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Carex Atrata. — Rocky clili's on the top o£ a hill near Hartfell. 



Carex rigida. — Summit of Hartfell, over a space of more than 

 half-a-mile. 



Carex irrigua. — In a boggy meadow at the foot of the Morton 

 Hills, near the ruins of Morton Castle. 



Ceterach Officinarum. — On walls about Drumlanrig. 



Woodsia Ilvensis. — This rare and handsome little fern I found 

 in considerable abundance on very steep, crumbling rocks amongst 

 the hills dividing the Counties of Dumfries and Peebles in July 

 last (1848); it is growing in dense tuftsin the crevices of the 

 rocks, and very luxuriant, many of the fronds measui'ing nearly 

 six inches in length. At page 452 Mr Stevens connects " Loch 

 Skew " to Loch Skene. In the first volume of the " Phytologist " 

 (1844), Mr J. Cruickshank gives a list of fifty-one species of 

 Jungermannia', with localities. In the same volume (p.p. 416- 

 419) Mr Peter Gray gives a "List of the rarer flowering plants 

 and ferns of tiie neighbourhood of Dumfries, with remarks on the 

 physical conditions of the district." In vol. 3, pp. 254-258, Mr P. 

 Gray also has a paper on " Plants occurring near Dumfries," but 

 this is all on the Kirkcudbright side. The only reference to Dum- 

 fries is a dubious Carex found " in the wood beside Lincluden." 

 On the 24th of January, 1860, Mr Thomas Brisbane, of Dumfries, 

 read a paper, " Notes on the Autumnal Flora of Dumfries and 

 the Stewartry of Kirkcudbright, communicated to the Fleming 

 Society of Natural Science, New Uollege, Edinburgh, by Robert 

 Brown, F.R.P.S., Treasurer." On the 7th of February in the 

 same year, Mr John Sadler, secretary, B.S.E., etc., read a paper 

 entitled " Excursion to the neighbourhood of Moflat " before the 

 same Society. He here speaks of finding Pyrola secunda at the 

 "Beld Craig Linn." In the "Phytologist" for 1848, Mr P. 

 Gray records finding a single specimen of Pyrola rotundifolia 

 growing with or near to P. media '• among heath towards Hill- 

 head." This is Kirkcudbright, of course, but I do not think it has 

 been recorded for that couniy. I have jotted down these notes, as 

 I see it is proposed to commence a " Flora of Dumfries," and 

 these references may be of use as where to look for records and 

 information. I have consulted Mr M'Andrew's list to avoid 

 giving needless repetitions. Mr Stevens' paper contains the 

 indication of three species additional to the Dumfries, even as at 

 present known — i.e., Subularia aquatica, Cal/itriche hamulata, 



