104 Note on Cists at Sunlaws, by Dr. F. Douglas. 



[Dr. Stuart has furnished a list 

 Hill Moor, of which the following 



Anemone nemorosa. 

 Corydalis claviculata. 

 Viola palustris. 

 Hypericum quadrangulum. 



„ peiforatum. 



Vicia lathyroides. 

 Trollius Europaeus, in great 



abundance. 

 Senecio sylvatica. 

 Pyrola minor. 



Myosotis palustris. 

 „ repens. 

 „ esespitosa. 



of plants found on Edington 

 are the more select : — 



Veronica anagallis. 



Orchis latifolia, var. carnosa, in 



bogs. 

 Habenaria cblorantha. 

 Epipactis latifolia (Mains road). 

 Equisetum sylvaticum. 

 Lastrsea spinulosa.^ 

 Polypodium Dryopteris. 

 Hydrocotyle vulgaris. 

 Pinguicula vulgaris. 

 Comarum pahiBtre. 

 Gnaphalium dioicum. 

 Athyrium filix-foemina, var. 



Sudetica] 



Note of Cists at Sunlaws. By Francis Douglas, M.D. 



On the 7th of January, 1873, a deep furrow by a plough in 

 a field to the north of the Home Farm of Sunlaws, revealed 

 the existence of -an ancient cist. It was at once carefully 

 explored by the farm-steward, Mr. Wilson, and found to 

 contain a few human bones. These, on the 9th, I saw after 

 their removal from the cist, and they consisted of portions 

 of a skull, chiefly of the occiput and parietal bones (the 

 sutures not ossified) ; a portion of the lower maxilla, with 

 several teeth attached ; and portions of long bones. There 

 was no urn. The cist was discovered at the summit of a 

 knoll, having a declivity to the north, and about 300 or 400 

 yards from the river Teviot. In the immediate neighbour- 

 hood are caves in the sandstone rock overhanging the river. 

 The cist No. 1 on the diagram was 2| feet in length by 18 

 inches in width, and about 14 inches in depth. The stones 

 were rude slabs of red sandstone varying from one to four 

 inches in thickness, the largest two feet in length by four- 

 teen inches in width ; there was no covering stone nor any 

 sole ; the cist was filled with earth and sand correspond- 

 ing to the subsoil, and its upper edge was not more than 

 eight inches from the surface. The longitudinal direction of 

 the cist was nearly north and south, and it was at the 

 northern end that the cranial bones were found. At the 



