Maxwell and family, the party returned to Dalbeattie in t-onvey- 

 ances, which liad been ordered to meet them, and arrived in 

 Dumfries shortly after eight o'clock. 



The following is a list of some of the rarer plants met with 

 during the day : — Helianthemuni vulgare, Drosera rotundifolia, 

 Areiuiria serpyUifolia, Hypericum quadrangulum, H. Immifusum, 

 Orohus tuherosus, Genista tinctm-a, I'eplis portula, Parnassia 

 palnstris, Carum verticillatnm, Ifelosciadium inundatmn, G'alium 

 palustre, (inaphalium dioictcm, G'. syhaticum, Senecio si/lvaticiis, 

 Crepis paludosa, Campanulia latifolia, Pyrola media, Veronica 

 scutelluta, Calamintim Clinopodium, Anagallis toiella, Triglochin 

 paliuttrin, Gyimmdenia Conopsen (pink and wliite varieties), 

 Habenaria inridis, If. hifofin, If. chlorantha, Nnrthecinm ossi- 

 fraguin, Carex fava, C. hivervix, C. Sfdhdata, Briza media, and 

 Selayiiiella Selaginoiden. 



Brig House Bay and Borgue. — \M August, 1885. 



The fifth Field Meeting was held on the above date, and, like 

 the preceding ones, the excursion was again favoured with fine 

 weather. Starting from Dumfries by the morning train for Tarff 

 Station, where tiiey were met on arrival by Mr Coles and some 

 Kirkcudbright members ; tlie party proceeded thence in waggon- 

 ettes through the fertile parishes of Twynhojm and Borgue to the 

 Bay, noticing as they passed an old Roman fort on tlic farm of 

 Boreland of Borgue. This part of the shore was visited on a 

 former occasion by the Society, when the Bone Cave of Borness 

 was then explored. Now the party were contented to botanise 

 along the heights and the clitts ; and tlie few wlio had not 

 explored the cave on the former x\&\t, did not feel inclined to 

 undertake the dangerous task of doing so on this occasion. After 

 spending several hours in this way tliey re-assembled at the farm 

 house of Southpark, where tiiey were entertained to luncheon by 

 Mr and Mrs Coles. Along the sandy margin of tiie bay were 

 found Linum perenne, Erynglum maritimum, Erodiuni cicufarium, 

 Sulsola Kali, SaUcc/rma herhacea, and Cakile mariiima. Near the Bor- 

 ness Cave the small broad-leaved Centaury, Erythro'a centaurium, 

 var. capituta was found. The rest-harrow, Ononis ai-vensis (red and 



