214 Habitats of rare Plants in Berwickshire. 



Additional Habitats for some of the Rarer Plants found in Ber- 

 wickshire. By J. Hardy, Esq., Penmanshiel. 



Vaccinium oxycoccus. Abundant in the Drone and Long 

 Mosses on Coldingham Moor. It is called the Moss-brummle 

 and Moor fowl-berries. 



Ranunculus hirsutus. Not unfrequent in a field near Dulan. 

 A few plants have occurred in grass-fields at Penmanshiel. 



Thlapsi arvense. Abundant in a field on the north side of 

 the Dean, east from St. Helen's Chapel. 



Sagina apetala. In the Slate Quarry at Old Cambus West 

 Mains. 



Crepis succisafolia. In the eastern part of Penmanshiel 

 Wood. 



Hippophae rhamnoides (page 178). I have ascertained that 

 this shrub was planted at no very remote period. The locality 

 specified is in East Lothian. 



Orchis latifolia. A rose-coloured variety, that grows in a 

 very marshy bog on our moor, has this season had its flowers 

 changed to a white, or the palest pink hue. A number of 

 sheep-drains had been cut in the bog, early in the season, so as 

 to lay the ground comparatively dry. 



Phleum pratense. The bulbous-rooted variety is frequent in 

 the Dean, at St. Helen's Chapel. 



In a paper on " Excrescences, &c. formed by Mites/' which 

 was intended for the Club's Transactions of the present year, if 

 I recollect aright, Geranium rotundifolium was inadvertently 

 written instead of G. molle. This is my impression ; but it may 

 be incorrect after all. The paper will perhaps come in your 

 way among the Club's documents. 



If ever I be able to visit Berwick, I shall not fail to call and 

 pay my respects to you and Mrs. Maclagan. With best wishes, 

 believe me, 



My dear Sir, 



Faithfully yours, 



Dr. P. W. Maclagan, James Hardy. 



&c. &c. 



