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Down the middle of the parish there extends a chain of five lochs, 

 the most westerly of which drains its surplus waters into the Urr, 

 while the Solway receives those of the other four. On the margin of 

 the lowest of these, Barnhourie Loch, I found abundance of Hyperi- 

 cum elodes, and Carum verticillatum in its neighbourhood. The one 

 upon the road-side near the manse, styled the Manse or White Loch, 

 the latter name applied, I presume, on the lucus a non lucendo prin- 

 ciple, as its waters are black as night and its bed peat, furnishes 

 Typha angustifolia and Lobelia Dortmanna, the latter much taller 

 and stronger than I ever remember to have seen it ; and on its mar- 

 gin Osmunda regalis and Lysimachia vulgaris, the latter rare in Scot- 

 land, and the former a grateful sight anywhere. The next is a 

 remarkably handsome sheet of water, of irregular outline and posses- 

 sing a pretty little wooded island, but botanically barren. On the 

 hill which overlooks it and from which it is best seen, the only re- 

 markable thing I observed was Calluna vulgaris, jl. alb. The other 

 lochs I have never examined. 



The following is a list of forty or fifty of the rarer flowering plants 

 and ferns of the parish, for most of the stations for which I am in- 

 debted to the source acknowledged in my opening observations. 



Anagallis tenella. All along the marshy ground bordering the sea- 

 coast, and in many bogs inland. Abundant. 



arvensis, var. carulea. Came up in great abundance in 



a corn-field belonging to Mark S. Stewart, Esq., of Southwick, in the 

 year 1843. 



Agraphis nutans, fl. alb. On the glebe, Colvend, in many places. 



Allosorus crispus. In a dyke opposite Sandyhills — one patch. 



Allium vineale. Rocks beyond Port o'Warren and Glenstocking. 

 Abundant, especially in the latter locality. 



Asplenium marinum. Rocks by the coast. Plentiful. 



Astragalus glycyphyllus. Sea-side, between Boreland and Barcloy 

 Hill j Blackneuk. Plentiful. 



Blysmus rufus. Banks of Urr, between Castlehill and Glenluffin. 



Botrychium Lunaria. Near Douglas Hall, and in many other 

 places. Abundant. 



Carlina vulgaris. Dry hills. Not very plentiful. 



Convolvulus septum. Road-side, farm of Millbank. 



Corydalis claviculata. In many places. 



Crithmum maritimum. Rocks by the sea-side from Douglas Hall 

 to Barcloy Hill. 



Carex remola. Near Port o'Warren. 



