258 SCOTTISH BOTANY. [NovembeT, 



The tide had not yet sufl&ciently receded for us to round the 

 promontory, and therefore we retraced our steps along its base, 

 until we had reached far enough beyond the perpendicular cliffs 

 to reach its summit, and then wended our way again to the end 

 of the headland above. The surface here produced very abun- 

 ^J dantly Reliant hemum vulgaris, in full flower, also Wild Thyme 

 I {Thymus Serpyllum) , Galium jmsillmn, Poly gala vulgaris, etc. 



Creeping along the rocky ridges to near the top of the high 

 perpendicular rocks above the sea, I found plenty of Helianthe- 

 mum canum, but just out of flower, these differing also from H. 

 vulgaris, not far off it. Spiraea Filipendula is plentiful here, and 

 Veronica spicata (large form or hybrida of Smith) is still met 

 with. On ray former visit I also saw here Crithmum maritimum 

 and Asperula cynanchica, and I doubt not we might have found 

 them again, perhaps with other attractions, had we not already 

 become considerably fatigued by the ramble and excessive heat 

 of the day. 



The fruits of the visit were left to be preserved at Flarkburgh, 

 and on the morning after their arrival at Manchester I was ac- 

 cidentally favoured by a call of my friend J. G. Baker, of Thirsk, 

 who looked them over with me, and seemed much pleased with 

 the fine specimens of the Hypochceris, and interested with the 

 two or three specimens of Hieracium pallidum, etc. I have 

 omitted above to mention that I found and gathered this time 

 one rather dwarf specimen of the Hypochceris, growing near the 

 Helianthemum canum, at the top of the promontory. 



SCOTTISH BOTANY. 



Notes of an Excursion to the Saline Hills, Kinross, Clackmannan. 

 By the Rev. Hugh Macmillan, F.B.S.E., etc. 



On this occasion our party consisted only of myself and a 

 young friend. Remembering the discomforts of traveUing in the 

 intense heat, we waited at home till sunset, when a soft, cool 

 breeze came stealing over the dewy fields and through the heated 

 atmosphere, reviving the languid spirit, and preparing it for new 

 enjoyment ; and then we set out. Quickly traversing the inter- 

 vening ground, where, especially in a field below Hillside, the 

 Plantago media occurs in profusion, we reached the base of the hill ; 



