168 ANNALS OF SCOTTISH NATURAL HISTORY 



Draba hirta, Z., var. rupestris (Br.), appears to have become less 

 frequent on Ben Lawers. I have it named as above because 

 I do not see that it can be more than a variety of the Linnean 

 hirta, although kept as a distinct species in the " Index 

 Kewensis." 



Erophila inflata, Hook, f., was found this year by my friend the Rev. 

 W. O. Wait on the summit of Ben Lawers at 3990 feet. 



Cochlearia micacea, Marshall. On Ben Heasgarnich with C. 

 alpina ; the latter also on Creag-an-Lochain and Ben Laoigh. 



Viola lutea, Huds. I was rather surprised to find more particular 

 attention was not given in the " Perthshire Flora " to the 

 beautiful pansy which adorns the high rocks of Ben Lawers. 

 Herr Freyn identifies " this splendid blue violet " with the 

 var. grandiftora, Koch (" Syn.," 3rd ed., p. 76) = V. hitea, Huds., 

 a, unguiculata, var. violacea, Rouy. and Fouc., " Flore de France," 

 vol. ii. p. 52. I have never seen specimens with quite such large 

 flowers as the Lawers plant, some from Mickle Fell, Durham, 

 being the nearest to them in size. 



Cerastium vulgatum, L. (C. triviale, Link.), ascends to 3000 feet on 

 Glas Thulachan, where I saw a long-petalled form, the var. 

 alpinum, Koch ; it also occurs on Ben Heasgarnich and Ben 

 Laoigh. 



C. alpinum, Z., var. lanatum (Lam.). Sparingly (this year) on the 

 slopes of Glas Thulachan up to 3110 feet. On Ben Heas- 

 garnich. Plentiful on Ben Lawers. 



var. piloso-pubescens, Benth. On the eastern side of Ben 

 Lawers up to 3800 feet, and in the corrie of Ben Heasgar- 

 nich. 



C. trigynum, Vill. Watson gives this in the " Cybele " for Ben 

 Lawers at 2700 feet, but I have never seen it there. 



Stellaria graminea, Z., ascends to 1500 feet in Glen Shee. 



Sagina subulata, Presl. On the ascent of Ben Lawers, on nearly 

 bare ground, at about 1500 feet. 



Sagina Linnaei, Presl. Abundant and luxuriant on Glas Thulachan 

 up to 3000 feet. I have no notes of this occurring below 2000 

 feet [and have seen it as high as 3300 feet in South Aberdeen]. 

 It is abundant by rills on the Clova tableland. -S. nivalis and 

 Arenaria sulcata were seen in their old stations on Ben 

 Lawers. 



Montia fontana, Z., as the var. minor, All., ascends to 2500 feet on 

 Glas Thulachan. 



(To be continued.} 



