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north and east there is a flat sandy or muddy shore, and the small 
amount of marsh vegetation about this loch occurs there. On the 
north shore there is a mixed plantation and a few isolated trees ; 
otherwise there are no trees in the immediate vicinity of the water. 
Heleocharis acicularis forms a dense sward on parts of the sandy- 
muddy shore to a greater extent than I have seen elsewhere ; it also 
enters the water to a depth of 3 or 4 feet. On some parts of the 
exposed shore terrestrial forms of Myriophyllum spicatum were 
abundant, and in some places Gnaphalium uliginosum and Juncus 
bufonius formed a dense sward. Heleocharis palustris is abundant 
near the winter water-level, but the plants are dwarfed, probably 
because they are left comparatively dry in the summer, owing to the 
water receding from them. Ranunculus pseudo-reptans, resembling 
externally Ranunculus reptans, is much more abundant here than at 
any part of the shores of Loch Leven. Bryophytes are scarce, and the 
other vegetation is somewhat restricted in species. 
Kinghorn Loch is a small rectangular sheet of water close to 
Kinghorn. The water is not peaty, but is turbid and dead-looking. 
The west shore, which is Hat and muddy, merges gradually into 
meadow-land, and this is the only part Avhere there is any abundance 
of marsh vegetation. The east shore is stony and rocky, a consider- 
able portion of it consisting of bare volcanic rock. Upon the north 
and south sides there is scarcely any shore. The most interesting 
feature noticed at this loch was the vast quantity of Anabaena Flos- 
aquae, var. circinalis. Li many places this alga was so abundant, on 
27th May 1905, that the water resembled pale green paint. Poly- 
gonum amphibium is very abundant on the west side of the loch, 
and a limited number of other plants were also observed. 
Loch Camilla is a small oval sheet of water about four miles east 
of Cowdenbeath. The water, which is not peaty, is rather turbid, 
and is surrounded by agricultural land. The shores on the east are 
stony, and bear but few plants, but at the west end there is a con- 
siderable development of marsh vegetation. A large association of 
Equisetum limosum, mixed here and there with patches of Llippuris 
vulgaris, stands out in the water. Nearer the land there is a large area 
of Carex rostrata, behind which a wide stretch of bog, that gradually 
merges into meadow-land, is covered with a variety of plants. 
Ranunculus hederaceus, in both terrestrial and aquatic forms, occurs 
here. There are also similar forms of R. peltatus, and a curious 
terrestrial form of the latter having purple blotches on the peltate 
leaves suggestive of a crossing with R. hederaceus. A number of 
Bryophytes are abundant at this marsh, and amongst them 
Marchantia polymorpha in aquatic form. 
Loch Gelly is an oval loch, about three-quarters of a mile long 
