PROFESSOR JOHN HUTTON BALFOUR. 315 
EXCURSIONS IN 1861. 
Canal, Slateford, Water of Leith, Colinton, Woodhall. 
Saturday, 11th May 1861. 
Party of about 120 met at the Canal Basin, Port Hopetoun, 
at II a.m., and proceeded by Canal banks to Slateford, then by 
banks of Water of Leith to Colinton and by road to Woodhall ; 
returned about 5 p.m. to Edinburgh. 
Among the plants collected were the following :— 
Anemone nemorosa 
Ranunculus auricomus 
> Ficaria 
Berberis vulgaris 
Corydalis solida 
(walls near Slateford) 
Pe utea 
Barbarea vulgaris 
Arabis hirsuta 
Cardamine amara 
pratensis 
sylvatica 
Draba verna 
Viola sylvatica 
Lychnis diurna 
Stellaria Holostea 
Mcehringia trinervia 
Geranium pheum 
e molle 
Prunus communis, var. 
” 
Geum rivale 
Pyrus Aucuparia 
Saxifraga granulata 
Myrrhis odorata 
Galium Cruciata 
Valerianella olitoria 
Doronicum Pardalianches 
Primula vulgaris 
Symphytum tuberosum 
Veronica hedereefolia 
Lamium, amplexicaule 
purpureum 
» album 
Orchis mascula 
Allium ursinum 
Lilium Martagon 
Arum maculatum 
(woods near Slateford) 
Scolopendrium vulgare 
(Colinton) 
Cystopteris fragilis 
(near Woodhall) 
Bryum capillare 
Hypnum commutatum 
striatum 
ruscifolium 
cupressiforme 
rugosum 
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