MR BA1RD ON THE " FAIRY STONES." 73 



D&DALEA confragosay Bot. Gall. ii. 795. Boletus labyrinthiformu, 

 With. Bot. Arrang. iv. 329. On the, decaying roots of trees at 

 the Hirsel, Miss Hunter and Miss . Bell. 



MERULIUS lachrymans, Grev. FL Edin. 397* On much decayed fir 

 sticks from the Hirsel Woods, Miss Hunter and Miss E. Bell. 



PEZIZA hemispharica, Bot. Gall. ii. 744. P. hispida, With. Bot. Ar- 

 rang. iv. 354. Anton's-hill Woods, Miss Hunter. 



PEZIZA sarcoides, Grev. Fl. Edin. 423. Hirsel Woods, Miss E. Bell 

 and Miss Hunter. 



POLYPORUS betulinusy Grev. Fl. Edin. 400. On the trunk of a decay- 

 ing birch tree near Anton's-hill, Miss Hunter. 



2. ADDITIONAL HABITATS. 



1 1 IEHACIUM Prenanthoides. Banks of the Dye at Longformacus ; Pease 

 Bridge Dean, Mr Thomas Brown. 



HIERACIDM umbellatum. Near Woodend, in the parish of Langton, Mr 

 Thomas Brown. 



PTERIS crispa. On the Black-hill at Earlston, plentiful. 



AGARIC us flabelliformis, A. Jicoides, With. Bot. Arrang. iv. 303. On 

 decaying sticks at the Hirsel, Miss E. Bell and Miss Hunter. 



HELVELLA mitra. Anton's-hill and the Hirsel Woods, not uncommon, 

 Miss Hunter and Miss E. Bell. 



PEZIZA macropus. Hirsel Woods, Miss E. Bell and Miss Hunter. 



PEZIZA ochroleuca. Hirsel Woods, Miss Bell and Miss Hunter. 



PEZIZA umbrina. Anton's-hill woods, common, Miss Hunter. 



POLYPORUS varius. On decayed sticks from the Hirsel Woods, plen- 

 tiful. Miss Hunter and Miss E. Bell. 



3. ERRATUM. 

 For RHAMNUS CATHARTICUS, page 56, read HIPPOPHAE RHAMNOIDES. 



Remarks on the Mode of Formation of certain curiously shaped Stones, 

 found in the bed of a small stream near Melrose, and popularly 

 known in the neighbourhood by the name of" Fairy Stones." By 

 the Rev. A. BAIRD. 



THOSE of us who remember with any thing like correctness some of 

 the earlier of those interesting productions, known throughout the 

 civilized world by the title of " The Waverly Novels," will have lit- 

 tle difficulty probably in recalling to their recollection the scenery of 

 The Monastery/' They will recollect the beautiful descriptions which 

 there occur of " St Mary's ruined pile," of the smiling scenery of fair 

 Twcedside, of the ancient castle of the Gleudinnings, of the pool in 



