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driving to Langholm with Dr. "Wm. Watson, Mrs. Watson, 

 and my wife. We found the A. polifolia in flower in 

 considerable abundance, and growing over a wide area of 

 ground. 



After crossing Tarras Water, we again left the waggonette 

 and walked up the hill. Dr. Watson and I walked on, 

 leaving the ladies to follow leisurely. When we reached 

 the place where we were to rejoin the conveyance, about 

 three miles from Langholm, we found we would have a few 

 minutes to wait, so we examined a small part of the moor 

 on the south side of the road, and I discovered A. jjolifolia, 

 and pointed it out to Dr. Watson. We found at first 

 only barren stems with foliage, and then a quantity in 

 flower. It does not seem quite clear if this station has been 

 known before, although the plant has been recorded from 

 Eskdale, which is rather indefinite. This station is in 

 Dumfriesshire. 



On oOth May, I met Dr. Wm. Craig in Edinburgh, who 

 informed me that A. polifolia was found growing abundantly 

 on the moor near the road from Lochmalien to Templand. 

 This is also in Dumfriesshire. 



I was anxious to visit Solway Moss, about two miles from 

 Longtown, in Cumberland, as it is a station mentioned by 

 Dr. Lightfoot in his " Flora Scotica " for A. polifolia. 

 Accompanied ])y my wife, I drove there from Kershopefoot, 

 on Wednesday, 7th June, and spent about two hours 

 botanising over a part of the moss from which no peats have 

 yet been dug. We found the plant growing abundantly on 

 level parts where the ground was moist, and generally among 

 heatlier and sphagimm. The larger plants were found in 

 the drier situations, but these plants had seldom young 

 shoots, while most of the plants growing among sphagnum 

 had many of these. We found growing along with it 

 Drosera anglica and D. rotundifolia, 



A large colony of black-headed gulls were breeding on 

 the moor, but most of the eggs were hatched. We got few 

 plants of A. polifolia in flower, as it was past the flowering 

 time at this low elevation, which cannot l)e above 40 or 50 

 feet above sea-level. 



It was with strange feelings I visited this station, as I 

 am unaware of any record of A. 'polifolia. having been found 



