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jig; //. crocatiitn grov/s near Eliock Bridge along with horeale, 

 wliich is, however, common elsewhere ; //. prena7ithoides, which 

 I found tliis autumn on Carsrig Burn, is, with crocahcvi, two 

 rare and interesting additions. Tlie Myosotes, or forget-me-nots, 

 are the only other critical species I liave carefully observed, of 

 which six are recorded for the county. Of these the early 

 myosote, Myosotis coUina, may be considered doubtful, and the 

 marsh forge1>me-not, Myosotis pahistris, I have not yet seen. The 

 field myosote, Af. arvensis, and its var. iimhrosa, as well as the 

 yellow and blue forget-me-not, Myosotis versicolor, are all common. 

 Myosotis repmis, not previously recorded, is the most common 

 form in the district; while M. crfsjntosa, only reported from Grey 

 Mare's tail, is fairly abundant in a few places near Sanquhar. 

 M. palustris, var. strigulosa, found last year at Kirkbog, Thorn- 

 hill, is also a new record. A large flowered albino variety of 

 Gmiin rivale, the water aven, which some botanists have 

 attempted to designate with the special title of Geum pnUadium, 

 was found in the Holm Wood. A somewhat curious variety of 

 Poa nemoralis with smooth glumes, discovered on Kello Water, 

 was submitted to Mr A. Bennett, who considered it closely 

 resembled the var. ghdicantlia, a rare mountain form of this 

 somewhat variable grass. I think it is similar to the forms of 

 Poa nemoralis I have previously gathered on the rocks on the 

 Nith, both at Sanquhar and Drumlanrig woods ; but as I have at 

 present no specimen of these with which to make comparison, T 

 must leave its solution to a future season. Of plants new to the 

 parishes of Sanquhar and Kirkconnel the following fall to be 

 recorded : — Lysimacliia vulgaris, Loosestrife, near Gateside ; 

 Meum athamanticum, literally covers part of the meadows on 

 Scaur Water ; the hemlock, Conium maciilatum, and Habenaria 

 viridis, have also been found. Among aquatics, besides the 

 variety panormitaus of Potamogeton pitsillus, previously recorded, 

 the true pusillus has been found at Auchengruith and Kirkconnel, 

 in the latter place accompanied by P. heteropJiyllus, not elsewhere 

 found. On Kello Water the branched burweed, Sparc/anium 

 ramosum, and the filmy fern, with Vicia sylvatica, the pencilled 

 vetch and the rare wood vetch, Vicia orobus, have found suitable 

 habitats. An exliausting ramble on Enterkin and botli the 

 Lowthers yielded results more negative than positive. Tiie 

 alpine club moss, Lycopodium alpiimm, growing near the entrance 

 to the Pass, and the modest coioherry in its plenteous profusion 



