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found the Adder's Tongue here, but I have seen it near 

 Kirkcudbright.) 



Mosses.— Of mosses, we note in addition to what we 

 found near the Abbey, Dicranum scoparium, L. ; D. majus, 

 Turn. ; Ilypnum. cuspidatum, L. ; H. purum, Dill. ; H. 

 stramineum, Dicks. ; Lciicohryum glaucum, Hampe., in dense 

 tussocks ; Funaria hygrometrica, Hedw., where whins 

 have been burnt ; and Didymodon purpureiis, Hook and 

 Taylor. 



Lichens. — Lecanora(jlaucoma,H^m.\ L. sarcopis, Whlnb.; 

 Lee idea geographica, L. ; L. concentrica, Dav. ; L. "petrma, 

 Wulf. ; L. eontigua, Fr. ; L. lucida, Ach. ; Cladonia pyxidata, 

 Fr. ; Plaiysma scepincola, Ehrh. ; Grcqjhis scripta, Ach., var. 

 p)idveridcnta, Ach. ; G. elegans, Sm., and a good few more of 

 this difficult-to-make-out class. 



Balmangan Glen. 



About half a mile to the north of Dundrennan the Abbey 

 Burns receives the tributary which, rising in the Fell Loch, 

 flows through little Glen of Balmangan. In this glen we 

 find of ferns — Aspidium lohatum, Sw. ; Aspleniuin Adi- 

 antmii-nigrum, L. ; Polypodium Phegopteris, and P. Dryopteris. 



Mosses.— Grwwiia pidvinata, Dill. ; G. apocnrpa, var. 

 rividaris,^. 2a\A S.; PtycJiomitrinonjJoIyphy Hum, Dicks.; Fon- 

 tincdis antipyretica, L. ; Antitricliia curtipcndula, L. ; Neckera 

 crispa, L. ; JV. compkinata, L. ; Ptcrogonmm gracile, Dill. ; 

 Hypnum alopecurum, L. ; H. phimosuvi, Swartz ; H. stri- 

 atum, Sclireb. ; H. piliferum, Schreb. ; H. rusciforme, Weis ; 

 H. denticulatum, L. ; H. molluscum, Hedw. ; H. Irevirostre, 

 Ehrh. ; H. loreum, L. ; H. triquetrum, L. ; H, dendroides, Brid. 



Lichens. — Alectoria juhata, Ach. ; Usnca harbata, Fr. ; 

 U. hirta, Fr. ; Evernia pmnastri, L. ; Ramalina cusp)idata, 

 Ach. ; B. fastigiata, Fr. ; Pliyscia stellaris, L. ; and Lccidea 

 lithophila, Ach. 



From Balmangan Glen to Suie Hills we follow the 

 small stream to its source in the Fell Loch, then ascend 

 the hill. 



Ferns. — The Hard fern Blcclmum horealc, Sw. ; the 

 mountain Shield fern, Aspidium Oreopteris, Sw,, and the 



