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town Bay. This Atriplex occurs in great profusion soutli of Garlies- 

 town. 



15. Lcpidium ruderale— Among corn on Penkill farm. 



16. Carex intermedia— In several marshy places round the Isle. 



17. Carex paniculata — Very luxuriant in High Arrow Loch, and in 

 a loch north of Cutreoch farm, &c. 



18. Carex teretiuscula — Prestrie Loch, &c. 



19. Carex flava, var. cyperoides (Maisson) — Garliostown Cui-ling 

 Pond. 



20. Chara polyacantha — This is an interesting find. !Mr Coles found 

 it in 1883 on Culdocli !Moor, Kelton, Kirkcudbrightshire. It has been 

 found elsewhere in Scotland onlj' in Fife and Roxburgh. I found it in 

 two lochs near the Isle of Wliithorn — in the loch north of Cutreoch 

 farm, and in a loch immediately north of Burrowhead. Where the 

 water is comparatively shallow, this chara almost entirely covers the 

 bottom, and a characteristic of the ])la:it is the way in wliich it spreads 

 out its branches into the deeper water, " seeking rest and finding none." 



In addition to the above twenty new records, I may name a 

 few of the rarer and more characteristic plants of the district. 

 Garliestown Bay proved the most fruitful in the variety and 

 luxuriance of its vegetation. Here such sea shore plants as Samolus 

 valerandi, Carex vulpina, (Enanthe Lachenalii, <fcc., attain a great 

 size. Port Yerrick Bay stands second in productiveness. At the 

 south end of it I found a large patch of Artemisia maritima. 

 Carduus crispus is common, and Sium angustifoliam grows in lochs 

 and ditches to the west of the Isle. South of Garliestown, along 

 with Atriplex littoralis, var. marina, grows Sujeda maritima in 

 great profusion. About the Isle I gathered Scrophularia aquatica 

 in abundance in DrummuUin Burn, running into the milldam, in 

 which Chara vulgaris and Potamogeton crispus were found. Crith- 

 mum maritimum grows on the rocks about Burrowhead and east 

 of the Isle. Ononsis spinosa, Helianthemum vulgare. Genista 

 tinctoria, Ulex gallii are frequent. Juncus obtusiflorus and Juncus 

 raaritimus are found in several places along the shore ; Spergularia 

 rupestris near the Isle Cairn ; Statice limonium, var. bahusiensis, 

 from Orchardton Bay to Garliestown; and Epilobium hir.sutum 

 frequent about Garliestown. In Eggerness Wood are found Circoea 

 lutetiana, Solidago virga-aurea, Mercurialis pereunis, Hippophfe 

 rhamnoides, Scirpus lacustris, in Palmallet Pond ; and Typha 

 latifolia in Prestrie Loch. Scolopeudrium vulgare grows in plenty 

 by the sides of two ditches — one from Penkill Farm to Garlies- 

 town Bay, another from Palmallet Pond to the shore. Asplenium 

 adiantum nigrum grows on dykes between Garliestown and 



