44 "^ PLANTS OF PERTH. [February, 



Verbascum Thapsus. Banks of Almond ; rare. 



Veronica Anagallis. Mill-dam^ Quarry Mill Den^ and in a ditch 



near " Auld Brig " of Almond ; rare. 

 Veronica Beccabunga. Frequent in the margins of streams^ etc. 

 Veronica hederafolia. Frequent in cultivated ground. 

 Vicia Cracca. Common in hedges. 

 Vicia tetrasperma. Frequetit in cornfields^ etc. 

 * Vicia sylvatica. Wood near confluence of Almond and Tay. 

 Viola canina. Common. 

 Viola hirta. Under a hedge, banks of Tay, two miles north 



from Perth; plentiful. Also wood on Kinnoul Hill; frequent. 

 Viola palustris. Top of North Inch ; plentiful. 

 Viola tricolor. Everywhere in cornfields. 



In the preceding list, those few plants with an asterisk pre- 

 fixed were not seen by me in their several localities, but I ob- 

 tained specimens of them all in recent state; and the individuals, 

 though not botanists, who kindly supplied me, were men on 

 whose veracity I can depend. It will be seen from this list, 

 that several plants, such as Alchemilla alpina, etc., occur in the 

 vicinity of Perth, particularly on the banks of the Tay and Al- 

 mond, that are seldom found except in subalpine regions. This 

 may in part be accounted for by the river-floods of the Almond 

 and Tay, particularly the latter. The absence of plants common 

 to other counties is no less remarkable. Parnassia palustris, 

 with the exception of one or two dwarf plants in a peaty marsh 

 in Scone Wood, I have in this district seen nowhere else ; in 

 Aberdeenshire, the peaty bogs in August are often almost white 

 with its blossoms. 



In conclusion, should any readers of the ' Phytologist ' see 

 any plants in this list he would wish, let him just write to me, 

 and if I have not duplicates by me I shall do my endeavour, 

 D.V., to get them next summer. If the parties applying can 

 give me no plants in exchange, they will have to defray the 

 expense of transmission. Applicants for any plants will do well 

 to send in their applications before next May at furthest, in 

 order that I may be enabled to meet their several demands. I 

 have no doubt but applicants for Moneses will be legion, there- 

 fore, botanical friends, apply in time. 



John Sim. 



Commercial Street, Bridge End, Perth. 



