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met with, and in two places the rare Sambucus Hbulus finds a 
quiet retreat. On the banks of the Nith Galiwm cruciatum and 
G. boreale are frequently met with, the latter in great abundance. 
In Euchan Glen the melancholy plume thistle, C. heterophyllus, 
is very common ; while in Crawick, its only other station, it is 
rather scarce. Bidens cernua favours only the common loch, 
Thornhill. The yellow Leopard’s bane, Doronicum Parda- 
lianches, grows in abundance at Nith Linns, and also, although 
less so, at Morton Mill. Crepis paludosa has been found in 
Nith Linns and Camplecleugh, the specimen from the latter place 
being wnicephalous, a variety Mr A. Bennett has not hitherto met 
with. Campanula latifolia, Pyrola minor, and Symphytum tuber- 
osum is fairly well distributed ; the latter, I think, is probably 
indigenous in the Nith below Holmhill. Symphytwm officinale is 
somewhat common and general. At Sanquhar Castle a few 
plants of Anchusa sempervirens still flourish. Mr Fingland has 
reported the presence of Lrythrea littoralis near the Brow Well 
as probably a new species for Dumfries. The wood betony, 
Stachys Betonica, though abundant on Euchan and the Nith as 
far as Elliock Bridge, has not been discovercd elsewhere. 
Galeopsis versicolor is not uncommon in Moniaive, Sanquhar, and 
Thornhill parishes. Lamiwm amplexicaule has only been found 
in one locality, near Sanquhar. On the railway embankment 
near Birscar a few plants of Verbascwm Thapsus were seen, and 
on the broom all around Auldgirth and Glenmidge the Orobanche 
muyjor may be considered common. 
Polygonatum multiflorum no longer grows at Tibbers Castle, but 
a few specimens still maintain their ground in the wood near 
Thornhill, Whether the Sparganium, simply found in a few 
places near Thornhill, is new to Dumfries cannot be decided by 
reference to the local Flora. At Ronaldstoun and Glenmidge, 
Auldgirth, and a few other places, Potamogeton rufescens is not 
uncommon. 
Scirpus sylvaticus is very common in many places on the Nith 
and S. acicularis was found this season at the Townfoot Loch by 
Mr Fingland. The local Flora is, I find, no true record of the 
Dumfriesshire Carices. Carex dioca, muricata, curta, hirta, 
remota, levigata, and sylvatica may all be considered common. 
For C. paniculata two new habitats are recorded. C. vesicaria 
has been found in only one place, at Kirkbog, Thornhill. Loch 
Urr is a new habitat for C. pauciflore. C. teretiuscula, given as 
