Jan. 1K94.] BOTANICAL SOCIKTY OF EDINBURGH. 



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" fficracium cmrantiacum introduced, also Mcdicago sativa 

 and maculaUt ; Hespcris matronalis suspicious also. 



" The Inchcolm plants — Cranibe, Verbascum Thapsus, and 

 Bmssica campestris ; JDianthus Garyophyllus certainly intro- 

 duced." 



I have not been able to assure myself as to the identity 

 of " A. Robertson," the writer of the list, but possibly some 

 older members of the Society may be' able to furnish 

 information on this point.* 



Acer canipestre — North Ferry. 

 Acouitum Napellus — near Fordel, 



Iiiverkeitliing. A. Robertson, 



1334. 

 -Vctiea spicata — Cleisli (old garden). 

 Adoxa Moschatellina — Fordel, 



Woodmill near Dunfermline, near 



Culross. 

 Aira pripcox — Ferry Hills. 



caryophyllea — Do. 



flexuosa — Culross, Cleisli Hills, 



CuUelo Hill. 

 Ajuga reptans — Ferry Hills, Fordel, 



etc. 

 Alisma ranunculoides — Loch Head, 



2 miles north of Dunfermline, 



Loch Leven. 

 Allium arenarium — Pitreavie near 



Dunfermline, near St. David's. 



A. Robertson, in company with 



Dr. "VVallich, 1834. 

 vineale — Ferry Hills, in many 



[)laces. 

 Andromeda polifolia — said to have 



lieen found on the Cleish Hills by 



Lady Adam ; since then often 



sought in vain by other botanists. 

 Anagallis ccerulea — single specimen 



found by Dr. Dewar north of 



Invcrkeithing. 

 Anchusa sempervirens — Culross (A. 



Robertson), Pitreavie (Dr. Dewar). 



Angelica sylvestris — Dalmeny Woods, 

 Culross, Lethan's Glen, seven miles 

 north of Dunfermline. 



Anthemis arvensis — about Invcr- 

 keithing in several places. A. 

 Robertson, 1835. 



cotula — Do. 



Apium graveolens — Culross. A. 

 Robertson, 1834. 



Aquilegia vulgaris — Pitreavie. Dr. 

 Dewar. 



Arabis hirsuta— near Invcrkeithing, 

 Ferry Hills. 



Turrita — Cleish. 



Arbutus uva-ursi — said to have been 

 found on Cleish Hills by an 

 English botanist ; since sought for 



-near Inverkeith- 



m vain. 

 Arenaria marina- 



ing. 



rubra — Do. 



eerpyllifolia — Do. 



trinervis — Do. , abundant near 



Cleish and Saline 

 Artemisia Absinthium — Ferry Hills, 



Burntisland. 

 Arum maculatum — Culross, Pit- 

 reavie, Cleish. 

 Aspidiuni aculeatum (?) or lobatam — 



Fordel. A. R., 1832. 

 lobatum — Cleish Hills and 



Lethan's Glen. 



* Since communicating this list to the Society I have received, from Dr. 

 William Craig, one of the Vice-Presidents, the following note, which seems 

 to settle this question: — "At a meeting of the Botanical Society, lOtlf 

 November 1836, Professor Graliam in a i)apor (.see Fimt Report, page 38) in 

 a record of rare plants mentions Campanula Trachelinm, near Donibristle. 

 Fife (Rev. A. Robertson). This Rev. A. Robertson was Parish Minister of 

 Invcrkeithing, and wrote the account of that parish in the New Statistical 

 Account of Scotland (see vol. ix. page 230,. also page 234), where you have 

 an interesting notice of the Botany of the Parish. This was published in 

 184.''). This Rev. Andrew Robertson was ordained in 1792, and must have 

 been nearly fifty years minister of Invcrkeithing. He had a son also Rev. 

 A. Robertson, but where he was minist n- I do not know. Does this throw 

 any light on the ' A. Robertson ' who sent a list of plants to your father ? 

 Sec also bottom of page 40, and top of page 41 of First Report of Botanical 

 Society for a Miss Robertson, likely his daughter." 



