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where marl was once dug in quantity. Of this loch Mr. 

 West (7) remarks that many of the submersed plants had 

 a deposit of calcium carbonate upon their leaves. 



Though Stratiotes appears to succeed in water contain- 

 ing some lime, it might be unable to live in so richly 

 charged a lime water as this of Carlingwark Loch. 



Cicuta virosa, which appears to be frequently associ- 

 ated with Stratiotes, must be able to live in a lime-charged 

 water, but it does occur in lochs where there is apparently 

 no lime present. 



REFERENCES. 



(1) A. M. Geldart. — Trans. Norwich and Norfolk Naturalists 

 Society, 1905, viii. p. 181. 



(2) Clement Reid.— Trans. Norwich and Norfolk Naturalists' 

 Society, 1893, vol. v. p. 382 ; and 1S97, vol. vi. p. 328. 



(3) A. Th. Fleroef. — Karsten und Schenck : Vegetationsbilder, 

 Reihe 4, Heft 8, Taf. 44-46. 



(4) M. Pallis — Types of British Vegetation, 1911, pp. 226, 227. 



(5) W. Edgar Evans. — Ann. of Scottish Nat. Hist., 1911, p. 253. 



(6) J. W. H. Trail.— Ann. of Scottish Nat. Hist., 1899, p. 167. 



(7) George West. — Proc. Roy. Soc. Edin., 1910, xxx. p. 65. 



Lychnis Preslii. Sekera. and other Lothiax 

 Plants. By James Fraser. 



In May 1913 (unless where otherwise stated) the follow- 

 ing plants were observed in the Lothians : — 



Chrysanthemum macrophyUum, Waldst. et Kit., a 

 single clump on the margin of a field on the north slope of 

 the Braid Hills, and several on the sloping bank west of 

 Juniper Green Railway Station, in v.c. S3. Polygonum 

 aequale, Lindm., several at Leith Docks in 1904, v.c. 83. 

 Symphytum jperegrinum, Ledeb., a large colony east of 

 North Berwick in v.c. 82 ; several on the edge of a field on 

 the north slope of the Braid Hills ; several by the roadside 

 west of Colinton ; a number at Marchbank near Balerno ; 

 several near Slateford ; a large number in several places 

 near the village of Cramond — all in v.c. 83 ; several at 

 Carlowrie ; and two or three at " Society," west of South 

 Queensferry, v.c. 84. Symphytum orientate, Linn., several 

 at Carlowrie, v.c. 84. Lychnis Preslii, Sekera, with hernia- 



