ii 4 ANNALS OF SCOTTISH NATURAL HISTORY 



PLANTS OF PERTHSHIRE. 

 By G. CLARIDGE DRUCE, M.A., F.L.S. 



IN the August of 1902, in company with the Rev. H. J. 

 Riddelsdell, we visited the Sow of Atholl in order to see 

 PJiyllodoce taxifolia, and were fortunate enough to find it 

 at that late season of the year in sparing flower ; but the 

 old specific name (ccerulea) is misleading, since the tint 

 cannot be called blue, a pinkish purple being nearer the 

 colour. It was associated at 2400 feet with AlcJiemilla 

 alpina, of which some plants had rather blunter leaf-segments, 

 which were slightly less divided, than in the type, and 

 Epilobium alpinuin, Gnaphalium supinum, Vaccinium Vitis- 

 id&a, Gnaphalium sylvaticum, var. alpestre, Sibbaldia, TJialic- 

 truni alpinuin, were in the close vicinity. Phyllodoce grows 

 on rather a steep slope of shaly rock, and in nearly full 

 exposure. On this date, August 10, we were met with a 

 sharp shower of sleet, and the temperature was little above 

 freezing point. On the hill we also saw Alchemitta vulgaris, 

 vars. alpestris andjilicaulis, Cornus suectca, Rnbus Cham&morus, 

 and Orchis waculata, var. ericetdrum (Linton), and on the 

 wet moorland, EupJirasia gracilis, E. scottica, E. brevipila, 

 and E. borealis. 



On another occasion we walked from Dalnaspidal to 

 Struan along the railway, as the banks were covered with a 

 profuse growth of Hawkweeds, and appeared very promising. 

 Rarely have I seen such a display as we met with, one 

 plant which was in profuse flower the Rev. A. Ley names 

 * 'Hieraciiim diapJianum, Fries., which is not recorded for 

 Scotland in the recent list published by Prof. Trail ; we 

 also gathered //. Pictorum, var. dasythrix ; H. ccesium, var. 

 SmitJiii, which was common and in good condition this 

 plant is now called H. flocculosum, var. Bakeri, by Mr. 

 Williams. With it there occurred a plant of smaller size 

 and narrower leaves, which the Rev. A. Ley names H. ccesium, 

 var. *alpestre (H. floccnlosuvi, var. alpestre}. H. murorum 

 occurred as the varieties *subnlatidens, Dahlst {H. silvattcum, 

 Gouan, var. subulatidens] ; var. *sanguineuvi, A. Ley (H. sil- 

 vaticum, var. sanguineuni] ; var. *pulckerrimum,, F. J. Hanb. 



