THE PHYTOLOGIST. 



No. XIX. 



DECEMBER, MDCCCXLII. 



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Art. XCIX. — Notes on Botanical Excursions from Glasgow during 

 the past Summer. By J. H. Balfour, M.D., Regius Professor 

 of Botany in the University of Glasgow. 



During last summer I made botanical excursions every week with 

 my pupils, and the results of some of these will, I hope, not be unin- 

 teresting to the readers of ' The Phytologist.' 



My first trip was to Bowling, a small village on the banks of the 

 Clyde, about ten miles west of Glasgow. The vegetation of the trap 

 rocks in the neighbourhood is very luxuriant, but no plants of parti- 

 cular interest were gathered, except Glyphomitrion Daviesii. Our 

 visit to Campsie Glen was more productive. Here my pupil Mr. 

 Macleod picked Equisetum Drummondii, — the first time it had been 

 seen in the neighbourhood of Glasgow. I have no doubt that this 

 plant is abundant in many woods, and has often been mistaken for E. 

 arvense. I picked it in profusion afterwards near the Falls of Clyde. 

 Among other plants met with in or near the Glen I may notice Geum 

 intermedium, a plant which is common in all the woods in this neigh- 

 bourhood, Viola lutea. Campanula latifolia. Geranium lucidum, Car- 

 damine amara, Stellaria nemorum, Lysimachia thyrsiflora, Polypodium 

 Phegopteris, Vaccinium Oxycoccos and Buxbaumia aphylla. Carex 

 pauciflora was also seen in marshy ground near Strathblane, at a much 

 lower level than usual. 



The wooded banks of the Clyde at Hamilton and Cadzow furnish 

 an amjDle supply of plants for the student of Botany. Here we found 

 Carex pendula, sylvatica and pallescens, Cardamine amara and Stel- 

 laria nemorum in great luxuriance. Veronica montana, Epipactis 

 latifolia. Arum raaculatum, Doronicum Pardalianches, Trollius euro- 

 paeus, Ornithogalum umbellatum, Euonymus europaeus. Viburnum 

 Opulus, Ribes alpinum, Ophioglossum vulgatum and Scolopendrium 

 vulgare. Near Bothwell Castle and Blantyre Priory we saw Carex 

 reniota, Aquilegia vulgaris, Berberis vulgaris, Galium boreale. Gera- 

 nium phaeum and Allium vineale. On the banks of the Clyde some 

 alpine plants occur at an elevation considerably below that at which 



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