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in abundance ; shady bank beside the trunks of trees at Airdit ; north 

 bank of the Eden between Clayton Wood and the island called the 

 " Pouch," far from houses or gardens ; river bank at Westwater, close 

 by gardens. Not likely other than naturalized in any of these stations. 



*P1ialaris Canariensis, L. — In a field of vetches near Newburgh ; 

 road-side near Wester Dron ; plentiful in Dura Den, where it seems 

 naturalized, although it may not be quite so in the other stations. 



Ammophila arundinacea, Host. — Sand-links and moors on east 

 coast. 



Bromus asper, L. — Shaded banks at Dairsie Church, very abundant; 

 likewise in a wood near the town of Cupar. 



Hordeum murinum, L. — Abundant about ruins and old buildings 

 in St. Andrews. 



Triticum j unceum, L. — Sandy shores of the east coast. 



Carex arenaria, L. — Exceedingly abundant on the sandy downs of 

 the east coast, to the exclusion, in many places, of every other plant. 



I may likewise mention the Eutoca Wrangeliana and Eschscholtzia 

 crocea, two garden annuals, both of which I have found growing 

 amongst stones, between Dron and Nydie Mill, at the edge of a foot- 

 path. These have undoubtedly no claims to be considered as natives. 

 The Eschscholtzia likewise occurs in great abundance in a piece of 

 ground lying waste in consequence of the Edinburgh and Northern 

 railway operations. When I last observed it at this station it was 

 growing profusely amid a luxuriance of Fumaria officinalis, Galium 

 Aparine, Sinapis arvensis, and other weeds, and seemed indeed as 

 much at home as any one of them. It may not be out of place to add, 

 that Primula vulgaris occurs in abundance around Pitcullo Castle, with 

 various colours of flower, some purple of different shades, others 

 white, pink, &c, and not a few of the common yellow hue. The yel- 

 low-flowered plants may be supposed to be the natural inhabitants of 

 the banks ; but the others have undoubtedly been introduced at some 

 period, although that may be remote. 



George Lawson. 



212, Perth Road, Dundee, 

 April 10, 1848. 



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