XXXVI PROCEEDINGS—PERTHSHIRE SC 'TY OF NATURAL SCIENCE. 
of something new. Lastly, as will be seen, , e were very unfortunate, 
on several occasions, in our experience with the -^ather. 
The first excursion was to Kinnaird Castle, cn 24th May. 
Starting from Inchture we walked to Kinnaird Castle, ^cd thence 
by Fingask. In the fields near Inchtuie Veronica Buxbaumii was 
very abundant, and Laminin hybridum also occurred. In a pla Na¬ 
tion near Ballindean Doronicum plantagineum and Myrrhis Odorata. 
and a little further on Anchusa sempervirens and Malva sylvestris , 
were found as naturalised plants. Near Kinnaird Castle a good bed 
of Fumaria pallidifiora , abundance of Mentha sylvestris , and speci¬ 
mens of Chelidonium majus , Arabis hirsuta , and an Allium (not in 
flower, but probably A . oleraceum) were seen. The great abundance 
of Primula veris was very noticeable. Near Fingask peach-coloured 
varieties of Orchis mascula and reddish-flowered forms of Primula 
veris were discovered. Cynoglossum inontanum was also gathered, 
and Chelidonium majus seen again. On the Minister’s Haugh, a 
bank a little beyond Fingask, Reseda lutea , Lepidium campesti'e , and 
Potentilla reptans occurred. The ground traversed during the day 
was comparatively well known, and, though several rare plants were 
got, nothing new was obtained. 
On the 9th of June we opened, as it were, new ground, and 
explored part of the right bank of the Tay, from Newburgh down¬ 
wards. This, though not in Perthshire, but in Fifeshire, is of course 
within the basin of the Tay. The result of our explorations, which 
were cut short by a thunderstorm, was not remarkable. At Balin- 
breich Castle, an interesting old ruin about three miles below New¬ 
burgh, we expected to find several naturalised plants, but the only 
one seen was Doronicum Pardalianches. On the shore here Hon- 
cheneja peploides occurred, and is noticeable because it does not 
appear fo grow on any part of the opposite shore of the Tay within 
the boundaries of Perthshire. There are, it is true, not many spots 
where the nature of the soil would suit, but there are a few, and its 
absence is rather curious. At Balinbreich we turned back to New¬ 
burgh, finding in several places on the road Equisetum pralense , and 
at Newburgh Station Cerastium glomeratum var. apetalum. 
On 23rd June we went to Crieff to visit Spout Barvick and the 
Falls of the Turrit. Between Crieff and the Barvick Burn several 
plants of some interest were found, as Solanum Dulcamara , Melica 
unijlora , Geranium sylvaticum (with rose-coloured flowers, and also 
with very small flowers), Trollius , and Geum intermedium. Up the 
Barvick Burn the plants chiefly noticed were Melica unijlora , in great 
abundance, Stellaria nemorum , Alchemilla alpina , Saxifraga hypno- 
ides, Sedum villosum , Habenaria albida , Pquisetum pratense, Geranium 
sylvaticum (with white flowers), Koeleria cristata , &c. Crossing thence 
to the Falls of the Turrit, where not much was got, we made our way 
to Monzievaird or Ochtertyre Loch, and thence to the banks of the 
Earn, where Runex alpinus , Carum carui , Lepidium Smithii , Szc., 
were found. The excursion was a pleasant one, but not particularly 
remunerative in the way of plants. 
On 7th July we visited Loch Voil. Starting from Kingshouse, 
we went—joined by some of the Stirling naturalists—by Balquhidder, 
