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47. Cardamine flexuosa, With. Ascends to 1190 m. on Ben 

 Lawers (" Fl. Perthsh."), in damp places. Descends to sea-level in 

 Dublin. 



48. Cardamine hirsuta, L. Ascends to 1160 m. in the Breadal- 

 bane district (" Fl. Perthsh." 62), on bare ground. Descends to 

 sea-level in Cork. 



49. Cochharia micacea, E. S. Marshall in "Journ. Bot." 1894, 

 p. 289, tt. 345, 346. Radix perennis. Rhizoma crassum lignes- 

 cens foliorum vetustorum vestigiis cicatricosum. Frondatio x orobi- 

 tino-nitida, coriacea. Folia primordialia subintegra, tenuiter cordata ; 

 plantar floriferas plerumque parva, 4-6 mm. lata, plana vel leviter 

 concava, venis paucis inconspicuis, petiolis tenuibus canaliculatis 

 8-25 mm. longis suffulta, orbicularia vel deltoideo-reniformia, integra 

 vel leviter denticulata. Folia caulina plus minus denticulata angu- 

 lata ; inferiora petiolata, superiora sessilia amplexicaulia ; auriculae 

 parvae acutae vel nullae. Caules floriferi crebri, simplices vel ramosi, 

 primum breves compacti, dein elongati, erecti vel adscendentes. 

 Sepala ovato-lanceolata obtusa cucullata, extus apice rubella. Petala 

 speciosa alba nivea ; limbus oblongus, in unguem dimidio breviorem 

 abrupte contractus. Racemi fructiferi saepe elongati. Siliqua 

 matura venis elevato-reticulatis carens, basi apiceque angustata, 

 ambitu late ovato-lanceolata ad lineari-lanceolatam, forma longiore 

 saspe ad faciem interiorem complanata (ut videtur falcata vel zizypho- 

 morpha 2 ), pedicello patente vel adscendente asquilongo suffulta. 

 Stylus distinctus, sat longus. Septum baud fenestrellatum. Semina 

 in quaque siliqua 2-6 (saepius 4), magna fusca late ovoidea, tuber- 

 culis rotundatis brevibus vel rugis vestita. 



Hab. Ben Lawers, from 1070 to 1130 m. Ben Ein, from 976 

 to 1070 m. Ben Dothaidh, above 915 m. Specimens from all three 

 mountains in Herb. Brit. Ben Lawers (E. S. Marshall, 1887, n. 

 199, n. 894, 1891, n. 84, C. P. Hurst, 1906). Ben Ein (E. S. 

 Marshall, 1889, n. 198). Ben Dothaidh (E. S. Marshall, 1893, n. 

 1012). The long-fruited form mentioned in the description was 

 found by Messrs. Marshall and Hanbury on Ben Ein. The refer- 

 ence-numbers are taken from the type-specimens, and are not cited 

 by Mr. Marshall in his English description of the plant. 



Mr. Marshall also states on the label that his plant proved 

 distinct from C. alpina and C. danica by five years' cultivation. In 

 all three stations it grows in company with Cerastium ardicum, and 

 may be presumed to belong to a dying-out arctic vegetation. Mr. 

 Marshall also identifies with this plant an example of C. alpina in 

 Herb. Kew. gathered by H. C. Watson near the summit of Ben 

 Lawers in 1832. 



1 A new term proposed for the general foliage. 

 " A new term proposed for "jujube-shaped." 



