PROFESSOR JOHN HUTTON BALFOUR. 103 
EXCURSIONS IN 1850. 
Kirkcaldy, Seafield Tower, Kinghorn, Pettycur, Burntisland. 
Saturday, 18th May 1850. 
Party of nearly 80 met at Railway Station at 9.45 and pro- 
ceeded to Granton and Kirkcaldy. Visited Ravenscraig Castle 
and gathered :— 
Ranunculus Ficaria Ribes rubrum 
Berberis vulgaris Smyrnium Olusatrum 
Cheiranthus Cheiri | Armeria maritima 
Cochlearia officinalis _. Primula vulgaris 
Silene maritima Verbascum Thapsus 
Pyrus Malus | Nepeta Glechoma 
Ribes Grossularia Asplenium marinum 
Walked through Kirkcaldy to Seafield tower, gathering :— 
Viola pusilla } Taraxacum lzvigatum 
On the tower :-— 
Linaria Cymbalaria | 
On the shore numerous sea weeds. 
Proceeded to Kinghorn, Pettycur, and Burntisland, gathering:— 
Caltha palustris Fragaria vesca 
Cardamine pratensis Primula veris 
so hirsuta Borago officinalis (near King- 
Capsella Bursa-pastoris horn) 
Lepidium campestre Salvia Verbenaca 
Geranium molle | Orchis mascula 
Erodium cicutarium Botrychium Lunaria 
Returned by boat at 5.50 p.m. 
Gorebridge, Arniston. 
Saturday, 25th May 1850. 
Very wet day, rain and mist all day. Party of 20 met at 
North British Railway Station and went by train to Gorebridge 
