404 TRANSACTIONS OF THE [Sess. lxxix. 



I wish to record my obligation to Mr. F. H. Blackburne 

 Daniel, Editor of the Calendar of the Stuart Papers, to 

 the Hon. J. W. Fortescue, King's Librarian at Windsor, to 

 the Lyon King, and to the Rev. Henry Paton for help 

 freely given in the compilation of this story of Professor 

 Arthur. 



I have also to thank Dr. Walter B. Blaikie for informa- 

 tion which appears in the notes. 



Notes on Some Scottish Plants. By James Fraser. 



(Read 7th October 1914.) 



The following list of plants, observed during 1914 except 

 where otherwise indicated, consists of " aliens " new to 

 Britain (these are marked by a star), new records for vice- 

 counties, and plants considered sufficiently interesting to 

 have new localities for them put on record. 



* Arabis auriculata, Lam. — Several near Musselburgh, 

 v.c. 83. 



Impatiens glandulifera, Royle. — Several by the side of 

 a burn near Loanhead, v.c. 83. 



Vicia tetrasperma, Moench. — Abundant on railway bank 

 at Dirleton. A new record for v.c. 82. 



Goronilla varia, Linn. — A colony 20 feet in diameter, 

 near Loanhead, v.c. 83. 



Epilobium angustifolium, Linn. — Several clumps near 

 Loanhead and near Colinton, v.c. 83. Patches on railway 

 banks near Aberfoyle (in 1913), v.c. 87. Patches on 

 railway bank near New Luce, v.c. 74. 



* Vaillantia muralis, Linn. — Several near Musselburgh, 

 v.c. 83. 



Carduus nutans, Linn. — Plentiful at Straiton, v.c. 83. 



Petasites fragrans, Presl. — A large colony near the Esk 

 at Inveresk ; a colony on the left bank of the Water of 

 Leith at Colinton, v.c. 83. 



Symphytum officinale, Linn. —One clump with yellowish 

 petals touched with purple, by the side of the Lyne two 

 miles below West Linton, v.c. 78. Not hitherto recorded 

 for Peeblesshire. 



