17^ Fir/cf Mppfiiif)li. 



described the nature of tlie trap rock, and referred to tlie other 

 formations of wliich tliis unique hill is composed. 



As rain now began to fall, the party returned to the machines, 

 and the concensus of opinion having been taken, it was agreed to 

 return to Lockerbie, and leave for Dumfries by an earlier train, 

 abandoning the intention of visiting Birrens Camp on this 

 occasion. 



Owing to the excursion having been arranged more for the 

 antiquarians and geologists than the botanists, very few plants 

 were collected. The Tway-blade, Listera ovata was very abundant 

 in tlie wood at Cowdens Quarry, and the following plants were 

 obtained at the pond near Burnswark : — Rmmnculus Flammula, 

 R. trichoplbyllus, Cardamine pretensis (late in flower), I/yperictcm 

 dubin.m, Epilohium pahcstre, Galium pahistre, Scabiosa succisa, 

 Veronica scutellata, Myosotis coUina, Fotamogeton natans, and F. 

 pusillus. 



