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Allium carinatum, fries, was recorded as a Perthshire plant by 

 J. Sim in "Rep. of Ex. Club for 1869," p. 14. 



Tofieldia palustris, Huds., ascends to 3000 feet on Glas Thulachan, 

 and descends to 1400 feet. 



Juncus bulbosus, L. (J. snpinns, Mcench) ascends to 3000 feet on 

 Glas Thulachan. For a note on this plant see " Trans. Linn. 

 Soc.," xii., 1816, p. 318. 



*J. castaneus, Sin. At 2900 feet on Glas Thulachan, first noticed 

 by my friend the Rev. H. J. Riddelsdell, afterwards seen there 

 in several places (new to Isla); also on Ben Heasgarnich. 



J. biglumis, L. Ben Heasgarnich, with J. triglumis, L., var. 

 biglumoides, Roy, MS. 



J. trifidus, L. At 3100 feet on Glas Thulachan; I think I have 

 seen it higher on Ben Lawers. 



Juncoides spicatum (Luzula spicatd) was recorded from the very 

 summit of Ben Lomond in Withering's " Bot. Arr.," 2nd ed., 

 Stokes, p. 365, 1787. It ascends to 3000 feet on Glas 

 Thulachan. 



Scirpus setaceus, L. Not unfrequent in mountain paths on Ben 

 Lawers. 



Eriophorum vaginatum, Z., ascends to 2800 feet in H. Isla. 



E. angustifolium, Roth. A very small form (var. minus) occurred 

 on Ben Heasgarnich. 



Carex leporina, L. At 1600 feet in H. Isla. The name C. ovalis, 

 Good., is by some botantists chosen for this plant, because it is 

 said that Linnaeus confused C. approximata (C. lagopind) with 

 it ; but the synonyms and the habitat, " pratis udis," given in 

 the "Species Plantarum," and the description, " Paleis . . . 

 griseis, seminibus . . . longioribus," as Gaudin (in the 

 " Agrostologia Helvetica," ii. p. 107) says, show that by 

 C. leporina, Linneeus meant the plant which Goodenough 

 subsequently named C. ovalis. 



C. canescens, L., var. robustior, Blytt, ascends to 3400 feet in 

 Breadalbane. It occurs on Ben Lawers and Ben Heas- 

 garnich. 



C. canescens, L., var. dubia, Bailey. On Ben Lawers and on Ben 

 Heasgarnich, Mid Perth, and very abundantly on the table- 

 land above Glen Callater in South Aberdeen, and Forfar. On 

 the Clova specimens Pfarrer Kiikenthal remarks, " Strongly 

 recalling C. helvola, with smaller dark-coloured spikelets and 

 stiff stalk"; and he inquires if C. lagopina (C. approximated) 

 occurs on this spot ; but the Lochnagar locality is some eight 

 or ten miles to the north-east, and, as on Ben Heasgarnich, 



