212 BOTANICAL EXCURSIONS MADE BY 
About 10 a.m. some of the party visited the Macnab Burying 
Ground and saw the peculiar fir in which a branch from 
another tree has fallen into a cleft and become grafted; the 
branch now hangs down from the plant to which it is attached. 
Some of the party then walked along the south side of Loch 
Tay and gathered numerous ferns in a fine state :-— 
Asplenium viride Polypodium Dryopteris 
s Trichomanes - Phegopteris 
(very large) 
Proceeded about six miles along the shore to a ferry, there 
crossed the loch, landing between one and two miles west of 
Lawers Inn. Returned by the road to Killin, visiting the upper 
part of Loch Tay and gathering :-— 
Arctium majus Carex vesicaria 
Calamintha Clinopodium Parmelia caperata 
Salix phylicifolia 
Mr. Nichol attempted the ascent of Meal Ghaordie, but failed 
on account of the mist. Mr. Macmillan left for Aberfeldy by 
coach. 
Wednesday, 8th August 1855. 
The morning was doubtful, mist hung over the hills, and there 
was a calm in the air. The wind, however, ultimately assumed 
a north-westerly direction, and part of the mist was cleared 
away, but the higher summits were covered all day. Captain 
Terrot, Mr. Rattray, and Mr. Singer left for the South. There 
remained, therefore, 16 of our party, of whom 13 went to 
Meal Ghaordie, while three remained fishing in the Dochart, and 
caught two dozen trout. The botanical party started about 
7.30 a.m. and walked along the banks of the Lochay. At 
Lochay Inn met Mr. George Mann, who had been successful in 
getting Cystopteris montana on Chorrach Uachdar. Walked about 
three miles up the Lochay to a farm, near which was seen some 
common metamorphic limestone with mica slate alternating 
with it. At the lower part of the hill picked :-— 
Corydalis claviculata Malaxis paludosa 
Drosera anglica Gymnadenia albida 
Meum athamanticum 
