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seen those in Primside bog in flower at all. But perhaps it is 

 a shy flowerer naturally, (?) not requiring that means of in- 

 crease, as it is well provided for otherwise, by means of its 

 stolons and creeping rootstock; although there are plants 

 equal, and even better off, in that respect, that flower freely 

 every year. 



Phalaeis paeadoxa, L. Forest field, Kelso. Amongst the 

 " excluded" in the "Stud. Fl.," and said to have been "only 

 once found " ; but it now appears to be turning up in various 

 localities. 



Festuca pseudo-myuetjs, Soyer. Near the mouth of the Gala. 

 This should have been amongst the "wool" plants in last 

 year's list, but somehow or other it was left out. It was much 

 more plentiful than F. ambigua. 



,, heteeophylla. Pastures and roadsides about Kelso ; 

 introduced with farm seeds. 



Beomus eeecttts, Euds. Banks of the Tweed below Hender- 

 syde Park. As this plant is in both the "Flora of Edinburgh/' 

 and the "New Flora of Northumberland and Durham,'' it 

 was very likely to turn up on the Borders. It was growing 

 on a part of the banks that was usually eaten by cattle, but 

 allowed to grow last year, otherwise it might have escaped 

 notice. 

 ,, tectoettm, L. Tweedside below Kelso. 



Ceeatochloa tjnioloides, D.O. Do., and near mouth of the 

 Gala. This and the preceding introduced with wool. 



Chaea eeagilis, Desv. Muserig Pond along with C. fcetida, 

 Braun. 



Arabis Turrita discovered at Haining. By A. H. 

 Borthwick. 



It has been my good fortune within the last few weeks to 

 discover another station for that rare plant Arabis Turrita. 

 The only other place hitherto given up for it in Scotland 

 has been Cleish Castle. On the 17th day of April last, 

 when walking through the policy and grounds of the Hain- 

 ing, I found a cruciferous plant growing on the top and 

 sides of an old crumbling wall, and having every appearance 

 of being indigenous. On examination, I pronounced it to 

 be, as I have said before, Arabis Turrita. Again, on the 5th 

 May, I re-visited the spot for the purpose of getting fresh 

 specimens ; it was then in fruit, and pods of considerable 

 length were beginning to diverge and come downwards. 

 Melrose, 19th May, 1874. 



