, Dr Dv. Annandale — 

 Very rare east end of Castle Loch, Brocklerigg, G. Bl.; Wamphray, J. 

 M'A., J. T. J.; waste ground, Moffat, J. T. J. Eskdaie — near Liddel, 

 S. E.; Kirkandrews, E. Ty. 



Appears July 2, J. T. J. On pretty dry roadsides, railways, river 

 banks ; in sun and part wind-sheltered by hedges, etc. 



Visitors : Syritta pipiens, Anthomyia radicum, S. E. 



Alliaria officinalis. Andrz. 



(Jack by the Hedge, Sauce alone). 



Records : Dfs. — P. Gray, 1843. Kcd. — J. Cruickshank, 1839. 

 Wgt. — J. M'Andrew, 1891. 



Localities: Nithsdak — Whinnyhill, Exc. ; Troqueer, Hn., S. E. ; 

 Grovehill, Virgin Hall, J. Fn., R. A. ; Glencairn, PI. Annandale — 

 rare Lockerbie, G. Bl. 



Visitors : Syrphus umbellatarum, Platychirius albimana, Empis 

 livida, Hyelemyia strigosa, Anthomyia radicum, Haltica oleracea, S. E. 



Erysimum eheiranthoides. Linn. 



Record : (Escape) Dfs. — Dr Davidson, 1891. 

 Locality : Kirkconnel Station, Dr. Dv. 



Brassica monensis. Huds. (Isle of Man Cabbage). 



Record : D/s.—Kqw. T. Bell, 1882. Kcd.—]. Eraser, 1843. IVgt. 

 — Dr Balfour, 1843. 



LoCALiT[ES : Along the shore — rare Povvfoot, J. Fn., S. E.; Annan 

 shore, T. Bl., S. E. 



