THE HIGH ALPINE FLORA OF BRITAIN 35 



Lawers (" Fl. Perthsh." 342). Up to the summit of Carn Tual 

 ("Cyb. Hib." ed. 2, 416). Descends to sea-level in Cork. 

 Syn. A. vitlgaris, With. (1796). 



144. Agrostis canina, L. Up to the summit of Carn Tual 

 ("Cyb. Hib." ed. 2, 415). Descends to sea-level in Kerry. 



145. Alopeairus alpinus, Smith (1803). Discovered by Don 

 on the mountains about Loch-na-gar ("Engl. Botany," t. 1126). 

 On the other hand, however, Smith states in " Engl. Flora," i. 80 

 (1824), that Brown discovered it on the mountains about Loch-na- 

 gar, "who informs me that he communicated it to Mr. G. Don." 

 This latter statement is also favoured by the label on Brown's 

 specimens in Herb. Brit., which states that the plant was discovered 

 by him in 1794, and that it was communicated by him to Don. 

 Don, however, appears to have suggested the name ; as on the original 

 drawing in Herb. Mus. Brit., Smith remarks, " alpim/s, Don thinks 

 a good specific name." Smith also says (" Engl. Flora," i. 80), 

 " no foreign author appears to have noticed this species." Ascends 

 to 1190 m. on Braeriach (G. C. Druce in " Journ. Bot." 1889, 

 203), and to 1 1 oo m. in Aberdeenshire (Watson), by alpine springs 

 and rills. 



146. Phleum alpimtm, L. Ascends to 1190 m. on Braeriach 

 (G. C. Druce, I.e.}, and to 1130 m. on Ben Lawers (" Fl. Perthsh." 

 342), by alpine springs and rills. Ben Lawers (Don, fasc. i., 1804, 



n- 5)- 



147. Anthoxanthum odoratum, L. Ascends to 1030 m. on 

 the Grampians of Inverness-shire and Aberdeenshire (Watson). 

 Descends to sea-level in Cork. 



PTERIDOPHYTES. 



Fam. 32. SELAGINELLACE^E. 



148. Selaginella selaginoides, Link (1841). Ascends to 1067 m. 

 in damp and marshy places on the mountains of the Breadalbane 

 district (" Fl. Perthsh." 377). Descends to sea-level in Dublin. 



Fam. 33. LYCOPODIACE/E. 



149. Lycopodium alpinum, L. Up to 1090 m. on Braeriach 

 (Dr. J. W. H. Trail, 1902). " It grows near the summits of almost 

 all the high mountains of the Highlands and Hebrides abundantly " 

 (Lightfoot, "Fl. Scotica," 690 [1777]). In dry places ascends to 

 the summit of Schiehallion, and to 1122 m. on Ben Lawers and 

 the mountains of the Breadalbane district (" Fl Perthsh " 376), and 

 descends to 122 m. in the Carse of Gowrie. Descends to 427 ITK 

 in Donegal. 



