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variety of JZ. sativa has been identified from the Nith near Kirk- 
land. A pendulous and distinct form of Carex vesicaria, from a 
marsh near Kirkbog, concludes our list from Upper Nithsdale. 
During the season, however, I made one or two excursions to 
the Dumfries shore of the Solway, thinking I might find there 
some additions to our Flora, and I was not disappointed, having 
been able to add several species and confirm some previous doubt- 
ful records. Thy physical character of the shore is on the whole 
rather monotonous. The margin between the cultivated land and 
high-water mark (in many places of little width) consists mainly of 
sand or mud, merse-land, and shingle or gravel, rougher or finer. 
Each variety of land surface has its own grouping of plants, and 
throughout the season lovers of flowers may find much to interest 
them. At Tordoff Point I gathered Scirpus caricis and Allium 
vineale, var. bulbiferum Syme. Near Annan Waterfoot, Zvodium 
cicutarium, Juncus Gerardi, and Alopecurus agrestis. Between Pow- 
foot and Newbie I found Cakile maritima and Agropyron junceum. 
These are all new records. The following plants, some of which 
are rare, were also collected: Ranunculus sceleratus, Brassica 
monensis, Ononis spinosa, var. mitis, Eryngium maritimum (very 
sparingly), Filago minima, and F. germanica (both in dry banks 
below Powfoot), AMJatricaria inodora, var. salina, Polygonum avicu- 
lare, vars. vulgatum and arenastrum, Atriplex patula, Salsola kali, 
Ammophila arundinacea, Lepturus filiformis, Juncus glaucus, /. 
supinus, var, subverticillatus (near Brow Well), and Juncus mari- 
timus, from Mr Robert Armstrong, obtained near Caerlaverock. 
For the purpose of making a comparison between the shore 
flora of Dumfries and its two adjoining maritime counties, I 
have looked up the records in last edition of the “ Topographical 
Botany,” and in case of Dumfries and Kirkcudbright using 
also recent lists. Of the total number of 87 species which are 
designated as “ littoral” in the “Cybele Britannica” (of course 
this excludes a number of plants common on the shore, but which 
are found inland near “coast level” or in lower grounds), I find 
46 recorded for Cumberland, 40 for Kirkcudbright, and 27 for 
Dumfries. As there are about 12 species unrecorded for this 
county that are common to both the other counties, we may 
expect a closer examination of our shore will reveal an additional 
number of species. 
