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HARDWICK&S SCIENCE-GOSSIP. 



THE FLORA OF BEN LAOIGH. 



[To our botanical friends who are going north for a 

 holiday, the following paper will prove very 

 important. — Ed. S.-G.] 



BEN LAOIGH (sometimes spelt Lui) forms a 

 part of the Grampian range, its altitude being 

 3651 feet — only 213 feet lower, and about 35 miles 

 south-west of, Ben Lawers — that mountain of world- 

 wide fame. I have headed this "The Flora of Ben 

 Laoigh," but, as 14 out of the 15 days I spent at the 

 foot of it last summer were wet, I hope to be able to 

 add to it, as my investigations were confined to the 

 north-east and north-west watersheds, and these in 

 no way complete. In the list of flowering plants 

 eight of our rarer alpine ones will be missed from 

 among those recorded from Lawers, but five will be 

 found which I never gathered, or know to have 

 been gathered, on Lawers ; and as for mosses and 

 especially hepaticse, the north and west of Scotland 

 seems to be little known. There is little doubt 

 but that counties 15 and 16 form a much richer 

 field for the collector than is generally supposed. 



Thalictrum alpinum, Linn. Anemone fie/norosa, 

 Linn. Ranunculus hederacens, Linn. ; R. Lingua, 

 Linn. ; R. acris, Linn. ; R. Ficaria, Linn. Caltha 

 palustris, Linn. Trollins Europccus, Linn. Cardamine 

 pratensis, Linn. ; C. hirsuta, Linn. ; C. sylvatica, 

 Linn. A rains thaliana, Linn. ; A. petra:a, Lam. 

 Cochlearia alpina. Draba incana, Linn. Capsella 

 Bursa-pastoris, Mcench. Viola palustris, Linn. ; V. 

 sylvatica, Flies ; V. lutea, Huds. ; and var. amoena. 

 Droscra rotundifolia, Linn. ; D. anglica, Huds. 

 Poly gala depressa, Wender. Silene acaulis, Linn. 

 Lychnis diurna, Sibth. ; Z. Flos-cuculi, Linn. 

 Cerastium triviale ; C. alpiman, vars. lanatum and 

 pubescens. Stellaria media, With. ; S. Holostea, Linn. ; 

 S. grandma, Linn. ; S. uliginosa, Murr. Cherleria 

 sedoides, Linn. Sagina proenmbens, Linn. Montia 

 fontana, Linn., var. rivularis. Hypericum pulchrum, 

 Linn. Linum cathartiatm, Linn. Geranium pra- 

 tense, Linn. G. Robcrtianum, Linn. Oxalis 

 Acetosella, Linn. Trifolium pratense, Linn. Spinca 

 Ulmaria, Linn. Alchemilla vulgaris, Linn., and 

 var. montana ; A. alpina, Linn. Sibbaldia proenm- 

 bens, Linn. Potentilla Tormentilla, Schenk. Rubus 

 saxatilis, Linn. Geum urbanum, Linn. ; G. rivale, 

 Linn. Dryas octopetala, Linn. Epilobium montanum, 

 Linn. ; E. tetragonum, Linn. ; E. alsinifolium, Vill. ; 

 E. anagallidifolium, Lam. ; E. alpinum, Linn. 

 Sedum Rliodiola,T)C. Saxifraga oppositifolia, Linn.; 

 S. nivalis, Linn. ; *S\ stellaris, Linn. ; S. aizoides, 

 Linn. ; S. hypnoides, Linn. Chrysospleninm ofpositi- 

 folium, Linn. Parnassia palustris, Linn. Bunium 

 flexuosum, With. LIcraclcum Sphondylium, Linn. 

 Cornus sueeiea, Linn. Galium boreale, Linn. ; G. 

 saxatile, Linn. ; G. palustre, Linn., var. Witheringii. 

 Aspenda odorata, Linn. Valeriana officinalis, Linn. 



Scabiosa succisa, Linn. Carduus palustris, Linn- 

 Saussurea alpina, DC. Gnaphalium supinum, Linn. 

 Solidago Virga-aurea, Linn., var. cambrica. Tussi- 

 lago Farfara, Linn. LTypochceris radicata, Linn. 

 Leontodon hispidus, Linn. ; L. autumnalis, Linn., 

 and var. pratensis. Taraxacum officinale, Wigg., 

 var. palustre. Crepis virens, Linn. ; C. paludosa, 

 Mcench. Hieracium Pilosella, Linn. : H. holo- 

 serieeum, Backh. ; H. murorum, Linn. Campanula 

 rotundifolia, Linn. Vaccinium Oxycoccos, Linn. ; V. 

 Vitis-Idcea, Linn. ; V. uliginosum, Linn. ; V. Jl/yrtil- 

 lus, Linn. Arctostaphylos Uva-tirsi, Wimm. Erica 

 Tetralix, Linn. ; E. cinerea, Linn. Calluna vulgaris, 

 Salisb. Pyrola rotundifolia, Linn. Gentiana cam- 

 pestris, Linn. Menyanthes trifoliata, Linn. Euphra- 

 sia officinalis, Linn. Bartsia alpina, Linn. Rhin- 

 anthus Crista-galli, Linn. Melampyrum pratense, 

 Linn., var. montanum. Thymus Serpyllum, Fries. 

 Prunella vulgaris, Linn. Pingidcula vulgaris, Linn.. 

 Lysimachia nemorum, Linn. Armeria maritima, 

 Willd. Plantago maritima, Linn. Rumex Acetosa,. 

 Linn. ; R. Acetosella, Linn. Oxyria reniformis y 

 Hook. Mercurialis perennis, Linn. Urtica dioica, 

 Linn. Alnus glutinosa, Linn. Betula alba, Linn. 

 lifyrica Gale, Linn. Salix aurita, Linn.; S. phylici- 

 folia, "Linn.," var. Davalliana ;, S. repens, Linn., 

 vars. prostrata and ascendens ; *S". herbacca, Linn. ; 

 S. reticulata, Linn. Orchis mascula, Linn. ; 0. 

 maculata, Linn. Gymnadenia conopsea, Brown. 

 Habenaria viridis, Brown. Narthecium ossi/ragum , 

 Huds. Tofieldia palustris, Huds. Luzida pilosa,. 

 Wild. ; Z. sylvatica, Beck ; Z. campestris, DC. ; Z. 

 multiftora, Koch, and vars. conges ta and sudetica ; 

 L. spicata, DC. jluncus trifidus, Linn. ; y. casta- 

 neus, Sm. ; y. triglumis, Linn. ; y. biglumis, Linn. ; 

 y. conglomeratus, Linn. ; y. effusus, Linn. ; J. acuti- 

 Jlorus, Ehrh. ; y. lampocarpus, Ehrh., and var. 

 idgritellus ; y. bu/onius, Linn. ; y. compressus, Jacq. ; 

 J. squarrosus, Linn. Rhynchospora alba, Vahl. Scir- 

 pus palustris, Linn. ; S. paucijlorus, Lightf. ; S. cars- 

 pitosus, Linn. ; S. setaceus, Linn. ; Eriophorum vagi- 

 natum, Linn. ; E. angustifolium, Roth. Kobresia 

 caricina, Willd. Carex dioica, Linn. ; C. pidicaris, 

 Linn. ; C. paucijlora, Lightf. ; C. stellulata, Good. ;, 

 C. curia, Good. ; C. ovalis, Good. ; C. atrata, Linn. ; 

 C. acuta, Linn. ; C. rigida, Good. ; C. glauca, Scop., 

 and var. stictocarpa ; C. pilulifera, Linn. ; C. palles- 

 cens, Linn. ; C. panicea, Linn., C. capillaris, Linn. ; 

 C. pendula, Huds. ; C. binervis, Sm. ; C. fulva, 

 Good. ; C. Jlava, Linn., and var. lepidocarpa ; C. 

 QEderi, Ehrh. ; C. ampullacea, Good. ; C. pulla, 

 Good. Anthoxanthum odoratum, Linn. Phleum 

 pratense, Linn., var. nodosum. Agrostis canina, 

 Linn. ; A. vulgaris, With. Aira aespitosa, Linn., 

 and vars. brevifolia and pseudo-alpina ; A. Jlexuosa,. 

 Linn., var. montana. Avena pratensis, Linn., var. 

 alpina. JTolcus mollis, Linn. ; IT. lanatus, Linn. 

 Triodia decumbens, Beauv. Kosleria cristata, Pers. 

 Molinia acrulea, Mcench. Glyceria Jluitans, Brown. 



