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nearly all, lowland plants. The soil is more or less sandy through- 

 out the whole East of Fife, and generally (especially to the North) 

 very dry, there being but one marsh, the Peat-Inn Bog, in the Largo- 

 ward ; that, however, is of considerable extent. A large sandy plain, 

 about twelve miles in length, by about five in breadth at the widest 

 part, stretches north of St- Andrews. This is divided into the Tents' 

 Muirs and St. Andrews Links, by the river Eden. The former would 

 prove, beyond a doubt, a very rich botanic station ; it bears a great 

 resemblance to the well-known Sands of Barry, in the adjacent county 

 of Forfar; and on it, Mr. Black stated, he had already met with the 

 majority of rarities found there ; such as Carex incurva, Juncus bal- 

 ticus, Cochlearia danica, Teesdalia nudicaulis, Cerastiura tetrandrum, 

 Sagina maritima, Radiola Millegrana, Gentiana Amarella, Veronica 

 Anagallis, Blysmus rufus, Equisetum variegatum, var. arenarium, 

 Weissia nigrita, Didymodon inclinatus, &c ; in addition to which, it 

 produces several plants unknown on the Barry Links, and two not 

 at present found in Forfarshire ; viz., Anagallis tenella, Linn., and 

 Lycopodinm inundatum, Linn. 



The following plants were noticed, as having their petals changed 

 from other colours to white : — Cakile maritima, Viola canina, Ero- 

 dium cicutarium. Astragalus hypoglottis, Scabiosa succisa, Carduus 

 lanceolatus and C. palustris. Lychnis Flos-Cuculi, Campanula rotun- 

 difolia, Calluna vulgaris, Erica cinerea and E. Tetralix, Galeopsis 

 Tetrahit, Thymus Chan)a3drys, Primula vulgaris, Gymnadenia couop- 

 sea, and Orchis mascula. 



Mr. Black then gave a list of the Equisela, ferns, and Lycopodia 

 found by him, which included Equisetum umbrosum, Polypodium 

 Dryopteris and P. Phegopteris, Allosorus crispus and A. fragilis, vars. 

 cynapifolia and dentata, Polystichum aculeatum, var. lobatum, Las- 

 trea Oreopteris, L. Filix-mas, var. incisa, L. dilatata, var. nana, L. 

 spinulosa, and L. Foenisecii, Athyriura Filix-foemina, vars. incisum, 

 trijidum, and one approachiug latifoliuui , Blechnum spicant, Scolo- 

 pendrium vulgare, Asplenium marinum, Botrychium Lunaria, Ophio- 

 glossum vulgatum, Lycopodium inundatum, L. alpinum, L. Selago, 

 and L. selaginoides. He had found, in all: — Equiseta, 11 species 

 and varieties ; Filices, 32 ; Lycopodia, 5 ; Musci, 170. 



Mr. Black stated that it was his intention, had he remained in Fife, 

 to have compiled a Flora of the county, which is, in the meantime, 

 hiterrupted ; but he hopes to renew his researches in Fifeshire, as 

 well as in other parts of Scotland. 



