70 Origin of the British Flora. 
GARVEL PARK, GREENOCK. 
(Robertson, ‘On the Post-tertiary Beds of Garvel 
Park, Greenock.’ Trans. Geol. Soc. Glasgow, Vol VIL, 
pp. 1-37. 1881.) : 
Marine clays belonging to the Clyde Beds contain a 
sub-Arctic fauna, and are therefore classed as Late Glacial; 
they ought, perhaps, to be included in the Neolithic series, 
for dug-out canoes are stated to have been found at some 
places in these clays. The plants from Garvel Park sent 
to me by Mr. Thomas Scott do not suggest an Arctic 
climate, such as is apparently indicated by the marine 
fauna. 
Ranunculus repens. Bartsia Odontites. 
Lychnis Flos-cuculi. Atriplex patula. 
Rubus Idzeus. Rumex crispus. 
CEnanthe Lachenaiii. Sparganium ramosum (?). 
Taraxacum officinale. Isoetes lacustris. 
GAYFIELD, EDINBURGH. 
From a peaty deposit Mr. James Bennie has recently 
obtained a number of leaves and seeds. At this locality, 
as at Hailes, two different plant-beds are apparently repre- 
sented. The three Arctic Willows suggest a climate like 
that of the North Cape; the Hawthorn and Wild-Cherry. 
point to a climate as mild as that now possessed by the 
Scottish Lowlands. 
Ranunculus aquatilis. Atriplex (?). 
repens. Polygonum Persicaria. 
Viola palustris. Salix polaris. 
Prunus Avium. herbacea. 
Rubus Ideus. reticulata. 
Crategus Oxyacantha. Potamogeton crispus. 
Myriophyllum. sp. 
Carduus, Carex. 
Sonchus arvensis. Phragmites. | 
Menyanthes trifoliata. Isoetes. 
