PROFESSOR JOHN HUTTON BALFOUR. 115 
And all the ordinary alpine plants, as :-— 
Thalictrum alpinum Saxifraga stellaris 
Alchemilla alpina | 
Saxifraga oppositifolia a 
= nivalis 
a aizoides 
hypnoides 
Returned to inn at Clova at 8 p.m. after 13 hours’ hard walking. 
Saturday, 20th July 1850. 
Rose at 5 a.m., and about 5.30 started with a party of six for 
Loch Brandy. Thick mist, difficulty in finding loch. 
Gathered :— 
Lobelia Dortmanna | Isoétes lacustris 
Sparganium natans 
On rocks near loch :— 
Cerastium alpinum Hieracium alpinum 
Sibbaldia procumbens | Vaccinium Vitis-Idzea 
Gnaphalium supinum 
Returned to the inn about 9.30 a.m., and after bathe had 
breakfast. 
Picked by the Esk :— 
Carduus heterophyllus Rumex aquaticus 
Hieracium umbellatum Carex aquatilis 
Some of the party breakfasted early and walked on, the rest 
went by cars to Dykehead, when those who had walked entered 
the carriages. 
On the way picked :— 
Ligustrum vulgare | Lysimachia vulgaris 
From Dykehead walked to Forfar, gathering :— 
Rubus suberectus Habenaria chlorantha 
Trientalis europzea 
On old house at Forfar were allowed to pick Sedum album. 
Dined at Thomson’s Inn at 4p.m. Dinner, ts. 6d. each, Joined 
train at 5.15 and reached Edinburgh at 9.45 p.m, 
