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; ferent ridges of tlie mountains, and found in drier situations than 

 JD. incana usually inhabits. July, 



Melampyriim sylvaticum. Burn aboye Finlarig: very sparingly. Au- 

 gust. 



Dryas octopetala. Rather plentiful upon Craig Calliach. July. 

 Arbutus Uva-Ursi: usually found upon rocks and broken places in 



STibalpine situations : upoh Mael Ghyrdy it is plentiful upon the 



ground, intermixed with Vaccinium Vitis-IJa'a nnd V. Mj/riilh/s. 



May and June. 

 Chcrleria sedoides. Ben Lawers, Mael Greadha. June, July. 



Calyx one-leaved ? yet deeply divided into five segments. Stamens 



from a glandular disk : those opposite to the segments have, on 



each side of their base, a yellow gland (not '* on the inner side*') ; 



the other filaments are placed between these lateral glands, not 



at their back. 

 Arenaria verna. Mael Duncrosk : a very small distance from Craig 



Calliach; where, at nearly the same elevation, A. rubella occurs, 



and where A. verna is not fouiad. 



Filaments from a glandular disk ; those alternate with the petals 



nectarifi 



A, rubella. Mael 



on the 



east side of Craip* Calliach, at a considerable distance below the 

 summit of Ben Lawers, towards the south-west, in considerable 

 plenty : it prefers the bare declivities at the foot of projecting rocks 

 thinly covered with soil. July. 



Anthers generally quite white. Nectary very similar to that of 

 Cherkria. Styles 3, 4, or 5 ; frequently 4. Stem sometimes two- 

 flowered, mostly single-flowered. 



very 



of 



rivulets halfway up the mountain. June. 

 Spergula saginoides, Craig Calliach, Ben Lawers, &:c. not uncom- 



mon. July, August. 

 Vacdnium uUginosum. Craig Calliach, upon the rocks in wet situa- 

 tions : on Ben Lawers it is found with V. Myrtillus, halfway up 



the mountains. June. 

 Epilohium ahinifoUum. On the east side of Mael Greadha, below the 

 rocks ; not observed elsewhere : E. alpinum very common. July. 



