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Wigtownshire) ; Vasturtiwm palustre, in Poltanton Burn ; Carex 
remota, in Genoch Woods ; Sayina subulata, in Torrs Warren 3 
Trifolium strratwm, on the road into the piggery at Dunragit 
Creamery ; Callitriche autwmnalis, in Soulseat Loch; and 
Ornithopus perpusilius in abundance in the adjoining fields. 
Among mosses the following are worthy of record :— 
Didymodon turidus and Dicranella varia, var. callistomwm, on 
mud banks on the west side of Loch Ryan ; Didymodon flextfolius, 
on the moors; and Splachnum ampullaceum, on dung. The 
three following Hepatic may be noted, as they are by no means 
Common :—Anewra latifrons, growing with the two mosses 
already mentioned on the shore of Loch Ryan; Riccia glaucescens, 
on Lagganmore Moor, on the Port 0’ Spital road ; and in a field 
adjoining, abundance of Anthocerus punctatus.  Raccia glaucescens 
I formerly found by the side of Dunskey Lakes, and also on 
Burnfoot Hill, New-Galloway, and misnamed it Riccia bifurca 
(readers will kindly make this correction in my ‘ List of Mosses 
and Hepatice”). Near Portpatrick I found the lichens 
Purmelia revoluta in fruit; Coccocarpia plumbea, at the mouth 
of Dunskey Glen ; and the rare lichen, Cladonia leptophylla, on 
the moors around Portpatrick. Several years ago I discovered this 
Cladonia around New-Galloway, and its discovery around 
Portpatrick extends the distribution to the west of Wigtown- 
shire. ; 
KIRKCUDBRIGHTSHiRg.—Around New-Galloway since last year 
I have found the following cryptogams:—The moss, Hypnuwm 
crista-castrensis (the ostrich feather moss), in two places in the 
Garroch Glen, and also Hypnum callichroum, Brid., near it ; 
and the following Hepatice new to this district — Radula 
aquilegia, Tayl. ; Hucalyx hyalina, Lyell ; Aplozia spherocarpa, 
Hook. ; Lophozia porphyroleuca, Nees; Lejeunea serpyllifolia, 
var. planiuscula, Lindb. ; var. cavifolia, Ehrh.; and Nardia 
compressa, Gray. 
2. Some Kirkbean Folklore. 
By Mr Samuent Arnott, Carsethorn. 
It must be said that the record of ghosts seems a long one for 
so small a parish. Six ina district about six miles in length, 
and averaging only three miles broad, seem a liberal allowance, 
