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It likewise grows on rocks at Newport, but there it may have escaped 

 from a garden, or been planted. 



Reseda luteola, L. — Road-side south from St. Andrew's ; at 

 Wester Dron Meal Mill ; very abundant on rubbish at the lime 

 quarries of Ladaddie. 



* Viola odor at a, L. — Abundant on the north bank of the Eden at 

 Dairsie Church, and descending almost to the edge of the stream; on 

 a bank on the outside of the wall that surrounds the burying-ground 

 of Dairsie ; very abundant and luxuriant in Douket Hill, Craigfoodie ; 

 Earls' Hall, Leuchars; Clayton; gateway ruins at Airdit. Very 

 probably not indigenous at any one of these stations. (See ' Phyto- 

 logist,' ii. 863). 



Viola jiavicomis. — Tents muir between Leuchars and Ferry-port- 

 on-Craig. 



Drosera rotundifolia, L. — Abundant in boggy ground on the high- 

 er parts of Keneback Hill. 



Dianthus deltoides, L. — Craig-log, plentiful. I was told, that a 

 beautiful " laced " variety used to occur ; but it has not been observed 

 for some years, and has probably been exterminated by the Cupar 

 florists. May this variety be the D. glaucus, L. ? 



Silene inflata, Sm., @. hirsuta, is of frequent occurrence. The va- 

 riety with stem and leaves pubescent, and peduncles and calyx 

 glabrous, occurs sparingly. In an Isle of Wight specimen in my her- 

 barium, of the hairy variety, the peduncle and calyx are almost 

 glabrous ; and I believe I inadvertently distributed some plants of this 

 character as the intermediate variety, amongst some botanical friends. 



Lychnis flos-cuculi, L. — A variety with white flowers was observed 

 in the corner of a small plantation at the road-side between St. 

 Andrews and Anstruther. 



diurna, Sibth. — In moist shady woods, &c. ; plentiful in 



many places. 



vespertina, Sibth. — Road-sides, dry corn-fields, waste places, 



&c. ; much more abundant than the last species. 



Spergula nodosa, L.— Moist places on the Tents muir sands. 



Cerastiam arvense, L. — Dry banks, stony braes, and road-sides ; 

 frequent by the road between Cupar and Newport ; and on that be- 

 tween Guard Bridge and Dairsie muir. 



*Linum usitatissimvm, L. — Occurs occasionally in cultivated 

 fields, &c, but only the remnant of the cultivated plant. It is still 

 cultivated to a small extent in the county, but used to be so very ex- 

 tensively. 



