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Thus it is seen that until 1883 almost nothing was done in the way 
of making a complete list of Wigtownshire plants. To this list I 
have added at least 20 species hitherto unrecorded, and these from 
only two localities, viz., around Portpatrick in 1886, and around 
Port-William in 1887. Comparatively little now remains to be 
done as regards the Flora of Wigtownshire except to add a few 
additional species from time to time, and to note new stations for 
the rarer ones. Many plants not recorded from our three south- 
western counties in the Second Edition of Watson’s “‘ Topographi- 
cal Botany” are yet given in our local Flora, which unfortunately 
was not available when this second edition was issued. As the 
matter at present stands it is bewildering to ascertain what plants 
have been recorded from this district and what have not, and 
therefore to pledge myself to perfect accuracy on this point would 
be impossible. This will, no doubt, be remedied in the third 
edition, for which Mr Arthur Bennett is collecting material. The 
plants new to Wigtownshire in 1886 from Portpatrick are :— 
Botrychium lunaria, Cakile maritima, Raphanus raphanistrum, 
Arenaria trinervis, Circea lutetiana, Juniperus communis, Cerastium 
tetrandrum, Veronica hederefolia, Leontodon hirtus, Euphorbia 
paralias; and at Port-William this year I gathered new to Wig- 
townshire :—Carex punctata, Carex paludosa, Sagina apetala, 
Astragalus glycyphyllos. Cherophyllum temulentum, Lysimachia 
vulgaris, Typha latifolia, Scolopendrium vulgare, Ammophila 
arenaria, and Blysmus rufus. Of these the two most interesting 
plants are Carex punctata and Euphorbia paralias. This gives 
another county record for the rare Carex punctata for Scotland. 
It has been found in Scotland before only by the Rev. James 
Fraser, Colvend, at Glenstocking, in his own parish. I gathered 
it at Craigs of Garchew, six miles north of Port-William. 
Luphorbia paralias 1 found last year at Morroch Bay, south of 
Portpatrick, and this year on the shingle north of Port-William. 
Hitherto it has been recorded for Scotland only from Fife as an 
introduced plant. 
As the natural features of the two Galloways, East and West, 
are considerably different in many respects, it would be difficult 
to say which county has the greater number of flowering plants, 
but there can be no doubt as to the very marked superiority of 
_ Kirkeudbrightshire in the variety and abundance of its erypto- 
gams. As far as present lists go, the Stewartry has also a decided 
advantage in the number of its phanerogams. Wigtownshire has 
