364 BOTANY OF PERTH. [Novembe^', 



abundant. The var. molle, on the seacoast, shows a tendency to 

 crisp and divide at the rachis. 



Asplenium Adiantum-nigrum. Abundant on rocks and walls. 

 — The var. obtuswn, by the seacoast, and the variegated form, is 

 also met with. 



Asplenium marinum. On the seacoast, in fissures of rocks and 

 caves. — The diflPerence of form is sustained under cultivation. 



Asplenium Trichomanes, L. In Ghoul's Den; on a wall near 

 Markinch ; and sparingly distributed on rocks and walls. 



Asplenium germanicum, Weiss. Station three miles from 

 Dunfermline (since destroyed) . 



Scolopendrium vulgare, Symons. Under rocks, Kenly Den, 

 and near Newburgh ; sparingly. — A var. with divided extremity 

 of the frond, and one with narrow undulated fronds, is also 

 found. 



Blechnum Spicant, Eoth. Of general distribution ; abundant 

 on the east seacoast. 



Pteris aquilina, L. Very abundant presenting; the various 

 smooth, serrate, and lobate forms. 



Hymenophyllum unilaterale, Willdenow. We have found it 

 only in one station in this county. 



Botrychium Lunaria, Sw. Abundant on St. Andrews, Tent's 

 Muirs, Largo and Kirkaldy Links, near Lucklaw Hill, New- 

 burgh, etc. 



Ophioglossum vulgatum, L. We have found it on one station 

 by the south side of the county. 



BOTANY OF PEETH. 



Notes on the Flora of Perth. By W. Lauder Lindsay, M.D., 



of Perth. 



I. Situation and Temperature of the District. 



The district is bounded on the north by the upheaved clay 

 slates, mica slates, and gneiss of the outliers of the Grampian 

 range, and is intersected by the trappean range of the Sidlaws, 

 rising to a varying elevation of 500 to 1400 feet. This range of 

 hills may be regarded as a continuation of the Ochils to the 

 seacoast at or near Montrose. The district is also traversed by 



