194 BOTANICAL EXCURSIONS MADE BY 
Some of the plants gathered were :— 
Ranunculus aquatilis Anchusa sempervirens 
Ficaria Myosotis sylvatica 
Caltha palustris FS arvensis 
Viola palustris (not in flower) Lathrzea Squamaria 
» tricolor Lamium amplexicaule 
arvensis Salix Caprea 
Gxatts Acetosella (with pink Empetrum nigrum 
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Genista anglica 
Lathyrus macrorrhizus 
Fragaria vesca 
Potentilla Fragariastrum 
Phalaris arundinacea 
Melica nutans 
Juniperus communis 
Equisetum arvense 
; on + sylvaticum 
Chrysosplenium ss ne 
: STeent ae vulgaris 
folium ” flexilis 
Adoxa Moschatellina Polytrichum commune 
Doronicum plantagineum Dicranum heteromallum 
(scarcely in flower) Didymodon purpureum 
Pyrola media (not in flower) Bryum hornum 
~ Primula vulgaris Hypnum cuspidatum 
eris Stereocaulon paschale 
Fraxinus excelsior Evernia prunastri 
Mid-Calder, Meadowbank, Dalmahoy Bis, Ravelrig, 
Balerno, Currie, Woodhall. 
Saturday, 26th May 1855. 
Party of 75 met at the Caledonian Railway Station, Lothian 
Road, at 8.30 a.m., and proceeded to Mid-Calder, thence walked 
to Meadowbank, Dalmahoy Hills, Ravelrig, Water of Leith, 
Balerno, Currie, and Woodhall. Returned from Currie by the 
train passing that place at 5.26 pm. Return tickets, $d. 
Vegetation was found to be far behind. 
