Vol 6 - Dumfriesshire & Galloway Natural History and Antiquarian ...

——Transactions. ] 9Thus it is seen that until 1883 almost nothing was done in the wayof making a complete list of Wigtownshire i)lants. To this list Ihave added at least 20 species hitherto unrecorded, and these fromonly two localities, viz., around Portpatrick in 1886, and aroundPort-William in 1887. Comparatively little now remains to bedone as regards the Flora of Wigtownshire except to add a fewadditional species from time to time, and to note new stations forthe rarer ones. Many jjlants not recorded from our three southwestern!counties in the Second Edition of Watson's " TopographicalBotany " are yet given in our local Flora, which unfortunatelywas not available when this second edition was issued. As thematter at present stands it is bewildering to ascertain what jjlantshave been recorded from this district and what have not, andtherefore to pledge myself toperfect accuracy on this point wouldbe impossible. This will, no doubt, be remedied in the thirdedition, for which Mr Arthur Bennett is collecting material. Theplants new to Wigtownshire in 1886 from Portpatrick are :Botrychium limaria, Cakile inattfima, Raphanus raphanistrutn,Arenaria trinervis, Circcea luietiana, Juniperus covununis, Cerasiiiaiitetrandfum, Veronica hedercefolia, Leontodon hirius. Euphorbiaparalias ; and at Port-William this year I gathered new to Wigtownshire:Carcx putidata, Carcx pali/dosa, Sagina apetala,Astragalus glycyphyllos. Chaiophyllum temulentuvi, Lysi/iiachiavulgaris, Typha latifolia, Scolopendrium vulgare, A7n/iwpktlaarenaria, and Blysmus rufus. Of these the two most interestingplants are Carex punctata and Euphorbia paralias. This givesanother county record for the rare Carex punctata for Scotland.It has been found in Scotland before only by the Rev. JamesFraser, Colvend, at Glenstocking, in his own parish. I gatheredit at Craigs of Garchew, six miles north of Port-William.Euphorbia paralias I found last year at Morroch Bay, soutli ofPortpatrick, and this year on the shingle north of Port-William.Hitherto it has been recorded for Scotland only from Fife as anintroduced plant.As the natural features of the two Galloways, East and West,are considerably different in many respects, it would be difficultto say which county has the greater number of flowering plants,but there can be no doubt as to the very marked superiority ofKirkcudbrightshire in the variety and abundance of its cryptogams.As far as jiresent lists go, the Stewartry has also a decidedadvantage in the number of its phanerogams. Wigtownshire has