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rise to this type of vegetation, besides the enclosed ground 

 where meadow-hay is raised, is a strip of waste land 

 bordering the sides of the road which follows the coast 

 all along the western side of the estate. For the first 

 mile or so, as one proceeds from the southern extremity 

 northwards, this tract is occupied by a rich flora, merging, 

 on the one hand, into that of the shore, and, on the other, 

 into that of the bordering associations of woodland and 

 pasture. Further up the loch many of the meadow plants 

 give way to those of the bog and moorland associations 

 which there extend down to the roadside and the shore- 

 Among the commonest of these meadow plants are : — 

 Centaurea nigra, Linn. ; Rhinanthus Crista-galli, Linn. ; 

 Achillea Millefolium, Linn. ; Heracleum Sphondylium, 

 Linn.; Senecio Jacobaea,~L\rm.\ Arrhenatherv/m avenaceum, 

 Beauv. ; Holcus lanatus, Linn. ; Dactylis glomerata, Linn. ; 

 Agrostis vulgaris, With. ; Trifolium re pens, Linn. ; T. 

 pratense, Linn.; Carum vert icillo 'turn, Koch; Prunella 

 vulgaris, Linn.; Vicia Cracca, Linn.; Lathyrus pratensis, 

 Linn. ; Stellar ia graminea, Linn. ; Rumex Acetosa, Linn. ; 

 Euphrasia officinalis, Linn. ; Potent ilia Torment ilia, Scop.; 

 Lotus uliginosus, Schk. ; Campanula rotundifolia, Linn. ; 

 Deschampsia caespitosa, Beauv. ; Cn icus arvensis, Hoffm. ; 

 Cn. palustris, Hoffin. ; and Cn. lanceolatus, HofFm. 



In the wetter places, often where little burns run out, 

 there occurs abundance of Spiraea Ulmaria, Linn.; Iris 

 Pseudacorus, Linn.; Apium graveolens, Linn.; Stachys 

 palustris, Linn.; and Phalaris arundinacea, Linn. 



As on the moor, Juncus effusus, Linn. ; J. articulatus, 

 Linn. ; and Molina coerulea, Moench, are dominant in 

 marshy situations ; and common in the roadside ditches 

 are Ranunculus Flammula, Linn.; Orchis macidata, 

 Linn. ; Galium palustre, Linn. ; and Scabiosa Succisa, 

 Linn. 



Here and there occur clumps of Rubus fruticosus, Linn. ; 

 Rosa canina, Linn. ; Salix aurita, Linn. ; S. Caprea, Linn. ; 

 while in drier places, usually where there is a rocky sub- 

 stratum, the meadow vegetation is interrupted by TJlex 

 europaeus, Linn. ; Sedum anglicum, Huds. ; Thymus Ser- 

 pyllum, Linn. ; and Lotus corniculatus, Linn. 



In the meadow-hay land about the policies Chrysanthe- 



