13 

 BOTANY. 



MESSRS R. M'KAY AND G. HORNE. 



In tlie Botanical section, owing to the previous industry of many well- 

 known local botanists, little has been done by way of adding to the flora 

 of the district. Indeed, from the alterations taking place by the exten- 

 sion of the city and other necessary causes, many of our favourite stations 

 are fast disappearing. Kelvin woods, Fossil and Stonelaw quarries, are 

 among these. We are sorry at being able to add that other localities 

 have in recent years been closed against us, without, so far as we can 

 judge, any visible cause. During the past year, Bardowie Loch has thus 

 been closed. 



Of native species not previously recorded, the following have been 

 authenticated : — Avena pratensis, L., found at Whiting and Machrie 

 Bays, Arran ; Carex watsoni, Syme, near Hamilton and Kenmuir 

 bank ; Mentha viridis, L., abundant near Hamilton ; Claytonia 

 alsinoides, naturalized near Cloch ; Astrantia major, L., naturalized 

 on Fossil Boad ; Hypochoeris glabra, L., Whiting Bay, Arran ; 

 and Elymv^ arenarius, Invercloy, Arran. The two last found by 

 Dr Syme. 



New localities are recorded for the following: — Viola odorata, L., 

 Bothwell Bridge ; Lepidium smithii, Hook., Baldernock ; Geum inter- 

 medium, Ehr., Carmyle and Bothwell Bridge ; Agrimonia Eupatorium, 

 L., near Hamilton; Arum, maculatum, Ij., Calderwood Glen; Sedum 

 villosum, L., Loch Cochno, Kilpatrick Hills ; Carex laevigata, Sm., near 

 Shandon, Gareloch ; Carex pendtda, Huds., Banks of Clyde, opposite 

 Kenmuir, and near Cloch ; Isoetes lacustris, L., Loch Cochno, Kilpatrick 

 Hills. 



As many plants appear occasionally on rubbish-heaps and other doubt- 

 ful situations, it is thought it might be useful to keep a record of these 

 appearances, that the history of any which might afterwards become 

 naturalized could be ascertained. The following is given as a contribu- 

 tion to such a record: — Reseda lutea, L., Great Western Eoad, at 

 Hillhead ; Helleborus viridis, L., Bothwell Woods ; Lepidium Draba, 

 L., near Renfrew; Erysimum orientale, Br., near Clyde Ironworks, 

 Fossil Fark, Fossil Marsh, and Carmunnock Road ; Saponaria Vaccaria, 

 L, near Clyde Ironworks, and opposite Dalbeth ; Geranium nodosum, L., 

 Bothwell Woods; Medico.go falcata, L., near Renfrew, opposite Dalbetli. 



