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adjacent hills, owing to the mist settling down on the tops and 
obscuring the view. Having arranged to re-assemble at 4.30 at 
the house, the members scattered, each on his different pursuit ; 
and when they re-assembled the botanists seemed pleased with 
their finds, but it was not a favourable day for the entomologists. 
The following plants were found:—Ranunewlus hederaceus, 
R. Flammula, R. Drouetii, Chelidoniwum majus, Cardamine 
sylvatica, Cochlearia officinalis, Draba verna, Viola palustris (yet 
in flower), Polygala vulgaris, Hypericum pulchrum, and H. tetrap- 
terum (not yet in flower), Ornithopus perpusillus, Vicia hirsuta, 
V. angustifolia, Orobus tuberosus. One or two shrubs of the 
Bullace—Prunus insititia (rare)—were noticed, and some fine 
trees of the horn-beam—Carpinus Betulus ; Sedwm anglicwm, 
Hydrocotyle vulgaris, Cicuta.virosa, Carum verticillatum, Coniwm 
maculatum, Chlora perfoliata, Menyanthes trifoliata (abundant), 
Scrophularia nodosa, Linaria Cymbalaria, Myosotis palustris, M. 
Collina, M. versicolor, Glaux maritima, Statice limonium (rare), 
Luzula pilosa, L. Sylvatica, Blysmus rufus, Carex dioica, C. 
vulgaris, C. glauca, C. pallescens, C. panicea, C. ampullacea, C. 
arenaria, and the Star of Bethlehem—Ornithogalwm wmbellatum. 
The sealy fern (Ceterach officinarum) is yet firmly established on 
Orchardton Old Tower, and several plants of the hart’s tongue 
were observed growing between the stones, which is rather an 
unusual situation. Neither of these ferns were interfered with 
by the party, and we trust visitors to this old tower will in future 
also respect them, as they are now very rarely met with in the 
South of Scotland. The variety Borreri of Nephrodiwm Filix-mas 
was met with in abundance, and the Moonwort (Botrychiwm 
Lunaria) was observed in all the old pasture fields. 
Morrat anp Betp Craic.—2nd July, 1887. 
The Third Meeting of the Session was held as a joint excursion 
with the Scottish Natural History Club (Edinburgh) in the 
neighbourhood of Moffat. Owing to the inconvenient train 
service, the two Societies had little time together on this occasion. 
Some of the Dumfries members arrived in Moffat by the morning 
train, and were met there by Mr Dairon, and Mr Johnstone the 
secretary of the Moffat Naturalists’ Club. As the Edinburgh 
Society was not timed to arrive in Moffat until one o’clock, this 
