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encampment at "Warlawbank above Auchincraw or Aldencrawe (al- 

 ways pronounced Eddincraw) ; and amid the traces of the Covenant- 

 ers' encampment on Dunse-law. It is on the Eildon-hills ; on Ster- 

 rock above Kirk-Yethohii ; and on every cairn-crowned summit amidst 

 the Cheviots. It might aptly emblazon the armorials of the British 

 antiquary. 



65. V. TRICOLOR. OTlt'lH ^cuvt'i'tait or |5an£iy.— -Common in 

 cultivated ground on a light or gravelly soil. — May-Sept., and, in 

 sheltered places, it will continue to flower throughout the winter. 

 Mr. Macgillivray considers it and the preceding to be one species. 

 Wern. Mem. vi. p. 552. — The lateral and inferior petals are always 

 marked with dark streaks, and the throat of the latter is always saf- 

 fron-yellow, but otherwise the flower is subject to vary : — a. vulgaris : 

 the corolla larger than the calyx, with the upper petals auricula-pur- 

 ple, and the three lower ones of a pale or azure-blue, or very pale 

 yellow. — /3. saxatilis : corolla larger than the calyx, all the petals 

 pale yellow, the inferior often darker. — y. arvensis : corolla very 

 small, not longer than the calyx. This has often been considered a 

 distinct species. See Ann. Nat. Hist. ix. p. 72. 



66. Drosera rotundifolia. With. Bot. Arrang. ii. 324 ; 

 Lindley's Ladies' Botany,ii. 82. — Sundew. In sphagnous bogs, gene- 

 rally distributed over tlae district, but more frequent in the west. 

 July. 



67. D. ANGLiCA. — B. In 1828, Mr. Carr "met with a few spe- 

 cimens of this somewhat rare plant, growing with D. rotundifolia, 

 between Renton-Bell and the old post-road leading to Edinburgh, 

 where he has since repeatedly sought for it in vain." Hist. Colding- 

 ham, p. 184. 



68. Parnassia palustris. OTli)tte 33uttnvaip. — This very pretty 

 flower — "omnes elegantia sua facile superans " — is common on our 

 moors, blossoming freely in autumn, the pride of moist grounds and 

 turfy bogs. It descends to the sea-coast ; and is to be found on the 

 links of Holy-Island. " Mr. William Broad observed it to grow 

 plentifully in the Castle fields of Berwicke-vpon-Tweed," Johnson in 

 Gerarde ; but from this habitat it was eradicated by draining in 1843. 

 William Broad was a member of the Society of Apothecaries of Lon- 

 don, and one of a company of botanists who twice a year, or oftener, 

 made excursions from London into the country in search of rare plants. 

 Of these excursions Thomas Johnson has given a pleasant history, at 

 least of those made in 1G29, 1632, 1634, &c. ; and lovers of the 

 Flora of Britain are indebted to Mr. Ralph for his elegant republica- 

 tion of Johnson's Tracts. Broad seems to have been one of the most 

 zealous of the band. What brought him to Berwick I have not been 

 able to discover. 



It is curious to observe the manner in which the stamens kiss the 

 pistil. " First, one of the stamens places itself across the stigma, 

 lets its pollen go, then rises up and resumes its former position. In 

 the mean time the second is already following in the same manner. 



