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they usually grow. Thus, near the Falls of Corra Lin there is consi- 

 derable profusion of Saxifraga oppositifolia and Asplenium viride, — 

 alpine ])lants, which, however, are not found on the mountains in the 

 vicinity. 



The facilities afforded by railway and steam enabled us to visit 

 many interesting localities at a considerable distance from Glasgow. 

 One of these was the island of Bute, famous for the mildness of its 

 climate. We proceeded along the shore from Rothesay towards 

 Mount-Stuart, and returned by a road across the island. In the 

 course of our walk we gathered Cotyledon Umbilicus in great abun- 

 dance, Anagallis tenella, Saxifraga aizoides, Pinguicula lusitanica, 

 Alisma ranunculoides, Sinapis monensis, Veronica scutellata, Anthyl- 

 lis Vulneraria, Alsine peploides, Scirpus pauciflorus, Carex panicula- 

 ta, Poa maritima, Osmvmda regalis and Scolopendrium vulgare. 



Our next excursion was made in the neighbourhood of Ratho, a vil- 

 lage about ten miles west from Edinburgh. We examined chiefly 

 Ravelrig Bog and Dalmahoy Hills. In the woods at Dalmahoy we 

 picked Cephalanthera ensifolia, Pyrola minor and Listera ovata ; and 

 on Dalmahoy Hill, Saxifraga hypnoides, Viola lutea, Trientalis euro- 

 pa3a and Epilobium angustifohum. In Ravelrig Bog and the woods 

 near it, we saw Corallorhiza innata, Listera cordata, Potamogeton 

 oblongus and Linnaea borealis. Before returning to Glasgow we paid 

 a visit to Linlithgow, and in the loch near the palace we found pro- 

 fusion of Ceratophyllum submersum ? Potamogeton crispus and pu- 

 sillus. Nasturtium terrestre and Poa aquatica. 



The kindness of my friend John Smith Esq. LL.D., enabled us on 

 another occasion to visit the romantic glens in the neighbourhood of 

 his residence at Crutherland, about eleven miles south-east from Glas- 

 gow. On the wooded banks we met with Carex stricta in considera- 

 ble quantity, Carex sylvatica and remota, Epilobium angustifolium, 

 Milium effusum, Impatiens Noli-me-tangere, Cistopteris fragilis, Po- 

 lypodium Dryopteris and Phegopteris. On the moors in the neigh- 

 bourhood grow Drosera anglica, Vaccinium Oxycoccos, Veronica 

 scutellata, Callitriche platycarpa, Rhynchospora alba, Lycopodium 

 Selago and Splachnum mnioides. Near Langlands I gathered Peu- 

 cedanum Ostruthium* and Lamium maculatum, var. ft. laivigatum. 



The Island of Arran is interesting in a botanical as well as a geolo- 

 gical point of view, and the facilities afforded by the Ayr railway and 



* This plant was also picked subsequently near Kilwinning in Ayrshire, by nay pu- 

 pil Mr. James C. Murray. 



