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BOTANICAL EXCURSIONS MADE BY 
Among the plants gathered were the following :— 
Anemone nemorosa 
Ranunculus auricomus 
3 Ficaria 
Caltha palustris 
Corydalis lutea 
Sisymbrium Thalianum 
Viola sylvatica 
Geranium pheum 
Staphylea pinnata 
Prunus communis 
Malus 
Ribes Grossularia 
» rubrum 
Myrrhis odorata 
Adoxa Moschatellina 
Tussilago Farfara 
Petasites vulgaris 
Doronicum plantagineum 
inca minor 
Lamium purpureum 
3 album 
Daphne Laureola 
Carpinus Betulus 
Salix alba 
» cinerea 
» Helix 
Orchis mascula 
Allium ursinum 
Endymion nutans 
Lilium Martagon (not in 
flower) 
Arum maculatum 
Potamogeton crispus 
Carex vulgaris 
» glauca 
Polystichum aculeatum 
Equisetum arvense 
Grimmia pulvinata 
Lepraria flava 
Scyphophorus pyxidatus 
Polyporus versicolor 
Penicuik, Esk Mill, Auchindinny, Roslin. 
Saturday, 22nd May 1858. 
Party of about 90 met at the North British Railway Station 
at 9 am. and proceeded to Penicuik, thence to Valleyfield 
and visited Mr. Cowan’s paper works, thence went by banks of 
Esk to Esk Mill, Auchindinny, and Roslin, returning by 
train leaving Roslin at 5.29 p.m., and reaching Edinburgh at 
6.15 p.m. Return third-class tickets, 1s. 3d. 
Among the plants collected were the following :— 
Ranunculus auricomus Prunus Avium 
Trollius europzus »  Cerasus (between 
mine amara Powder Mill and 
Viola tricolor ; 
Oxalis Acetosella (pink) 
Staphylea pinnata (Roslin) Rubus saxatilis (Auchindinny) 
