Mr Johnstone on the Flora of the Moffat District. 445 



Notes on Becent Additions to the Flora of the Moffat District. 

 By John Thorburn Johnstone, Moffat, 



(Read 13th March 1890.) 



The list of plants given in the recently-published edition 

 of the Moffat Guide was compiled by me in the spring of 

 last year ; and while far from being a complete list of our 

 Moffat plants, it is much more extensive than any that has 

 preceded it. I have pleasure in submitting a list of addi- 

 tions made to it during the past summer, which number 

 nineteen, and are as under : — 



Banunculus hidbosus, Linn. ; Lepidium campestre, K. Br. ; 

 Silene Cucuhalus, Wibel. ; Cerastium semidecatulrum, Linn. ; 

 Sagina procumhcns, Linn. ; var. spinosa, S. Gibs. This plant 

 is new to the district, and was gathered on August 4, 1889, 

 near the Devil's Beef Tub. 



Medicago denticulata, Willd. 



Saxifraga nivalis, Linn., Black's Hope, July 13, 1889, and 

 is also a new plant added to the Dumfriesshire list. 



Anthrisciis sylvestris, Hoffm. ; Doronicum Fardalianches, 

 Linn. Hieraciiim saxifragum, Fr., Black's Hope, Correferon, 

 Grey Mare's Tail. The occurrence of this plant in these 

 glens, where it is fairly common, is rather interesting, and 

 of more than ordinary local importance. As far back as 

 the year 1850 or 1851 Mr J. Backhouse gathered this plant 

 at the Grey Mare's Tail here,* and up till now it has never 

 been placed on any list of Dumfriesshire plants ; indeed, the 

 eighth edition of the London Catalogue seems to have been 

 the first British list it has been admitted to, and there its 

 county distribution is given as two or three. The Eev. 

 E. F. Linton, Bournemouth, named the plant I have in my 

 possession. 



Hieracium auratum, Fr., Moffat Water (rather rare) ; 

 Hieracium sparsifolium, Lindeb., Craigmichen Scams (scarce). 

 Both these Hieracia are new to the Moffat district, but 

 they have been gathered in some of the other districts in 

 Dumfriesshire. These plants were also named for me by 

 Mr Linton. 



* Transactions of the Dumfries and Galloway Natural History ajid Anti- 

 quarian Society for 1885-86, page 50. 



