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variety of M. sativa has been identified from the Nith near Kirk- 

 land. A pendulous and distinct form of Carex vesicaria, from a 

 marsh near Kirkbog, concludes our list from Upper Nithsdale. 



During the season, however, I made one or two excursions to 

 the Dumfries shore of the Solway, thinking I might find there 

 some additions to our Flora, and I was not disappointed, having 

 been able to add several species and confirm some previous doubt- 

 ful records. Thy physical character of the shore is on the whole 

 rather monotonous. The margin between the cultivated land and 

 high- water mark (in many places of little width) consists mainly of 

 sand or mud, merse-land, and shingle or gravel, rougher or finer. 

 Each variety of land surface has its own grouping of plants, and 

 throughout the season lovers of flowers may find much to interest 

 them. At Tordoff Point I gathered Scirpus caricis and Allium 

 vineale, var. bulbiferum Syme. Near Annan Waterfoot, Erodium 

 cicutarium, Jiinciis Gerardi, and Alopecurus agreslis. Between Pow- 

 foot and Newbie I found Cakile maritima and Agropyron juuceum. 

 These are all new records. The following plants, some of which 

 are rare, were also collected : Rmiunciilus sceleratus, Brassica 

 nioiiensis, Ononis spinosa, var. tnitis, Erynginm niaritinium (very 

 sparingly), Filago minima, and F. germanica (both in dry banks 

 below Powfoot), Matricaria inodora, var. salina. Polygonum avicu- 

 lare, vars. vulgatum and arenastrum, Atriplex patula, Salsola kali, 

 Ammophila aruiidinacea, Lepturus filiformis, /uncus glaucus, J. 

 supinus, var. subverticillatus (near Brow Well), and /uncus mari- 

 timus, from Mr Kobert Armstrong, obtained near Caerlaverock, 



For the purpose of making a comparison between the shore 

 flora of Dumfries and its two adjoining maritime counties, T 

 have looked up the records in last edition of the " Topographical 

 Botany," and in case of Dumfries and Kirkcudljright using 

 also recent lists. Of the total number of 87 species which are 



I designated as "littoral" in the " Cybele Britannica" (of course 

 this excludes a number of plants common on the shore, but which 

 are found inland near " coast level " or in lower grounds), I find 

 46 recorded for Cumberland, 40 for Kirkcudbright, and 27 for 

 Dumfries. As there are about 12 species unrecorded for this 

 county that are common to both the other counties, we may 

 expect a closer examination of our shore will reveal an additional 

 number of species. 

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