124 TRANSACTIONS, NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY OF GLASGOW. 



Vinca minor, are less common. On Mount Blair, 

 and other hills, there is abundance of Alchemilla 

 alpina and Rubus Chamtemorus ; in the district 

 the succulent fruit of the latter is called " averns." 

 Mimulus luteus occurs at some parts of the burn ; 

 Convallai'ia majalis grows in the Dens of Airlie and 

 Craighall ; Vaccinium Oocycoccos is sometimes abun- 

 dant in bogs ; and Linaria Cymbalaria occurs on the 

 wall of the Meigle church-yard. The scarcity of the 

 genus Symphytum strikes a visitor from Glasgow ; 

 although S. tuberosum is occasionally found — e.g., in 

 the Bamff Wood just beyond the Alyth quarry. 

 Pyrola minor is very common in all dry woods ; 

 but P. secunda, as well as Echium vulgare and 

 Solarium Dulcamara, are rare for miles around, just 

 as is the case in the Glasgow district. I once saw 

 Typha latifolia in the Marlee Loch, nearly two 

 miles west of Blairgowrie. In this loch Phragmites 

 communis is the prevailing plant ; and in the other 

 loch beyond there is plenty of Nymphcea alba and 

 Nuphar luteum, both of which also occur in standing- 

 waters by the Isla, not far from Alyth. 



These notes have been taken from the point of 

 view of a Glasgow botanist ; and no particular 

 reference is here made to many of the plants that 

 are common or abundant in both districts, because 

 the design has been to afford the means of a 

 general comparison of the July flowers of Clydes- 

 dale with those of Central Strathmore. 



