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[Vol. XXX. 
Fig. 89. — Kilconquhar Loch. View of the east shore, showing the dense marginal 
zone of vegetation, which is composed of an association of Scirpus lacustris in 
the foreground and Phragmites communis beyond it. The distant trees are in 
the grounds of Elie House. 
Fig. 90. — Kilconquhar Loch. View on the north side', showing the dense marginal 
vegetation. Hippuris vulgaris in the foreground, behind which an association 
of Phragmites communis shuts olf the view of the loch. Over the top of the 
latter species appears the cultivated land to the east of the loch. 
Mr George West. [Plate 45. — Referred to on page 152. 
