328 Mr. Murray on the Natural History of Denholm. 



Vale ; Spircsa salicifolia, below the cottage ; Gagea lutea 

 across the burn above the cottage, where Circcea lutetiana 

 is abundant. Epipactis latifolia is rather common near 

 the foot of the dean, where Orchis mascula will be at 

 present (May) in full bloom. Various forms of the prickly 

 ferns Aspidium aculeatum and lohatum are abundant ; Scolo- 

 pendrium officinale, rare in such an inland district, is also 

 found on the moist banks. Euonymus Europoeus overhangs 

 the burn in several places, while at every step more common 

 but not less beautiful denizens of the woods will meet the 

 view. Denholm dean is at its loveliest in the end of May 

 and beginning of June : then the Forget-me-not literally 

 borders the walks for miles, the Woodruff peeps from behind 

 the decaying trunk, the Primrose still lingers in the shade, 

 and the Red Campion blushes on the bank, while overhead 

 the Wild Cherry, Hagberry, Rowan, Laburnum, and Haw- 

 thorn at once delight the eye and scent the breeze. Emerg- 

 ing from the Dean-head and ascending Ruberslaw, whose 

 truly Alpine aspect cannot fail to strike the eye, various ferns 

 are met with, among which Botrychium Lunaria claims 

 notice. Trailing among the heather two Lycopods, L. clavatum 

 and L. alpinum, the latter confined to the eastern side of the 

 hill toward Wells, will be found ; two smaller species, L. 

 Selago and L. selaginoides occur where the soil is more 

 peaty. In the wetter parts Drosera rotundifolia and Narthe- 

 cium ossifragum share the empire with Eriophorum and 

 several species of Carex. Polypodium Dryopteris, Aspidium 

 recurvum,cnidi Cystopferis fragilis grow among the rocks of 

 the summit. The beautiful little Gentiana Amarella occurs 

 among fine short grass near the base, and Listera cordata 

 among the heath near the plantation midway up the hill 

 above the quarries. 



Several interesting aquatic plants of the genera Carex, 

 Typha, and Sparganium occur near the banks of the Teviot 

 at the cauld, and about the marshes below the Haugh farm. 

 Near the river side here, also used to occur Euphorbia esula, 

 but now I fear destroyed by an inroad of the Teviot. From 

 this locality it was taken by the late Andrew Scott, a native 

 botanist, and introduced between Melrose and Darnick where 

 it is now abundant by the wayside. Tragopogon minor 

 occurs about the mouth of the Manse burn, but is singularly 

 capricious in its distribution. Higher up the same burn, 

 near Hassendean, commences the area of Silauspratensis, and 

 Sanguisorha officinalis, which extend all over the elevated 



