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F. Schultz. ; Radiola linoidcs, Eoth. ; Lathrcea squamaria, 

 L. ; Mclica nutans, L. ; and Millium effusum, L., in the 

 woods ; Avena piibescens, Hiids., and A. pratensis, L., on hilly 

 pastures ; Scrratula tinctoria, L., by the side of Loch Ken. 

 Hymawphyllum unilakralc, Bory ; Polystichum angularc, 

 Presl. : P. lobahim, Presl. ; and P. aculeatum, Syme ; with 

 abundance of oak and beech ferns, flourish in the sub-alpine 

 glens. The carices and the grasses are also well repre- 

 sented. Among the former is Carcx aquatilis, var. elatior, 

 Bab., with its form vircscens, Anders., in great plenty. 

 What I consider the three rarest plants of the parish 

 are — Juncus tenuis, "VVilld., gathered in two stations by 

 myself in 1887, and since then in other two stations in Kirk- 

 cudbrightshire ; Carcx elongata, L., in 1887, in a lagoon in 

 Kenmure Holms, and here also I found Calamagrostis 

 lanccolata, Eoth., in 1884, a grass which, as far as I am 

 aware, has not been gathered elsewhere in Scotland. 



Mosses. — In bogs, and on wet hill slopes, etc., are 

 found a great majority of the Sphagna of the British 

 Islands. Among these are Sphagmim Austini, Sull., with 

 \BX. iml)rica.tuin,ludi\i.-, S. medium, Iavlx-^t.-, S. tencllum, '^\yrh.\ 

 S. rigidum, Schp. ; S. Millleri, Braith. ; S. papillosum, Ldb. : 

 S. Girgcnsohnii, Euss. ; S. teres, Angstr. ; and many vars. and 

 forms of S. acutifolium, Ehrh. On the wet moors the 

 Carapylopi are very fine. On the higher hills are to be 

 gathered — Rhahdoiveissia crcnulatus, Jameson ; Dicranum 

 Schisti, Ldb. ; the Grimmias, decipiens, Ldb., incurva, 

 Schultz., torquata, Hornsch., funalis, Schp., commutaia, 

 Hub., and patens, B. and S. ; CEdipodiuni Grijffithianvm, 

 Schwg. ; Ulota Hutchinsice, Hamm. ; the Grimmias, Hart- 

 manni, Schp., and suhsquarrosa, Wils., by the side of 

 Loch Ken ; Grimmia Doniana, Sm., on dry whinstone 

 dykes. Grimmia Stirtoni, Schp. ; Hedwigia ciliata, var. 

 striata, Wils. ; and Myrinia pndvinata, Schp., also occur. 

 The rarer Hypnums, callichroum, Brid., intermedi^un, Ldb., 

 aduncum, Hedw., eugyrium, var. Mackayii, Schp., brcvirostre, 

 B. and S., depressum, Dixon, etc., are all found. I also 

 once gathered Buxhatimia aphylla, L,, in the parish. 



Hepatic.e. — The sub-alpine glens in Kells Parish are 

 particularly suitable to the growth of Hepatica', of which 

 many species are found. Some of the rarest are — Pordla 



