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not unimportant, facts to Topographical Botany, I regret to 

 think that Field Botany in the neighbourhood of Sanquhar has a 

 limit, and though my researches have been pushed in the least 

 frequented and unexplored districts, I have been unable to add 

 so many new localities and species as I did last year, when the 

 district was practically unexplored. I will in this paper then 

 speak of the Sanquhar and Kirkconnel parishes only. 



Viola lutea, the yellow pansy, is abundant on all the upland 

 meadows, and, along with the variety (V.) amoena, forms in many 

 parts quite a pleasing feature in otherwise barren districts ; but 

 in no place do they appear in such variety and profusion as at 

 "Wanlockhead, where they bedeck the green swards with their 

 variegated petals as richly as do the gowans on the lowland 

 )ueadows, while the heaths are in like manner enriched by the 

 golden bloom of the pretty whin, Genista anglica. The knob- 

 berry, Ruhus Chama'inortis, is also found here in fair abundance, 

 and in a few of the glens Saxifraga hypnoides is not uncommon, 

 but few other iiowering plants have been able to find a footing 

 in the wet and sedgy soil of these gloomy uplands. S'pirm salici- 

 folia, the willow-leaved spirse, has become naturalised in EUiock 

 woods. Arctium intermedium has been found in two or three 

 localities in the parish, and meicm athamanticum has for the first 

 time been discovered growing in abundance on Carco Hill in 

 Crawick. Andromeda polifolia, wild rosemary, on Sanquhar 

 moor comes as a welcome addition, and Myosotis ccespitosa, not 

 considered common in Dumfriesshire, is found in fair abund- 

 ance on upland rills. Galeopsis versicolor is very abundant ; 

 and the terrestrial variety of Polygonum amphibiuni has been 

 found in one locality. Lamium albimi, Helianthemum vulgare, 

 the rock rose, and the tuberous comfrey, Symphytum tuberosum, 

 have been found in Kirkconnel parish, the latter established near 

 the railway station, and on many parts of the line is probably an 

 escape. New localities have been recorded for Salix pentandria, 

 and the crack willow, S. fragilis, is a native of Elliock Woods. 

 In September last I was delighted to find Epipactis latifolia 

 flourishing in the woods of Crawick ; and though that has only 

 been recorded in the Statistical Account of Dumfriesshire as 

 natives near Tinwald and Dumfries, it is probably not uncommon, 

 being easily overlooked. Its presence in Crawick is in all 

 probability due to the preservation of the natural woods on that 

 river. Menthar jnperita, found in one or two localities, is probably 

 an escape. 



