T'rmixactimix. Ill 



Last year, from examination of an imperfect specimen of the 

 yellow lily from Sanquhar Loch, I hazarded the opinion that it 

 was not N. jmmilum as recorded, but N. intermedium, and to 

 make certain I this season forwarded a few specimens to our 

 distinguished member Mr A. Bennett of Croydon, who, always 

 willing to lend a helping hand to amateurs, pronounced it to be 

 what I surmised it was. This, then, you will observe, is an im- 

 portant addition, as at. that time it was only found in two 

 localities — viz., Northumbei'land and Perthshire. Since then, 

 however, Mr Jas. Fingland, Thornhill, has found near Moniaive 

 a plant apparently similar, but of this Mr Bennett is not yet 

 quite assured. The long-headed poppy, Fapaver dtihium, is 

 abundant on the Sanquhar and Kirkconnel railway track, and 

 the variety rivalis of Mentlia sativa, not previously reported 

 from this shire, is in this district the most abundant of all the 

 mint tribe. Monk's rlmbarb, Rumex alpinus, has established 

 itself near Euchan Head, having probably escaped from the gardens 

 there. Juncus supinus is not uncommon, and a variety called 

 Jluitans, not noted in the London catalogue, grows abundantly in 

 Auchengruith mill-dam. This is a somewhat rare plant, and Mr 

 Bennett informs me it has been recorded from Perthshire, Forfar, 

 and Ireland. The variety amcena of the yellow pansy, as before 

 stated, is quite common. Two new willows also deserve mention, 

 viz., var. (a) of Salix purpurea and tetrapla of S. phyllicifolia. 

 I may here call attention to the omission of Salix alba from 

 our local flora, which, though not a native, is quite as deserving 

 a place as *S'. viminalis, to which the same remark applies. In 

 the investigation of the varieties of Rosa canina good progress 

 has been made, and I am able to report the following five new 

 varieties, viz.: — urbica, dumetorum, tomentella, corii/olia, and 

 verticillacantha, and probably pruinosa, and another variety 

 coming under no distinct category, resembling verticillacantha in 

 all points save the sepals, which are turned up and persistent. 

 These make, with those found last year, eleven varieties of the 

 dog rose, and from all likelihood more will be discovered. Two 

 casuals deserve mention on account of their rarity, viz., Galium 

 tricorne, found near Sanquhar station, and Symphytum asperri- 

 muin, not a British plant, in a corn field near Auchengruith, and 

 probably introduced with seeds. In Kirkconnel parish four new 

 plants were discovered, viz.: — Thalapsi arvensis, near Carco ; 

 Anthemis Cotula and Convolvulus arvensis, on the railway 



