230 BOTANICAL EXCURSIONS MADE BY 
fern, and Messrs. Hope, Maingay, and Fraser examined the 
Loch Skene rocks very carefully. They had previously searched 
for the fern unsuccessfully in the Beef Tub. Most of the party 
examined the rocks on White Coombe, which is said to be the 
highest hill in the south of Scotland. 
On the rocks were found :— 
Thalictrum alpinum Salix Lapponum 
Saxifraga stellaris » Myrsinites 
Sedum Rhodiola : », herbacea 
Epilobium angustifolium Carex rigida 
alpinum » pilulifera 
Seunkcris alpina Allosorus crispus 
Oxyria reniformis 
Ascended to the summit of the hill and had a splendid view 
all round, particularly in the direction of the Cumberland hills 
and the Solway. 
After this our guide left us, and we proceeded under the 
direction of Messrs. Carruthers (natives of Moffat) along the top 
of the hill towards Hartfell, lunching on the side of a stream 
between White Coombe and Hartfell. The road was. very 
fatiguing. Reached summit of Hartfell, and had again a 
splendid view. From this we descended by the Well Burn to 
the Mineral Well, and thence to Moffat, which was reached 
about 5 p.m. Some descended by a glen to the road, and 
Mr. Macfarlan got Woodsia ilvensis. After a cold collation we 
proceeded to Beattock and met the express train at 6.43, by 
which we returned to Edinburgh about 8.30 p.m. 
The following are some of the more interesting plants 
gathered by the party :— 
Ranunculus acris Saxifraga oppositifolia 
Trollius europeus (Dobb’s Linn) 
Cardamine pratensis bs stellaris 
Cochlearia officinalis eas Linn) 
Geranium sylvaticum ” hypnoide 
(Dobb's Linn) 
Sedum Rhodiola 
Rubus saxatilis »,  Villosum (Dobb’s 
» Chamemorus Linn) 
Vicia sylvatica (Grey 
Mare’s Tail) 
