of Edinburgh, Session 1879-80. xix 



were we recognised Ben Doran, Ben Lui, Ben Cruaclian, and all the 

 Black Mount Forest Hills, and also a number of lochs, among them 

 Loch Tullich, Loch Awe, Loch Etive, and Loch Linnhe ; and on 

 the south Ben More and Bunion were quite at hand. After lunch 

 the party commenced their return along a diflferent ledge of rock ; 

 although not nearly so steep as those gone over in the forenoon, 

 they proved to be more productive, for here we were fortunate in 

 finding other three different localities for Woodsia hyperhorea in fine 

 strong vigorous plants. Dryas octopetala was found over all the 

 rocks in this part, and Veronica saxatilis in considerable plenty. 

 One of the party was fortunate enough to obtain a most beautiful 

 variety of Veronica saxatilis with pink petals, which I believe Mr 

 Lindsay is cultivating in the Botanic Garden, but I am not aware 

 whether it has flowered with him this summer or not. This forest 

 is well worthy of further exploration, as the extent was so great 

 that we had not time to do it justice in one day. During the 

 return walk to the carriages several fine orchids were gathered, 

 Gymnadenia alhida and Hahenaria viridis being the most important. 

 Bridge of Lochy was reached late in the evening, after a most 

 enjoyable day, and all were well appetised for dinner, which was 

 waiting our arrival, and delighted with the day's excursion. 



Monday, again, was wet, and some of the members began to dis- 

 perse by the morning train, the others broke up the meeting and 

 returned to town in the afternoon. 



I may mention that Arctostaphylos Uva-ursi was gathered 

 day during the meeting, showing its general distribution in this part 

 of the country. 



Mr Potts of Fettes Mount, showed, amongst other growing plants, 

 a Saxifrage found on a spur of the Cairn Gorm Mountains near Dal- 

 whinnie in 1877, which still retained its peculiar copper-orange 

 colour under cultivation. Mr Boyd named the plant Saxifraga 

 azoides var. aurantia of Wood's " European Tourists' Flora." It was 

 common on certain stations on the Alps, but previously unknown 

 in Britain. 



IV. Exhibition and Description of Plant Novelties cidtivated 

 at Hay Lodge, Trinity. By Isaac Andekson-Henry, 

 Esq., F.L.S., &c. 



Erarrhena Lyallii. — This plant was sent to me in seeds from my 

 correspondent in New Zealand, under the name of Exarrhena Lyallii, 

 a plant allied pretty closely to the Myosotis tribe. The seeds were 



