70 STIRLING AND ITS NEIGHBOURHOOD. 



campion), Sedum anglicum (English stonecrop), S. villosum 

 (hairy stonecrop), Clinopodinm vulgare (wild-basil), Chenopodium 

 Bonus-Henricus (Good King Henry). Atropa Belladonna is 

 abundant at the foot of the rocks above the school. On the 

 face of the rocks Lychnis Viscaria (red German catchfly) and 

 Geranium sangitineum (bloody crane's-bill) grow, but not plenti- 

 fully. 



Having explored the hill, the top of the Craig may be gained 

 through a crevice in the rocks known as Wallace's Pass. On the 

 top, along the edge of the precipice, Helianthemum vulgare 

 (yellow rock-rose) and Omithopus perpusillus (bird's-foot) have 

 found a lodgment. 



The Wallace Monument can now be visited. Here a collection 

 is being formed of objects of national interest, and from the top 

 of the tower one of the finest views in Europe is got. 



This would probably be the most distant point of the excur- 

 sion, and, if time allowed, the return might be made by the banks 

 of the Forth (where there are many aquatic plants) and Cambus- 

 kenneth Abbey, which is about a mile south from the Craig in 

 one of the loops of the winding river; thence by the ferryboat 

 back to the railway station. Along the foot of an old wall of 

 what had been the Abbey garden there is a considerable quantity 

 of Viola odor at a. 



Before concluding, I may mention that there is an uncommon 

 plant, Saponaria officinalis (soapwort), growing pretty plentifully 

 on the banks of the Allan where the railway crosses, about a 

 mile from Stirling. Another extremely rare wild plant, Ledum 

 palustre (Labrador tea) grows in Lecropt Moss, about a mile 

 further away, the only station recorded for it in Britain. The 

 Ochils and the Tough hills are rich in alpine plants and 

 cryptogams. 



