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express at 3.20, reached Edinburgh at a quarter-past seven in the 
evening. 
Plants growing about Dollar. 
‘Notice of Plants found in the Neighbourhood of Dollar, in the 
Autumn of 1853 ;? by Dr. Balfour. 
Dr. Balfour stated that, having spent some time at Dollar last 
autumn, he had taken the opportunity of noticing some of the plants 
which grow in its vicinity, and now recorded a few of the more impor- 
tant species. In making up the list of the Flora, he was assisted by 
Mr. Westwood, of the Dollar Academy, who is well acquainted with 
the Flora, and who gave him a list of the plants found in the earlier 
summer months. In the immediate vicinity of Dollar, there grows a 
rare and characteristic plant, Rumex alpinus. It occurs on the banks 
of the Dollar water, and by the roadside near the Rumbling Bridge 
and Muckart. Equisetum umbrosum abounds on the banks of the 
Devon, near Cauldron Linn; and is likewise found near Castle 
Campbell, on the Doilar water, where, also, occur Rubus saxatilis, 
twelve ferns (including Hymenophyllum Wilsoni and Cystopteris fra- 
gilis), Festuca sylvatica, Poa nemoralis, &c. On the Ochills the fol- 
lowing plants occur:— Saxifraga stellaris, S. hypnoides, Juncus 
triglumis, Epilobium alpinum, E. alsinifolium, Sedum villosum, Hie- 
racium prenanthoides, Lycopodium alpinum, L. Selago, L. sela- 
ginoides, and L. clavatum. Near the summit of Ben Cleugh, Gna- 
phalium supinum and Salix herbacea were found; and at the Cauldron 
Linn, Carex pendula and C. remota. The following were noticed by 
Mr. Westwood :—Arenaria rubra, near Dollar ; Ornithopus perpusil- 
lus, at Castle Campbell ; Paris quadrifolia, Blairhill woods ; Trienta- 
lis europea, Vicars Bridge and Ben Cleugh ; Lathrea squamaria and 
Neottia Nidus-avis, Castle Campbell ; Meum Athamanticum. 
Part 3 of Dr. Lindsay’s paper, intituled ‘ Notes of a Tour on the 
Hartz Mountains, was read. 
A paper by Dr. James B. Balfour, of Kilsyth, ‘ On the Physiologi- 
cal and Therapeutical Actions of Cannabis indica,’ was also read. 
The following gentlemen were elected Ordinary Fellows :—John 
Forrest Dewar, Esq., 52, Great King Street ; Henry Marshall, Esq., 
Edinburgh. 
