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fleshy and semi-transparent. I do not know whether this Alopecuriis 
is an indigenous Canadian grass ; if not, it is a remarkable instance 
of a plant having twice crossed the Atlantic, and become established 
through human agency — in one case, if not in both, unintentionally. — 
L. V. Lester. “Correctly named.”- — E. Hackel. “This is a plant 
of continental Europe, and is not recorded by Macoun as yet intro- 
duced to Canada.” — W. H. B. 
Agrostis canina, L. Stoloniferous form. Loch Urin, Co. AVest- 
meath, 28th July, 1895. — W. R. Linton. “Var. mutica, Gaud. A. 
canina, L. is always more or less stoloniferous ; in sandy soil the 
stolons are longer, in heavy soil short or almost suppressed.” — 
E. Hackel. 
Weingaertneria canescens, Bernh. Sand dunes by the sea, between 
Morar River and Arisaig, Scotland, July, 1895. — Fredk. Townsend. 
— “The occurrence of this plant in the above locality, which comes 
within v.c. Westerness, naturally suggested some enquiry into its 
recorded occurrence in Ayrshire. So far as I have been able to trace, 
it is first mentioned by Watson for the latter county in ‘ Top. Bot.’ 
Ed. I, 1874, where it appears in square brackets. Doubtless this 
record was obtained from the ‘Botany of Ayrshire’ (1872), a list which 
I have been able to consult through the kindness of Mr. A. Somerville. 
The record there given is “ Dalrymple and Coylton ; James Smith in 
‘ New Statistical Account of Scotland.’ ” The Rev. David Lands- 
borough (in litt. to A. Somerville, loth December, 1895) writes as 
follows: — “List furnished to ‘New Stat. Acc.’ by James Smith in 
1837. — He was in regular correspondence with Sir W. Hooker. J. S. 
also furnished list of plants of Parish of Maybole ; all the plants in 
Maybole list are I believe correct, except Vida sylvatica which is written 
Lathyrus — doubtless a clerical error, as former plant occurs in 
abundance in locality given.” The Rev. D. A. Boyd writes (in litt. to 
Ar. S. loth Dec., 1895) — “Smith’s parishes are both inland rural 
parishes, with neither large towns, ballast heaps, nor tracts of sea 
shore.” This is all that I have been able to learn concerning the 
Ayrshire record. In the course of these enquiries it came incidentally 
before me that Elymus and other grasses had several times been sown 
on the sands about Arisaig ; and although Mr. Somerville, Mr. Symers 
M. Macvicar and others used their best endeavours to ascertain the 
truth respecting the Weigfiaertneria^ the question of its nativity was 
still a matter of doubt until Mr. Townsend finally ascertained that it 
had been sown by Mr. Eneas R. Macdonell, of Morar, who states (in 
litt. to F. Townsend, 31st May, 1896). — “The fact of discovering the 
plant at Toigall has recalled facts to my memory which leave no doubt 
on my mind that the Weingaertfieria is not indigenous, but was 
introduced direct here, and not by accidental admixture.” Mr. 
Townsend informs me that the grass occurs in plenty on the sand-hills, 
and it is somewhat disappointing that we cannot claim it as a native 
here, especially as it is said to occur in Norway in a slightly higher 
