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Hypericum humifusutn, L. — Hill near Lochmalonie, in a rather 

 sterile pasture field, 1846. 



hirsutum, L. — Banks of the Eden, near Edengrove, 



plentiful. 



* Geranium phceurn, L. — Hedge-bank, Pitcullo-loan. Probably an 

 escape from Muirhead garden. 



praiense, L. — Marshy and shady ground by margin of 



the river Eden, near Wester Dron Mill. 



lucidum, L. — Amongst loose stones, &c., Craigfoodie. 



molle, L. — With very pale flowers. Road-side between 



Leuchars and St. Michaels. 



Ononis arvensis, L. — Dry banks by the borders of fields, &c, plen- 

 tiful. Much smaller in size, and more beautiful in appearance, at the 

 Tents muir, where the spinous form occurs. 



*Trifolium incarnation. — Old pasture near Dron. This plant 1 

 submitted to the inspection of Mr. C. C. Babington, who has since 

 written me : " The Trifolium is a very diminutive specimen of the T. 

 incarnatum, and has, I doubt not, been introduced within the last few 

 years as a crop. It has no claims to be considered as a native of 

 Scotland. It will hold its ground for a short time and then die out. 

 Such is the case in many places in England. The variety mentioned 

 in my Manual is a very different plant in look, and is probably a dis- 

 tinct species." Since receipt of Mr. Babington's note, I have made 

 inquiries regarding the pasture in which I found the Trifolium, and I 

 am informed, that it has not been touched by spade or plough for 

 " twenty years, at the least." The only way, therefore, in which I can 

 account for its appearance there, is to suppose that it may have 

 migrated from some of the adjoining fields, in none of which, however, 

 did I ever observe it. 



repens. — In a viviparous state. Dry bank in shrubbery 



at Dron ; road-side between Colinsburgh and Pittenweem. T observe 

 the same state of the plant noticed in the report of the Surrey Natural 

 History Society, at page 1016 of last volume of the ' Phy tologist.' 



Astragalus glycyphyllus, L. — Craighall Den, near Ceres, where the 

 plant grows very luxuriantly, and the stem attains a length of several 

 yards under the shade of the trees. 



hypoglottis, L. — On the sands along the east coast. It 



especially abounds about St. Andrews, and at the east end of the city 

 it grows very luxuriantly among the sand. I have not observed the 

 white-flowered variety, although I have frequently gathered it on the 

 sands on the north side of the Tay. 



