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British plants, it will be agreed upon by all who peruse these 

 Lists (the former and present) that the flora of the Fair City- 

 is both " rich and rare." 



That the floral gems of this neighbourhood exist, and are to 

 be found, is a point easily settled, being plain matter of fact. 

 How they are here, or how they came, is a very difierent matter ; 

 and neither question, I fear, will ever be satisfactorily answered. 

 The Great Creator, whose omnipresence and omniscience are 

 commensurate with his omnipotence, can alone solve such mys- 

 teries. 



In the following list I have, as on the former occasion, adopted 

 the alphabetical arrangement, as a ready mode of reference. 



Those plants whose names have an asterisk prefixed, have not 

 been the subjects of personal confirmation, but may, by the 

 reader, be relied on as a very near approximation (in every in- 

 stance) to truth. 



The words Barnhill toll-bar, in the list at p. 33, vol. iii., have, 

 in all cases where they should have been written, been by mis- 

 take on my part written Kinfauns toll-bar; the reader will there- 

 fore be pleased in every case where he finds the latter printed to 

 expunge it, and insert Barnhill toll-bar. 

 Anchusa sempervirem. South side of Moncrieffe Hill, near the 



foot. 

 ^Adoxa moschatellina. Redgorton parish. 

 Allium oleraceum. Left bank of the Tay, from opposite Perth 



city to nearly a mile below it ; abundant. 

 Anagallis arvensis. Cornfields ; frequent. 

 Aquilegia vulgaris. Wood north side of Birnam Hill, near the 



foot, about a mile to the west of Dunkeld ; not plentiful. 

 Atropa Belladonna. Plantation at the foot of Moncriefffe Hill, 



south side. 

 Astragalus hypoglottis. Waste ground near top of Kinnoul 



Hill ; sparingly. 

 Avena pratensis. Borders of fields ; plentiful. 

 *Bidens tripartita. Near Mill of Luncarty, Redgorton parish. 

 "^Calamintha acinos. Redgorton parish. 



^Camelina saliva. Fields near Pitcairn Mill, Redgorton parish. 

 Catabrosa aquatica. Margin of a stream, foot of North Inch ; 



is probably now extirpated, as the stream has lately been 



cleared out. 



