MB BAIRD ON THE "FAIRY STONES." 73 



Bot. Arrang. iv. 329. On the decaying roots of trees at the Hirsel, • 



Miss Hunter and Miss E. Bell. 

 Mertjlius lachnjmans, Grev. Fl. JEdin. 397. On much decayed fir sticks 



from the Hirsel Woods, Miss Hunter and Miss E. Bell. 

 Peziza hemisphcerica, Bot. Gall. ii. 744. P. hispida, With. Bot. Arrang. 



iv. 354. Anton's-hill Woods, Miss Hunter. 

 Peziza sarcoides, Grev. Fl. Edin. 423. Hirsel Woods, Miss E. BeU and 



Miss Hunter. 

 PoLYPORUs hetulinus, Grev. Fl. Edin. 400. On the trunk of a decaying 



birch tree near Anton's-hiU, Miss Hunter. 



2. Additional Habitats. 



Hieracium Prenantlmdes. Banks of the Dye at Longformacus ; Pease 



Bridge Dean, Mr Thomas Brown. 

 Hieracium umhellatum. Near Woodend, in the parish of Langton, Mr 



Thomas Brown. 

 Pteris crispa. On the Black-hill at Earlston, plentiful. 

 Agaricus Jiahelliformis, A. ficoides, With. Bot. Arrang. iv. 303. On 



decaying sticks at the Hirsel, Miss E. Bell and Miss Hunter. 

 Helyella mitra. Anton's-hill and the Hirsel Woods, not uncommon, 



Miss Hunter and Miss E. Bell. 

 Peziza macropus. Hirsel Woods, Miss E. Bell and Miss Hunter. 

 Peziza ochroleuca. Hirsel Woods, Miss BeU and Miss Hunter. 

 Peziza umbrina. Anton's-hill woods, common, Miss Hunter, 

 PoLYPORUs variiis. On decayed sticks from the Hirsel Woods, plentiful. 



Miss Hunter and Miss E. Bell. 



3. Erratum. 

 For E.HAMNUS cathaeticus, page 56, read Hippophae rhamnoides. 



Remarks on the Mode of Formation of certain curiously shaped Stones, 

 found in the led of a small stream near Melrose, and popularly 

 hnoivn in the neighhourhood hy the name of the ^^ Fairy Stones.''^ By 

 the Eev. A. Baird. 



Those of us who remember with anything like correctness some of 

 the earlier of those interesting productions known throughout the 

 civilized world by the title of "The Waverley Novels," will have little 

 difficulty probably in recalling to their recollection the scenery of 

 " The Monastery." They will recollect the beautiful descriptions 

 which there occur of "St Mary's ruined pile," — of the smiling scenery 

 of fair Tweedside, — of the ancient castle of the Glendinnings, — of the 

 pool in the river where the poor Sacristan was so uncivilly and unmer- 



