308 BOTANICAL EXCURSIONS MADE BY 
Canal, Slateford, Colinton, Bonaly, Pentlands, 
Habbie’s Howe, Currie. 
Saturday, 14th July 1860. 
Party of between 25 and 30 met at the Canal Basin, Port 
Hopetoun, at 9 a.m., and walked by banks of Canal to Slateford, 
Colinton, Bonaly, Pentlands, Compensation Ponds, and Habbie’s 
Howe, and returned towards Currie and Colinton, reaching Edin- 
burgh about 6.15 p.m. 
Among the plants collected were the following :— 
Ranunculus aquatilis 
Arabis hirsuta 
Habenaria viridis 
Potamogeton crispus 
Geranium pheeum 
es sylvaticum 
3 pratense 
Trifolium medium 
Rosa rubiginosa 
» lutetiana 
Sedum villosum 
Epilobium angustifolium 
Galium pusillum 
Valeriana pyrenaica 
Solidago Virgaurea 
Matricaria Parthenium 
Hieracium prenanthoides 
Rumex. viridis 
Empetrum nigrum 
pusillus 
Carex stellulata 
»  pilulifera 
,  binervis 
»  fulva 
Poa nemoralis 
Festuca gigantea 
=i arundinacea 
Triticum caninum 
Juniperus communis 
Cystopteris fragilis 
Polystichum aculeatum 
Lastrea Oreopteris 
Lycopodium clavatum 
Mr. C. Cowan stated that Al/osorus crispus grows on Carnethy ' 
Hill, and Rubus Chamemorus on the hills between Carnethy and 
the Black Hill. 
Callander, Ben Ledi. 
Saturday, 21st July 1860. 
Party of about 100 met at the Scottish Central Railway 
Station at 6.30 a.m. and proceeded to Callander. Breakfasted 
ere at M‘Gowan’s Inn, and then walked to Ben Ledi, and re- 
