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Eryngium maritimum. On the shore abundantly. 
Inula helenium. Dunure Castle. 
Hypochaeris glabra. Sandy fields, near Prestvvich. 
Lobelia dortmanna. Not unfrequent in lochs, as at lochs Martnaham and 
Fergus. 
Jasione montana. Pastures and heaths abundant. 
" Andromeda polifolia. Shewalton Moss Mr J. Smith." 
Convolvulus soldanella. Shore north of Ayr in plenty. 
Lithosperrnum maritimum. Near D'unure Castle. 
" Lycopus Europaeus. Chapelton loch, and many other places." 
Lamium intermedium. Field near the mouth of the Doon Dr G. M'Nab. 
Waste ground in and about Ayr frequent. 
Scutellaria galericulata. Marshy places frequent. 
" Lysimachia vulgaris. Martnaham Loch Mr J. Smith." 
Ceritunculus minimus. On Prestwich Moor with Radiola millegrana, where 
the turf has been removed. 
Polygonum aviculare, var. B. maritimum. On the shore common. 
Scilla verna. Near Dunure Castle abundantly. 
Potamogeton heterophyllus, without floating leaves. In Martnabam Loch. 
" Ruppia maritima. Near Troon Harbour Mr Smith." 
Juncus maritimus. Troon Harbour. 
Scirpus Savii. Near Dunure Castle Dr G. M'Nab. 
Carex limosa. Knockdon Loch. 
" Calamagrostis Epigejos. Banks of the Doon, 1 mile below Patna Bridge 
Dr G. M'Nab." 
" Elymus arenarius. Coast, four miles north of Ayr, sparingly Mr J. Smith." 
" Lycopodium inundatnm. Shewalton Moss Mr Smith." 
" Cryptogramma crispa. -\ 
" Hymenophyllum Wilsoni. ( Glen near Dalmellington Dr G. M'Nab." 
" Asplenium viride. ) 
Asplenium marinum. Maritime rocks frequent. 
PHILIP W. MACLAGAN. 
Spiranthes autumnalis I found plentifully in 1835, in the middle of the large 
sand pit leading out of the lower road between Greenwich and Woolwich. This 
plant is sometimes not to be observed for four or five years together, and then 
to flower regularly for a short time. DANIEL COOPER. 
Leucojum ceslivum. A meadow of this beautiful plant is to be seen at the 
bend of the river Thames, directly opposite to the Plough Tavern, Blackwall 
DANIEL COOPER. 
Elaphomyces granulatus, Eng. Flor. v. ii. p. 306. In a beech plantation near 
Foulden, Berwickshire, attached to the radicles of the trees. This, I believe, 
is a novelty to the Scottish Flora. It were desirable that the characters which 
separate this from the Elaph. muricatus were more tangible than they seem to 
be in Mr Berkeley's descriptions G. J. 
Sp/rtina glabra Specimens of Spartina glabra, a genus new to the British 
Flora, were presented to the Linnaean Society (Nov. 1, 1836,) by Dr Brom- 
