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occurring at Thornhill, has evidently been mistaken for muwricata, 
which differs somewhat from the usual type standing somewhat 
intermediate between mwricata and psewdo-divulsa. 
A few lines will dispense with the grasses.. Miliwm effusum I 
found this season in Crawick Glen; and in two new localities, 
Nith Linns and on the banks of the Nith above Elliock Bridge, 
I have gathered Poa nemoralis. Festuca Myurus is pretty 
common, and must have by mistake been noted in the Flora as 
rare, 
For the wall rue and black maiden-hair ferns a few new 
habitats have been noticed. Of the hart’s tongue a scattered 
remnant is still to be found on Cample, Nith, Aird’s Linn, and in 
Dalveen Pass. The brittle bladder fern may be found in almost 
all the sub-alpine glens, and in Carron Water is most abundant. 
Ophioglossum vulgatum, the adder’s tongue fern, has been found 
near Moniaive. The green spleenwort is almost extirpated from 
Euchan Glen, and will probably soon be extinct. Of the club 
mosses Lycopodium clavatum, alpinum, and Selago are represented. 
The critical genera I have wittingly passed over, as I wish to 
refer more particularly to these species apparently so little 
studied. The Batrachian ranunculi have been examined by Mr 
Fingland, and the following we are enabled to record :—Ranwn- 
eulus peltatus, var. truncatus and floribundus; R. diversifolius, 
var. Godroni; R. Baudotii, var. confusus, all new to Dumfries- 
shire. 
My investigation of the roses has led to some important 
additions. Rosa spinosissima, rare as an inland plant, I found 
at Elliock Bridge on the Nith. A glandular variety of R. 
tomentosa is very common at Sanquhar. The following are all 
new additions:—Rosa molissima varieties, mollis and cerulea ; 
and &. canina, six varieties, viz.—Lutetiana, dumalis, Reuteri, 
subcristata, Borrert, and arvatica. I may here record my in- 
debtedness to Mr Arthur Bennett, without whose kind and 
unstinted assistance I would have been unable to define these 
varieties. I am also much indebted for his help with many other 
species. Three new Callitriche have also been added, viz.— 
hamulata, platycarpa, and stagnalis. 
Next come the willows. Of Salex pentandra a few plants 
have been found on the Nith near Sanquhar, and in Ellioch, 
Drumlanrig and Kirkconnel woods; and strange to say all were 
male specimens. It would be interesting to observe if the Gallo- 
