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of the hill, and ere long there must be an avalanche of rocks into 
the loch. The rent has been increasing for many years. Many 
mosses and lichens, among them Oligotrichum hercynicum. 
Monday, 26th April 1869. 
Visited Bachnagairn, a shooting-lodge in Glen Esk. Examined 
the hills in neighbourhood, which were covered with large 
patches of snow. Many good mosses found, among them :— 
Bryum alpinum (in fruit) Fissidens osmundioides 
»  intermedium Grimmia canescens 
torquescens Hypnum elegans 
OPtindrodhecitin Montagnei x flagellare 
Tuesday, 27th April 1869. 
Dr. Balfour and William Bell returned to Edinburgh, which 
was reached about 6.20 p.m. I. B. Balfour remained at Clova 
for fishing. 
Penicuik, Auchendinny, Roslin. 
Saturday, 15th May 1869. 
A party of 114 met at the North British Railway Station at 
7-45 a.m. and proceeded to Penicuik. Visited Penicuik Glen, 
walked by banks of Esk to Auchendinny and Roslin, returning 
from Roslin at 3.12 p.m. Return tickets, rs. 
Among the plants collected were:— 
Anemone nemorosa | Doronicum Pardalianches 
Ranunculus auricomus | Vinca minor 
icaria | Veronica montana 
Cardamine amara Salix alba 
Stellaria nemorum » Caprea 
Prunus Avium » aquatica 
Padus Neottia Nidus-avis 
Pyras Aucuparia Lilium Martagon 
Malus Polypodium Dryopteris 
Che vudupladiien alterni- Phegopteris 
folium ities maximum 
Ribes alpinum mbrosum 
Adoxa Moschatellina Ovtheuaehiam affine 
Valeriana pyrenaica Morchella esculenta 
