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went to the banks of the Water of Leith, reached Balerno and 
Currie. Afterwards walked to Woodhall and thence to Edin- 
burgh, which was reached about 4 p.m. 
Picked :— 
At Dalmahoy :— 
Draba verna Viola flavicornis 
Sisymbrium Thalianum ss Futea 
Viola canina 
At Ravelrig :— 
Viola palustris |.__— Salix (several) 
At Balerno :— 
Saxifraga granulata Mercurialis perennis 
Myrrhis odorata Orchis mascula 
Anthriscus sylvestris Scilla nutans 
Asperula odorata Arum maculatum 
“Near Woodhall. Good fossils, especially Lepidodendra. 
Gorebridge, Arniston, Dalhousie. 
Saturday, 19th May 1849. 
Sixty met at the North British Railway Station at 8.15 a.m. and 
proceeded by the train to Gorebridge, thence walked to Arniston. 
_ Met Mr. Veitch, the gardener. 
On the way picked several common plants :— 
Fragaria vesca Equisetum sylvaticum 
Veronica Chamzdrys i limosum 
Equisetum arvense 
