Alexander Patience (1865-1954): addenda

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by  P G Moore

GlasgowNaturalist2006.Volume24.Part4.Pages155- In the Annual Report of the Marine Biological
158. SHORTNOTES ArsescoocridaetdiotnhatofTthhoemaWsestScootftShcaodtlannadmefdora19p0a2rasiittiics
isopodPleurocryptapatienceiScott, 1902afterMr
FALSELUPIN(THERMOPSISMONTANA)IN Alex. Patience; its discoverer (Marine Biological
LANARKSHIRE Association ofthe West of Scotland, 1903, p.7).
P.Macpherson&B.Simpson Sadly,thisnamehasbeensynonymisedwiththeother
15LubnaigRoad,Glasgow,G432RY bopyridspeciesdiscoveredbyPatienceanddescribed
73LavenderDrive,EastKilbride,G759JH by Scott as P. duthae Scott, 1902, so Alexander
Patience remains honoured inthe nomenclature of
In the spring of2004 BS noted unusual foliage British cmstaceans only via the woodlouse
Lgarnoawriknsghiirnet/hAeyrvsahlilreeyobfouanldiattrlye.buWmefawiernlytctloostehetostihtee MMiokotroeni&scuHsanpcaotcike,nc2e0i04V)a.ndel, 1946(asreportedby
on 24'*’ June when the plant was in flower and Thisnextsnippetisnotedinthehopethatitmight
msuebmsbeequrenotfltyhewePreeaaFbalmeiltyo.identifyitasFalseLupin,a lsittitmullea-tkenowfnurtchaerrcinionltoegreisstt.inHtheewlaatserryeepaorrstedof(stthiilsl
tIthewaPsowsbitruoanteedBbeutmweaepnpraonxaimbaatnedloynedPAshkeempffranokmatnhde tfhraotmoafnhiasddermepslsoyoefrs14W0mLonMdetocnalSftreee&t,SGolnass),goawm,oin.eg.
B743 and SE ofGlengavel Reservoir, Lanarkshire theListofFellowsoftheRoyalPhysicalSocietyof
A(tVCa7r7e)t.urTnhevisgirtidinre2f0e0re5ncteheisc2o6l/o6n9y13w4a5s.notedtobe Eeldeicntbeudrg19h10)f.orTh1isOcistoibnetreres1t9i2n3gbe(casaushea,viansgMoboereen
anirregularpatchof7x3m,9mfromthefankand &. Hancock (2004) pointed out, his scientific
30mfromthebum. PlantassociateswereBracken pRuEblFiEcaRtiEoNnsCcEoSmetoanabmpthaltin1911.
{Pteridium aquilinum, Soft-msh {Juncus effusus).
H{eCahtahmeerri{oCnalalnugnuastviufloglairuims)).andRosebayWillowherb M1a90r3i.neABninoulaolgicRaelpoArstsofcoirat1i9o0n2.ofGltahsegoWwe:stN.oAfdsSchoetaldand&,
Trahreelyplganrtowinsainngaatirvdeenso.fWWietshterrengaNrdAtmoertihcea.BriIttisihs M(S1oo8no6,r5e4-,81p9Pp5..4G).:&HGalnacsogcokw,’Es.G.,l2i0t0t4l.e-kAnlowenxandeErdPwaatrideinacne
distribution“inthewild”,itwasestablishedforabout carcinologist. GlasgowNaturalist,24\119-129.
25 years ingravel pits atOundle,Northants (now
gone) and on the riverside at Canonbie,
Dumfriesshire (Clement & Foster (1994). It was NEWRECORDSOFTHEAMPHIPOD
reportedtohavebeenpresentsinceabout1978ina MICROJASSACUMBRENSIS(FAMILY
derelictgarden atHoubie,Fetlar,Shetland(Scott& ISCHRYOCERIDAE)INTHEFORTHSEA
Palmer1987). AREA.
Onecanonlyspeculateastohowthisraritycameto MylesO’Reilly
be established in a remote Lanarkshire glen. ScottishEnvironmentProtectionAgency
Possibilities include accidental introduction with RedwoodCrescent
animalfeedandbird-sownfromDumfriesshire.There EastKilbride,GlasgowG755PP
hasalsobeenafforestationinthearea. [email protected]
REFERENCES
Clement,EJ&Foster,MC(1994).AlienPlantsofthe The amphipods from the Forth Sea Area were
FBLSrceeiorrttwnitis,schkWI.osfle&s,thPBeaoltmaSnehirec,tallRanSdo(1c9iI8es7tl)ya.nodfTs,htheeSFBhlreiottwlieasrnhidInsglTesPi,lmaLenostnsdoLantnd.d. raiedmeconetnnitgfliyedtrheeavsieneuwmwebadesrbyaofO’ssRipenegicllieleysfenetemawall.eto(2st0ph0ee1c)ai.rmeeanThaenoydf
Microjassa cumbrensis from off St.Abbs in June
1989whichrepresentedthefirstrecordofthisspecies
ALEXANDERPATIENCE(1865-1954): fromtheeastcoastofBritain. FurtherrecordsofM.
ADDENDA cumbrensishaverecentlycometolightinthecourse
P.G.Moore ofsamplingbySEPAon9*'’Feb2004,atKingston
UniversityIsMlearoifnCeuBmiborlaogeicKaAl2S8tatOiEonGMillport, TkHhumeddsnosuet(wh5o6sf°p0eEc7ai.smt4e4LnrasNr.gc,oom0Bp2ar°yi5s5ie.n94t2h3ef’eFWmi.ar,ltehdsoe,fpt2Fhoor4tfh0.wmh)i,ch7
Researchingfurtheraroundthetopicofthehistoryof areovigerous,andallarearound 1.5mmlong. M.
theMarineStationatMillporthasbroughttolighta cumbrensisisadifficultspeciestorecogniseduein
coupleofitemsrelatingtoAlexanderPatiencethat parttoitssmallsize. Itdoesnotpossessthedistinct
wereoverlookedbyMoore&Hancock(2004). toothed outerramus ofuropod 1, characteristic of
many ischyrocerids (see Lincoln, 1979) and the
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