PROFESSOR JOHN HUTTON BALFOUR. 437 
EXCURSIONS IN 18609. 
Clova. 
Thursday, 22nd April 1869. 
A party, consisting of J. H. Balfour, I. B. Balfour, and William 
Bell, proceeded at 6.30 a.m. for Kirriemuir, by Scottish Central 
Railway. From Kirriemuir they went by dogcart to the Ogilvy 
Arms, Clova, kept by Mr. James Alexander, which was reached 
about 2.15 pm. At Kirriemuir they parted with Messrs. Stor- 
month Darling, J. Hunt, and G. Brown, who went to Lednaltrie. 
After dinner, party went to Loch Brandy and examined the 
rocks in the vicinity, gathering on the way Eriophorum vaginatum, 
Luzula campestris, Tussilago Farfara, Lycopodia, and many good 
mosses. 
Friday, 23rd April 1869. 
Visited Robert Welsh at Acharn, and then went to Glen Fee, 
passing round the top of the glen to its eastern side. Among 
the plants gathered were :— 
Caltha minor Hypnum molle 
Oxytropis campestris »  fluitans 
Saxifraga oppositifolia (many varieties) 
Tussilago Farfara és revolvens 
aduncum 
Arctostaphylos Uva-ursi mi 
Mnium subglobosum 
Pyrola media 
Eriophorum vaginatum (fine fruit) 
polystachyon ,,  cinclidioides 
Woodsia hyperborea (barren) 
Bryum Duvalii (barren) Splachnum sphzricum 
Encalypta rhabdocarpa Trichostomum glaucum 
Fontinalis squarrosa 
(in fruit) 
Saturday, 24th April 1869. 
Visited Loch Wharral, Loch Brandy, and the corrie near it. 
The rocks at Loch Wharral dry and not disintegrating. Few 
plants found. Abundance of Saxifraga oppositifolia in fine 
flower. Azalea procumbens on tops of mountains. Visited 
landslip at Loch Brandy, There is a large rent at the summit 
