40 PLANTS OF PERTH. [February, 



creed is extirpation, should, in gathering this sweet plant, 

 be content with the stem and its appendages, and leave the 

 root to perpetuate the species. 



Montia font ana. Stream west side of North Inch; plentiful. 



Myosotis collina. Frequent in cultivated fields. 



Myosotis palustris. Frequent in watery places and borders of 

 streams. 



Myosotis versicolor. Craigie Moor, and elsewhere, on dry ground. 



Myriophyllum spicatum. Bottom of the Tay ; abundant. 



Myrrhis odorata. Borders of fields, along the banks of the Tay, 

 and other places ; frequent. Undoubtedly indigenous. — This 

 is another of those plants which in Hooker and Arnott's 

 ' British Flora ' bears the brand of an alien and stranger, 

 but in my opinion unjustly. In every instance in which I 

 have detected it here, it was far removed from human habi- 

 tations. 



Narcissus Pseudo-Narcissus. Woods near banks of Tay; fre- 

 quent. Undoubtedly an escape from gardens. 



Narthecium ossifragum. Methven Bog, four miles west from 

 Perth ; plentiful. 



Nasturtium amphibium. Frequent on the margin of the Tay, 

 about Perth. 



Nitella flexilis. Basin of Tay, North Inch, P. ; plentiful. 



(Enanthe crocata. Plentiful, banks of Tay, below Perth. 



(Enothera biennis. Occasionally in fields and among rubbish, 

 but undoubtedly an escape from cultivation. 



Ononis arvensis. Top of North Inch ; plentiful. 



Orchis latifolia. In several places; not common. 



Orchis maculata. In several places ; frequent. 



Orchis mascula. Hill of Kinnoul, in the wood ; abundant. 



Origanum vulg are. Wood of Kinnoul, among the rocks; plentiful. 



Oxalis Acetosella. Near Dunkeld. Rare about Perth. 



Oxalis corniculata. Witchill, Kinnoul, on rubbish ; rare. 



Papaver Argemone. Borders of fields ; rather local. - 



^Paris quadrifolia. Methven Woods, near the banks of the Al- 

 mond, five miles west from Perth ; plentiful. 



Parnassia palustris. Wood of Scone, in a small peaty marsh ; 

 very sparingly. This plant is very rare. 



Petasites vulgaris. Left bank of Tay, K. ; sparingly. A white- 

 flowered variety. 



