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moist A. geniculatus ; and variegated with fine beds of Lotus 

 corniculatus and the Rock Rose ( Cistus helianthemum), and 

 particularly bright dark blue patches of Milkwort {Poly gala 

 vulgaris) longer and broader, both in leaf and branch, than 

 usual. Here grew also Vicia sepium, a white variety, a tuft 

 only, and a sprinkling of Pimpinella saxifraga. This dry 

 bank also suited the Teucrium scorodonia, which Mr Wood 

 said used to be called "Tea" at Earlston, where it was 

 dried, and a decoction of the plant was drunk. 



Leaving the loch a course was taken across the rising 

 ground on the north side. Since I visited it, it had been 

 attempted to be cultivated. It is a series of undulating, 

 rocky, rib-like projections, with flatter, deeper, soiled strips 

 intervening, which were sown with a thin crop of Ryegrass 

 and Cocksfoot — a poor substitute for the close coating of 

 nature grasses and leguminous lierbage extirpated. 



Several fragments of the original Flora, however, still 

 maintain their position; and here one can still pick up a 

 sprig of the Purple Bell Heather {Erica cinerea) on the wider 

 and more rocky spaces, accompanied by the Rock Cistus, 

 Lotus eorniculatus, Pimpinella saxifraga, Earth Nut, Hypericum 

 pulchrum, Crepis virens, Uypovhoeris radicata, Wild Red Clover 

 {Trifolium pratense), Filago minima, Plantago maritima, Cowslip 

 here and there, Linum cathariicum, Wild Strawberry, Wild 

 Thvme, Lathyrus macrorrhizus, Anthyllus vulneraria, Uieracium 

 pilosella, and Galium verum with scarlet galls of its Gall 

 Midge {Cecidomyia.) There also remained a sprinkling of the 

 Gymnadenia eonopsea, with some of the flowers white. It was 

 nearly out of bloom in this arid spot ; but in a more 

 suitable soil, in the morning, was making a great show on 

 the moor near North Fallowkiiowe. Ilabenaria viridis ought 

 also to have appeared here ; and II. chlorantha should be 

 looked for somewhere nearer the loch. Very fine spikes of 

 Orchis latifolia decorated the margins of the Uily Strynde ; 

 and a large white-flowered Verastium triviale, perhaps var. 

 alpinum, was found in a grown up ditch ; Senecio sylvatica 

 and also Foxglove by the dry side of the loch on returning. 

 Anagallis arvensis was noticed in the fields ; it is common 

 all along this coast. Butterflies were frequent, and, although 

 not of the rarest kinds, were characteristic ; such were 

 Hipparchia Semele (Grreyling), Cenonympha Pamphila (Small 



