196 BOTANY OF ARRAN. \July, 



Or^nithopus perpusillus. Bank, Woodhouses. 



Geum rivale. Ditcli-sicle, Frodsham. 



Rubus suberectus. This is anotlier plant whose characters are 

 not well defined from the description given of it in the ' British 

 Flora/ Helsby and Woodhouses, 



Comarum palustre. In several places, but not common. 



Agrimonia Eupatoria. Overton Hills. 



Sedum Telephium. Under the hills, in several large patches. 



Asperula oclorata. Woodhouse Hills. 



Bidens. I have lately seen a remark in the ' Phytologist ' in 

 reference to these two species, which I am now able to bear out 

 in the locality (Helsby) . They are both growing in a pit together. 

 Is not one an abnormal state of the other? 



SoUdaffo Virgaurea. Weaver Valley ; common. 



Galeopsis versicolor. This species is said to be rather rare, in 

 the ' British Flora.' I must say, about Warrington, Frodsham, 

 etc., it is exceedingly common. 



Utricularia vulgaris. In a solitary ditch, Frodsham. 



Lysimachia Nummularia. Bank, Newton. 



Cladium Mariscus. This rare plant, almost wholly confined to 

 Cheshire, is common on Oakmere. — I have noted the Ferns that 

 are to be found in the neighbourhood, and they are all very 

 common species. 



Equisetum sylvaticum. Common ; Delamere Forest. 



In conclusion, let me recommend those whose taste and pur- 

 suits incline them to study Botany, to take a ramble over Frod- 

 sham district during this summer. I shall be happy to show 

 any one where the rare plants of the neighbourhood are to be 

 found. 



BOTANY OF ARRAN. 



{To the Editor of the ' Phytologist.') 



Sir, — As I have never observed any information respecting 

 the Botany of the Island of Arran in the interesting pages of the 

 ' Phytologist,' I venture to hope that a few words on the sub- 

 ject, even from so humble a botanist as myself, may not prove un- 

 acceptable. I visited the island in the months of June and July, 

 1856, and had it not been unusually wet weather, I do not doubt 



