70 Origin of the British Flora. 



Garvel Park, Greenock. 



(Robertson, ' On the Post-tertiary Beds of Garvel 

 Park, Greenock.' Trans. Geol. Soc. Glasgow , Vol VII., 

 pp. 1-37. 1881.) 



Marine clays belonging to the Clyde Beds contain a 



sub- Arctic fauna, and are therefore classed as Late Glacial ; 



they ought, perhaps, to be included in the Neolithic series, 



for dug-out canoes are stated to have been found at some 



places in these clays. The plants from Garvel Park sent 



to me by Mr. Thomas Scott do not suggest an Arctic 



climate, such as is apparently indicated by the marine 



fauna. 



Ranunculus repens. Bartsia Odontites. 



Lychnis Flos-cuculi. Atriplex patula. 



Rubus Idaeus. Rumex crispus. 



CEnanthe Lachenalii. Sparganium ramosum (?). 



Taraxacum officinale. Isoetes lacustris. 



Gayfield, Edinburgh. 



From a peaty deposit Mr. James Bennie has recently 

 obtained a number of leaves and seeds. At this locality, 

 as at Hailes, two different plant-beds are apparently repre- 

 sented. The three Arctic Willows suggest a climate like 

 that of the North Cape ; the Hawthorn and Wild-Cherry 

 point to a climate as mild as that now possessed by the 

 Scottish Lowlands. 



