58 FLORA OF DUMFRIESSHIRE. 



Potentilla reptans. Linn. 



RECORDS : Dfs. Dr Davidson, 1886. Kcd. G. Gordon, 1836. 

 Wgt.G. C. Druce, 1883. 



LOCALITIES : Nithsdale Common by shore from Southerness to 

 Kirkbean, G. Go., Exc., C. E. M.; Cowhill,.Ad. and S. D. J.; Trigony, 

 R. A.; Sanquhar Castle, Dr Dv., R.A. Annandale Ruthwell, Dr Gl.; 

 Dumfries road bridge, Moffat, J. T. J.; Scroggs Mill, Dryfeholm, G. Bl. 

 Eskdale Liddei Railway Bridge, S.-E. 



Appears July 5 to 13, J. T. J. On dry stony soil, shingles of shore and 

 rivers, railway banks (Hn.), sandy hillocks, etc., bare of other plants ; 

 exposed to sun and wind. 



VISITORS : Dolichopodidae, Syrphus ribesii, Hydrotea dentipes, Ascia 

 podagrica, S.-E.; June 19. 



Potentilla topmentilla. Sibth. (Tormentil). 



RECORDS : Dfs. and Kcd. P. Gray, 1850. 



538. Silvestris, Neck. Wgf.G. C. Druce, 1883. 



339. Procumbens, Sibth. Dfs. Scottish Naturalist, 



Vol. II. Kcd.G. N. Lloyd, 1837. Wgt. 



G. C. Druce, 1883. 



LOCALITIES : Nithsdale 538, very common from the lower limit of 

 permanent pastures to the highest summits; 539, Sanquhar, Dr Dv. 

 Annandale 538, very common ; 539, new Edinburgh road, Garden- 

 holm wood, J. T. J. ; Hartfell, S.-E. Eskdale 538, common ; 539, 

 Liddei, near railway, Langholm Hill, S.-E. 



538 appears .\pril 24, G. Bl.; May 15-23, J. T. J.; 539, July 27, 

 J. T. J. 538, on dry peat, whinstone soils, cinders, alluvium, boulder 

 clay ; exposed to wind and sun, or sometimes in shade. 559, chiefly by 

 roadsides ; part sheltered and in shade. 



VISITORS : Bombus lucorum, Prosopis hyalinata, Homalomyia, 

 Drymeia hamata, Anthomyia radicum, Helophilus frutetorum, S.-E.; 

 Leucogonia lucorum, Hn.; Sphaerophoria scripta, Syritta pipiens, J.C.W. 



Potentilla maculata. Power. 



RECORD: Dfs. J. T. Johristone, 1890. 



LOCALITIES : Annandale Black's Hope, Whitecoombe, Midlaw 

 Burn (about 1500-1750 feet), Hartfell, Lochanburnside, J. T. J. 



Appears June 22 to July 19, J. T. J. On dry steep whinstone rocks ; 

 soon shaded and partly wind-sheltered by position. 



VISITORS : Empis sp. (very rare), Hydrotea dentipes, Anthomyia 

 radicum, S.-E. 



