386 BOTANICAL EXCURSIONS MADE BY 
Friday, 4th August 1865. 
At 8 a.m. the party started for Canlochan, carrying with them 
knapsacks and some provisions, with the intention of remaining 
at Canlochan during the night. They were compelled to do 
this on account of not being able to procure a man at. Clova to 
take baggage and provisions over to Canlochan. The day 
being warm and sunny the progress of the party was much 
impeded by the load which they had to carry. 
The party first went by cart to Acharn, thence they went to 
the Ma/axzis station and gathered the plant; next they went to 
Glen Fee, and picked Oxytropis campestris, Arctostaphylos Uva- 
urst, Galium pustllum, and many alpine plants. 
Went to the upper end of Glen Fee, and thus crossed by the 
table-land to Canness. Descended into the glen, and reached the 
sheiling at the foot of Canlochan. There was no one init. The 
party deposited their baggage, along with tea, sugar, and butter, 
and then proceeded to botanise in Canlochan Glen. Went 
round the glen and examined specially the rocks at the upper 
part marked by the streaks of quartz. Among the plants gathered 
were Carex vaginata, Juncus castaneus, and Mulgedium alpinum 
in two places ; in one there were seventy-seven specimens in full 
flower ; in the other only one in flower. 
Among other plants seen may be noticed :— 
Dryas octopetala Gentiana campestris (alpine 
Potentilla alpestris form) 
Sibbaldia procumbens Veronica humifusa 
Saxifraga nivalis i alpina 
Erigeron alpinus i saxatilis 
Gentiana nivalis Juncus triglumis 
Carex atrata 
Returned to the sheiling about 8 p.m. Lighted a camp fire 
and cooked our evening meal. The night was cold, and the fire 
had to be kept up all night. 
Saturday, 5th August 1865. 
Rose at 5, made breakfast, and at 7 ‘started for the rock of 
Canness. Several alpine plants were gathered, such as 
