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Lonsdale. It is popularly known as " Black Bryony," a 

 plant not found in Scotland. Another well-marked 

 characteristic of the locality was the large amount of 

 Campanula latifolia, Linn., and Campitla Trachel,iu7n, Linn., 

 the latter being much the more common plant, growing 

 to a great size, and the flowers varying in colour from 

 pure white to a deep blue — some of them were purple. 



Saturday, 5 th August. — The meetings of the Club for 

 this excursion came to an end, and the railway companies 

 provided a fine saloon carriage to bring the members to 

 Edinburgh, and thus ended a most pleasant and a not 

 unproductive excursion. 



The Scottish Alpine Botanical Club was founded in 

 1870, and during tlie thirty years of its existence, with 

 the exception of 1871 (the year of the meeting of the 

 British Association in Edinburgh), the Club has made 

 annual excursions in July or August, and, in addition, 

 once in October and twice in April, With four excep- 

 tions all the excursions have been to the Scottish 

 Highlands, the exceptions being — Teesdale, in 1884; 

 Norway, in .1887; Connemara, in 1890; and Kirkby- 

 Lonsdale, in 1899. 



These annual excursions have afforded much happiness 

 and pleasant intercourse to the members of the Club, and, 

 in addition, have contributed not a little to our knowledge 

 of the flora of Scotland and other countries. 



Among the most nota])le discoveries mad(i by the Club 

 during these excursions may be mentioned the discovery 

 of Gentidna nivalis, Linn., in Chamacreag, by Professor 

 Bay ley Balfour, on 3rd October 1879 ; the discovery of 

 Carex frigida, Allioni (a plant new to tlie I'ritish Isles), 

 in Corrie Ceann-mor, and of Salix Sadlcri, Syme (a plant 

 new to science), both plants being discovered in the same 

 corrie by the late John Sadler on 7th August 1874. On 

 .'>lst July 1880, tlie Club discovered a new station for 

 Thlaspi alpestre, Linn., in Glen Taitneach, near Spittal of 

 Glenshec. It was during the excursion of the Club to 

 Braemar in 188o that Mr. Boyd gathered tliat remarkable 

 Saf/ina which Ijears his name. On 4th August 1885, 

 I gathered on Beinn Laoigh three plants of Aspidium 

 Lonchilis, Sw., with every frond crc^sted ; and from the 



