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leaf. These spinescent bract-leaves are, in most eases, 

 the spine-leaves borne on spine-branches near the apex 

 of the shoot, but may be the higher spine-leaves of the 

 shoot itself, in which case the flowers replace the spine- 

 l)ranches of the first generation on that branch, while in 

 the former case they replace the secondary spine-branches. 



LITERATURE. 



I. BuCHENAU, F. — Die Bprossverhaltuisse von Ulcx. — Flora, 1860, 



No. 29, p. 449. 

 II. Delbuouck, C. — Die Pflanzenstacheln. — Bot. Abhaudl. aus d. 

 Geb. d. Morph. u. Physiol. Herausg. von J. Hanstein. 

 Bd. II., H. 4, nOS. Taf. G. 



III. Harz. — Landwirthschaftliche Samenkiinde, Bd. II. 



IV. HiLDEBRAND. — Ueber d. Jungendzustiinde solcher Ptlanzeu welche 



ini Alter von vegetativen Charakter ihrer Verwandteu 

 abweichen. — Flora, 1<S75, p. oil. 

 V. Lubbock, Sir J., on Seedlings. Vol. I. 

 VI. Winkler. — Die Keimpflanzen des Sarothamnus vulr/arls Wimni. 

 in Vergleich. mit der des Ule.r enropeens. — Verhandl. des 

 Naturhistor. Vereins d. preussischen Rheinlaud u. West- 

 falen, 1880, p. 157. 

 VII. Wydler, H. — Kleinere Beitriige zur Kenntniss einlieimischer 

 Gewachse. — Flora, 1800, No. 2, p. 17. 



Report on the Botany of the Moffat District for 

 1892. By J. Thorburn Johnstone. 



Owing to circumstances I was unable to devote mucli 

 time to botanical pursuits last year, and in consequence I 

 have not many plants to record for the year. 



Sulmlaria aquatica, L., Aug. 7. Loch Skene. 



Mclilotus arvcnsis, WiWd., = officinalis, Desv., Aug. 27. 

 Casual plant in own garden. 



Trifolium arvcnsc, L., Aug. 5. Barnhill sandpit, per J. 

 M'Andrew. 



Ornitlioinis lycrinisilbis, L., June 10. Dumfries IJoad at 

 Lochhouse Tower. 



j3^tlhusa Cijnapinm, L., July 27. Wamphray. 



Meum Atkamanficum, Jacq., June 25. Pastures on 

 Whitecoomb, elevation 1750 feet. 



Hieracium umljeUatum, L., Sept. 4. Alton Mote. 



In the " Journal of Botany " for July and September 

 1892, the following Hieracia are given by Messrs. E. F. 



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