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woods alone do not suffice to destroy this plant in Aberdeenshire 

 at least) ; Moneses grandiflora Salisb., at Brodie from the wood 

 being cut down ; Scheuchzeria palustris L., in Methven Bog, "pro- 

 bably from the settlement there of blackheaded gulls"; Carex 

 limosa L., " from Maxwelltown Loch, through drainage " ; Melica 

 uniflora Retz., from near Golspie, from natural drainage of the 

 spot through a channel formed by an uprooted tree (no previous 

 record for East Sutherland ; has this been verified ?). 



Probably many other local records of disappearance of certain 

 species through cultivation or drainage could be added to the 

 above by field botanists. 



3. Native species extirpated by the rapacity of collectors, 

 whether botanists, dealers, or fern growers. It is scarcely possible 

 to separate the evil results of the action of certain botanists from 

 those due to other collectors, though the latter peculiarly affect 

 the ferns, while the former are more dangerous to the very rare 

 and local species. Fortunately many of the alpine plants grow in 

 situations from which it is almost or altogether impossible to 

 extirpate them, or are so readily overlooked as to escape detec- 

 tion. 



Among the species that have suffered from the rapacity of col- 

 lectors are : — Lychnis Viscaria L., in Midlothian ; Oxytropis 

 uralensis D.C., near Invergordon (is this really extinct, or not 

 rather overlooked ? the cause assigned scarcely seems adequate 

 to the effect); O. campestris D.C, rocks at Bradoomy, Clova; 

 Lathy rus niger Wimm., in Killiecrankie Pass ; Pyrus Aria Sm., 

 in various localities ; Phyllodoce taxifolia Salisb., on the Sow of 

 Athol, nearly extirpated for sale ; (Mr. Marshall writes, " There is 

 a specimen in Herb. Hanbury labelled Aviemore ; and it is not 

 likely to be really confined to one station. The stationmaster 

 told me that it was said to grow on the Boar of Badenoch "). 

 Moneses, grandiflora Salisb., in various districts ; Ajuga pyramidalis 

 L., near Dingwall ; Paris quadrifolia L., near Inverness, and, per- 

 haps, Juncus balticus Willd., near Aberdeen. Many species of 

 Ferns are mentioned as almost or entirely extirpated in various 

 localities; but for the details the Report must be referred to. 



4. Species not native (and in few cases not even naturalised) in 

 the districts from which they are reported as having been extir- 

 pated. Among these a few are noted as " not native ; " but most 

 are included in the list with no indication of their true relation to 



