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Eryngium maritimum. On the shore — abundantly. 



Inula helenium. Dunure Castle. 



Hypochaeris glabra. Sandy fields, near Prestwich. 



Lobelia dortmanna. Not unfrequent in lochs, as at lochs Martnahara and 



Fergus. 

 Jasione montana. Pastures and heaths — abundant. 

 " Andromeda polifolia. Shewalton Moss — Mr J. Smith." 

 Convolvulus soldanella. Shore north of Ayr in plenty- 

 Lithospermum maritimum. Near Dunure Castle. 

 " Lycopus Europaeus. Chapelton loch, and many other places." 

 Lamium intermedium. Field near the mouth of the Doon — Dr G. M'Nab. 



Waste ground in and about Ayr — frequent. 

 Scutellaria galericulata. Marshy places — frequent. 

 " Lysimachia vulgaris. Martnaham Loch — Mr J. Smith." 

 Centunculus minimus. On Prestwich Moor with Radiola millegrana, where 



the turf has been removed. 

 Polygonum aviculare, var. B. maritimum. On the shore — common. 

 Scilla verna. Near Dunure Castle — abundantly. 



Potamogeton heterophyllus, without floating leaves. In Martnaham Loch. 

 " Ruppia maritima. Near Troon Harbour — Mr Smith." 

 Juncus maritimus. Troon Harbour. 

 Scirpus Savii. Near Dunure Castle — Dr G. M'Nab. 

 Carex limosa. Knockdon Loch. 

 " Calamagrostis Epigejos. Banks of the Doon, 1| mile below Patna Bridge 



— Dr G. M'Nab." 

 " Elymus arenarius. Coast, four miles north of Ayr, sparingly — Mr J. Smith." 

 " Lycopodium inundatnm. Shewalton Moss — Mr Smith." 

 " Cryptogramma crispa. -\ 



" Hymenophyllum Wilsoni. C Glen near Dalmellington — Dr G. M'Nab." 

 " Asplenium viride. ) 



Asplenium marinum. Maritime rocks — frequent. 



Philip W. Maclagan. 



' Spiranthes autumnalis — I found plentifully in 1835, in the middle of the large 

 sand pit leading out of the lower road between Greenwich and Woolwich. This 

 plant is sometimes not to be observed for four or five years together, and then 

 to flower regularly for a short time Daniel Cooper. 



Leucojum aestivum — A meadow of this beautiful plant is to be seen at the 



bend of the river Thames, directly opposite to the Plough Tavern, Blackwall 



Daniel Cooper. 



Elaphomyces granulatus, Eng. Flor. v. ii. p. 306 In a beech plantation near 



Foulden, Berwickshire, attached to the radicles of the trees. This, I believe, 

 is a novelty to the Scottish Flora. It were desirable that the characters which 

 separate this from the Elaph. muricatus were more tangible than they seem to 

 be in Mr Berkeley's descriptions G. J. 



Spartina glabra — Specimens of Spartina glabra, a genus new to the British 

 Flora, were presented to the Linnsean Society (Nov. 1, 1836,) by Dr Brom- 



