ADDITIONAL HABITATS. 295 



not mean to say that these characters are constant, yet they 

 are sufficiently so to deserve remark. 



SEMPERVIVUM tectorum, p. 106. " The leaves of this familiar 

 plant, vulgarly termed Fooz, I have seen employed by the 

 common people as an external application to corns, and I 

 have been told that very considerable relief was experienced 

 from their use." Mr R. D. Thomson. 



ROSA ruligmosa, p. 112. On the banks of the Eden above Nen- 

 thorn, quite wild, and tolerably plentiful. 



TORMENTILLA reptans, p. 116. Ferneyrig Bog, not common, 

 Mr R. D. Thomson. 



GEUM urbanum, p. 117. The variety of this species, which 

 Erhart has considered distinct, and named G. intermedium, 

 grows at hedge sides about Eyemouth, and in the dean be- 

 low Dulaw, where it was pointed out to me by my friend the 

 Rev. A. Baird. 



CHELIDONIUM majus, p. 119. Road-side half a mile east of Cold- 

 stream, Rev. A. Baird. (Melrose Abbey.) 



GLAUCIUM luteum, p. 119. Shore between Dunglass dean and 

 the Coves, plentiful, Mr A. A. Carr. 



NUPHAR lutea, p. 120. Pond at Kames, Mr R. D. Thomson. 



C ALT HA palustris, p. 125. Having tried the flower-buds as a 

 substitute for capers, I can assert that they have no flavour 

 of capers whatever, but are in truth very disagreeable ; and 

 the use of them may be hurtful, for the plant is possessed of 

 acrid and poisonous properties. See CHRISTISON on Poisons, 

 p. 448. 



STACHYS palmtris, p. 133. Mr Thomson has called my attention 

 to a variety of this plant which he finds in the fields at Ec- 

 cles, and which is common in this vicinity. It is distinguish- 

 ed by its leaves being supported on short stalks, and rather 

 more hairy than usual ; but possesses, as I think, no differ- 

 ential character of any importance. S. palustris has been 

 lately cultivated as an esculent vegetable, and for having 



