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of an old hedge between two fields. Saxifraga aizoides, S. hyp- 
noides, and Chrysosplenium alternifoliwm are found in Shielhill 
Glen, the last mentioned plant beg also found in various other 
localities. Hippuris vulgaris is still found where previously re- 
corded, in a small shallow loch on the hilly moors near Ravenscraig. 
Peplis Portula we find at Loch Thom and other places in the 
neighbourhood of Greenock.  Dipsacus sylvestris I have found 
occasionally in the Battery Field near Gourock Toll) The only 
species of the Umbelliferae I will mention is Peucedanum Ostruthium, 
which we find near the Roman Bridge, near the Whinhill reser- 
voir, and about Kilmalcolm. 
Of the Compositaceae very few that may be called rare are found 
in our district. Senecio viscosus and S. sylvaticus both occur in 
the neighbourhood of Greenock. Great-Leopard’s-bane, Doronicum 
pardalianches, has been observed for a number of years im a wood 
near Dunrod Farm. Anthemis arvensis has been occasionally 
found in a field at the east end of Gourock. The very rare and 
pretty little Ivy-leaved Bellflower, Campanula hederacea, need 
scarcely be alluded to here, it being already so well known to 
Glasgow botanists, were it not to notice the somewhat interesting 
fact that the only two stations as yet recorded for it in Clydesdale, 
the Cloch and Dunoon, are as nearly as may be opposite to each 
other, as if the idea of near neighbourhood was a factor in the 
arrangement of the stations. Vaccinium Oxycoccos occurs in a marshy 
hollow a little west of the station mentioned for Ornithopus per- 
pusillus. Echium vulgare and Anchusa sempervirens are the only 
rare Borages found near Greenock, the first in the western suburbs, 
the other at the Roman Bridge. Myosotis palustris, which we 
find occasionally, is said to be a common species, and there is no 
reason for doubting the assertion so far as certain localities are 
concerned; but in regard to the district under consideration, an 
experience extending over several years tends to shew that it is 
rather scarce. No doubt the experienced botanist finds little difi- 
culty in making out this species; but still, having on several 
occasions seen M. repens mistaken for M. palustris, I am inclined 
to think that its reported commonness may be due, partly at least, 
to want of familiarity with its characteristics, and consequently a 
more restrictive term than “common” would be a more appropriate 
one. One of its characteristics which I have always found very con- 
stant and very distinct is, that the calyx segments are shorter than 
