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Table of Plants in the Ashes of ivhich Iodine is present. 



(A.) In the following Plants, hitherto unknown to contain Iodine, I have detected 



that element. 



Botanical Name. Locality of Specimens Examined. 



Ranunculus aquatilis. Dunsappie Loch. 



Stellaria uliginosa. lornni Langley well, one of the tributaries of the Leithen , 



Alchemilla vulgaris. Dry slopes at Grey Mare's Tail, Dumfriesshire. 



Chrysospleniumoppositifolium. Langley well, one of the tributaries of the Leithen. 



Galium verum. Cockburn's grave, St Mary's Loch. 

 Achillea Millefolium. 19700'. l>o. do. 



Senecio Jacobaea. (1) Valley of the Leithen, and (2) Cockb urn's 



Centaurea nigra. V$E™rtl* ^the^' 



Vaccinium Myrtillus. Windlestraw Law. 



„ Vitis-idaea. Do. 



Menyanthes trifoliata. Duddingston Loch. 



Myosotis palustns. Do. 



Digitalis purpurea. Valley of the Leithen. 



Veronica Beccabunga. Ditches in the valley of the Leithen. 



Mentha sativa. Duddingston Loch. 



Empetrum nigrum. Windlestraw Law. 



Betula alba or glutinosa. Unknown. 



Fagus sylvatica. nl Do. 



Quercus Robur. Do. 



Juncus conglomeratus. Marshy places on banks or the Leithen. 



„ lamprocarpus. (1) Do. do. and 



(2) shores of St Mary's Loch. 



„ squarrosus. \ j £ (1) Do. do. and (2) do. 

 Sparganium ramosum. 5 1 . ,, Quair stream, south side of the Tw<3ed. 



Putamogeton densus. Dunsappie Loch. 



Carex CEderi. Quair stream, south side of the Tweed. 



Equisetum arvense. Cultivated places on the banks of the Leithen. 



„ limosum, Duddingston Loch. 



Lastrea Filix-mas. Elibank, south side of the Tweed. 



Athyrium Filix-fcemina. Do. do. 



Asplenium Ruta-muraria. Valley of the Yarrow Lochs. 



Pteris aquilina. (1) Valley of the Leithen, and (2) Valley of the 



Moffat waters. 



Chara vulgaris. Dunsappie Loch. 



Sphagnum acutifolium. Windlestraw Law. 



Trichostomum lanuginosum. Do. 



Polytrichum commune. Do. 



Ilypnum rutabulum. Langley well, one of the tributaries of the Leithen. 



„ triquetrum. Elibank burn, south side of the Tweed. 



Usnea plicata. j Growing on trees of the natural order Coniferae, 



Evernia prunastri. j in Glenormiston woods, Peeblesshire. 



(B.) / have confirmed the presence of Iodine in the following plants, in which it has 

 been previously found by other observers. The plants are, however, from different 

 localities. 



Nasturtium officinale. (1) Marshy places on the banks of the Leithen, 



and (2) Duddingston Loch. 

 Iris Pseud-acorus. Duddingston Loch. 



Phragmites communis. Do. 



And in the ashes of Coal, representing the Flora of the Carboniferous era. 



