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its foot was gay with the purple blossoms of Orchis mascula. 

 Being obliged to accommodate our movements to the rules 

 of the rail, we had to make a hurried march to Kitty Alli- 

 son's, to partake of the repast prepared by our worthy hos- 

 tess. 



During the present season, in company with Mr. George 

 Tate, junior, a young botanist of great promise, I have revi- 

 sited many of the stations of our rarer plants, and I am happy 

 to say we found them all. Along our shores, Astragallus gly- 

 cyphyllus, Scilla verna, Ligusticum scoticum, Artemisia mari- 

 tima, Asperugo procumbens, Carduus marianus, Apium grave- 

 olens, (Enanthe lachenalii, crocata and peucidanifolia, were 

 observed in abundance. On the basaltic cliffs above Budle, 

 Sedum villosum, Sagina maritima, Spergula subulata, Dian- 

 thus deltoides, and Allium oleraceum, were found plentifully. 

 I had hoped the latter plant would have proved Allium schoe- 

 noprasum, as an old man in Bambro' told me that, when a boy, 

 he had often gathered shixes for the pot there. In Newham 

 Bog, Habenaria bifolia and chlorantha, Pyrola rotundifolia, 

 Scutellaria galericulata, Lycopus europoeus, Typhalatifolia, Ra- 

 nunculus lingua, Stellaria glauca, and Selago selaginoides were 

 observed ; but from the recent extensiye drainage of the bog, 

 Sparganium simplex and natans had both disappeared from 

 their old localities. An occasional visit to different localities 

 is not without interest, as serving to mark the disappearance 

 of species from well known spots. On Cheviot all the plants 

 observed at our last meeting were again met with ; but my 

 visit being earlier, the rocks by the side of the rivulet were 

 gay with the blossoms of Saxifraga hypnoides, stellaris and 

 granulata, Epilobium alsinifolium, «&c. ; and on the sides and 

 top of the hill, Rubus Chamaemorus, Carex rigida, Vaccinium 

 vitis-idaeus, Melampyrum montanum, Epilobium alpinum and 

 Poa balfourii, were found plentifully. At thebase near Langley 

 Ford, Habenaria bifolia was found in great plenty ; and every 

 watery spot was gay with flowers of Myosotis repens. Sedum 

 villosum was also found here, contrasting widely with its ha- 

 bitat on the top of the dry cliffs at Budle. Near the village 

 of Ilderton, on an old wall, Sedum album was found in great 

 profusion and beauty. Whether truly indigenous, it is diffi- 



