268 Dr. BALFOm's Botanical Excursions. 



Foot, and on our way observed Carex paniculata, Lithospermum offi- 

 cinale, Agrimonia Eupatorium, Hypericum dubium, and AndrosaBmum 

 Littorella lacustris, Blysmus rufus, Convolvulus Soldanella, Sinapis 

 monensis, Carex arenaria, Eleocharis fluitans, and Scirpus maritimus. 

 From Black Water Foot our road lay through an unproductive dis- 

 ti'ict across the island to Brodick, whence we proceeded to Ardrossan. 



July 22d. — Visited Ayr, and examined the shores in the neighbour- 

 hood. The chief species which we found were Atriplex laciniata and 

 rosea, Salsola kali, Eryngium maritimum, Sinapis monensis, Iberis 

 amara, Hyosciamus niger, Senebiera Coronopus, Malva moschata, 

 Beta maritima. Crambo maritima, and Cakile maritima. Near Grinan 

 Castle Trifolium scabrum and Tanacetum vulgare were picked, as 

 well as Acinos vulgaris and Trifolium arvense. 



July 28th. — Proceeded by steamboat up Loch Long to Arrochar, 

 where we took up our quarters for two days. On the afternoon of this 

 day we visited the hills at the upper part of the Loch, but the state 

 of the weather prevented us from making a thorough examination of 

 them. We saw only a few alpine plants, such as Saxifraga aizoides, 

 oppositifolia, stellaris and hypnoides, Epilobium alpinum, Thalictrum 

 alpinum, Salix herbacea, Gnaphalium supinum, Juncus triglumis and 

 trifidus, Hieracium alpinum, Oxyria reniformis, Asplenium viride, 

 Rhodiola rosea, Vaccinium uliginosum, Aira alpina, and variety 

 vivipara, Festuca vivipara, Lycopodium Selago, selaginoides and 

 alpinum. On the 29th the weather was still very unpropitious, and 

 the thick mist and rain interfered considerably with our botanical 

 rambles. Nevertheless we went by the banks of Loch Lomond to 

 Upper Inveruglas, and thence ascended Benima and the Cobbler. 

 On the banks of the Loch we found Hymenophyllum tunbridgense, 

 Osmunda regalis, and Hypericum Androsa3mum. On the ascent of 

 Benima, Carex irrigua was first picked by Mr. Adamson, and on 

 ascending the hills, various interesting alpine plants were procured, 

 such as Carex saxatilis, and Juncus castaneus, discovered by Mr. 

 Gourlie, Carex pauciflora and rigida, Silene acaulis, Gnaphalium 

 supinum, Juncus trifidus and triglumis, Sibbaldia procumbens, Vero- 

 nica humifusa, Epilobium alpinum, Rhodiola rosea, Luzula spicata, 

 Saussurea alpina, Cerastium alpinum, Festuca vivipara, Vaccinium 

 uliginosum, Salix herbacea, Saxifraga oppositifolia, aizoides, stellaris 

 and hypnoides, AUosorus crispus, Asplenium viride, and Cetraria 

 islandica. 



Names of Gentlemen who joined t/ie Excursions in 1843. — Robert Rainy, Nathaniel Steven- 

 son, jun., J. Stevenson, jun., J. C. Stevenson, Edward Alexander, jun,, T. Alexander, 

 John Alexander, Robert Balloch, Ebenezer Watson, David Miller, James Bain, David 

 Nelson, Thomas Waugh, James M'Gregor, Donald G. M'Lellan, Robert White, David 

 D. Service, William Ramsay, William Keddie, William M'Leod, John R. Peebles, 

 Walter Bain, James Couper, Andrew Craig, William Henderson, jun., William Kid- 

 ston, John Struthers, William Naismith, John Burns, G. Macculloch, Andrew Pater- 

 son, John Thomson, sen., John Thomson, jun., James C. Murray, William Gourlie, 

 Frederick Adamson, G. J. livon. 



