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Aberdeen ; never plentiful, and not seen for some years. Cause of dis- 

 appearance doubtful (J. W. H. T.). 



1,457. Spargamiim ramosum, Curtis; S. simplex, Huds. ; S. ajfine. 

 Sell. ; and S. minimum, Fr. All apparently extinct in Mid-Aburdeen 

 (W. W.). 



1,478. Scheuchzeria paluatris, L. The only Scottish station for this 

 plant, a marsh near Methven (known botanically as ' Methven bog '), has 

 been lost ; perhaps from the outlet becoming blocked, so that more water 

 collected than the plant could stand, but more probably from the settle- 

 ment there of a large colony of about 3,000 black-headed gulls, the result 

 being the destruction of all but the rankest vegetation (chiefly Carex 

 ampullaced). Very careful searching during the last three years has 

 failed to show a trace of the plant (F. B. W.). 



1,590. Carex limosa, L. Has disappeared from Maxwell-town Locb, 

 Kirkcudbrightshire, through drainage (J. M. A.). 



1,G95. Melica uniflora, Retz. Is not now found by the side of the 

 burn at Golspie, Sutherland, probably from the hollow, caused by the 

 upturned stool of a lai'ge tree which has been blown over, draining the 

 spot where it grew (J.). This was its most northern Scottish station. 



1,766. Crtjptograrame crispa, R. Br. (Parsley fern). Extirpated from 

 several localities in the vicinity of Dumfries (J. W.). Abundant thirty 

 years ago on an ancient hill-fortress near Brechin ; now extirpated by 

 traders (R. B.). 



1.772. Asplenium viride, Huds. Nearly extinct in district of Black 

 Isle, between Inverness and Fortrose, through drainage and cultivation 

 (T. A.). Has been extirpated from its old habitats in Glen Urquhart, 

 Inverness-shire, by an itinerant fern-collector who squatted in the neigh- 

 bourhood and took all he could find ; but new habitats have been dis- 

 covered (Gr.). 



1.773. Asplenium TricJiomanes, L. Kot now found in the woods of 

 Knockespock Clatt, Mid-Aberdeen (W. W.). 



1.776. Asplenium germanicum, Weiss. Nearly eradicated from 

 Stonton Rock, near Dunkeld (F. B. ^Y.). 



1.777. Asplenium septentrionale, Hull. Probably extirpated, or nearly 

 so, from Arthur's Seat, Edinburgh (G. A. P.). Nearly eradicated fx-om 

 Stenton Rock, near Dunkeld (F. B. W.). 



1,779. Athyrium alpestre, Milde. Now very rare in Clova Mountains 

 and mostly in inaccessible places (G. A. P.). 



1.781. Ceterach ojjlr.inarum, Desv. Almost extirpated from Orchard- 

 town Tower, Kirkcudbrightshire, by fern-hunters (J. J\[. A.). Used to 

 grow on the walls of Drumlanrig Castle, one of the seats of the Duke of 

 Buccleuch, Dumfriesshire, but not now found there (T. A.). 



1.782. Scolopendrium vulgare, Symons. Almost extirpated from 

 several places in Kirkcudbrightshire by forn-hunters (J. M. A.). Extir- 

 pated from several places in the vicinity of Dumfries (J. W.). On the 

 burns falling into Loch Ness there is now only one in which this plant is 

 to be found, owing to the ravages of the itinerant fern-collector referred 

 to under 1,772. It still exists, however, in inaccessible stations (Gr.). 



1.783. Woodsia ilvensis, R. Br. Well-nigh extirpated by fern-hunters 

 from the Moffat di.strict (J. W.). 



1,787. Cijstopteris montana. This plant, though not at present really 

 uncommon round Aberfeldy, will not improbably be made very scarce by 



