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lia : pedes flavi ; coxae virkles ; trochanteres picei ; femora viridia, apice 

 flava ; tarsi apice fusci : alas limpidaa ; squamuke piceae ; nervi fulvi ; nervus 

 ulnaris humerali multo longior, radialis nullus, cubitalis sat longus ; stigma 

 minimum. (Corp. long. lin. $ ; alar. lin. 1-J.) 



XX. — Short notice of a Botanical Trip to the Highlands of 

 Scotland. By Professor J. H. Balfour, M.D. 



This trip was made in August last, along with my friend Mr. 

 Babington and several of my pupils. We first visited the 

 Clova district, and collected most of the rare alpine plants 

 which are known to exist in that part of the Grampian range. 

 Sonchus alpinus was found in a new locality in Glen Dole. 

 The cliff on which Astragalus alpinus used to be found abun- 

 dantly was examined with care, but only two or three speci- 

 mens of the plant were seen. 



From Clova we proceeded by Glen Callatea to Braemar, 

 and made several botanical excursions in the neighbourhood 

 of Castleton. 



In our ascent of Ben Aven, one of the lofty mountains in 

 the Braemar district, we examined a hill called Little Craigin- 

 dal, which deserves notice on account of the number of good 

 alpine plants which it furnished. The hill has a rounded con- 

 tour, is readily accessible, and is composed of loose dry gra- 

 nitic and micaceous rocks. We were delighted to find upon 

 it Astragalus alpinus in great abundance, both in flower and 

 fruit. In some places the turf was actually composed of this 

 plant. Carex rupestris was also growing beside it in large 

 quantity. The other plants seen on this hill were, Thalictrum 

 alpinum, Viola palustris, Silene acaulis, Dry as octopetala, Po- 

 tentilla alpestris, Rubus chamcemorus, Alchemilla vulgaris, ft. 

 subsericea, Epilobium alpinum and alsinefolium, Sedum Rho- 

 diola, Saxifraga oppositifolia, aizoides and stellaris, Cornus 

 suecica, Hieracium alpinum and murorum, ft. pulmonarium, 

 <y. Lawsoni, Sausswea alpina, Gnaphalium supinum, Vaccinium 

 uliginosum, Arctostaphylos Uva-ursi, Azalea procumbens, Py- 

 rola media and secunda, Veronica Chamcedrys, var. hirsuta, 

 and V. serpyllifolia, ft. humifusa, Trientalis europtea, Armeria 

 maritima, ft. alpina, Oxyria reniformis, Salix herbacea and 

 myrsinites, ft. arbutifolia, Betula nana, Listera cordata, To- 

 fieldia palustris, Juncus trifidus and triglumis, Luzula spicata, 

 Carex rigida, capillaris and pauciflora, Aira alpina, Lycopo- 

 dium alpinum. The hill at first sight appeared to be very un- 

 promising in a botanical point of view, not presenting any of 

 those wet, disintegrating, micaceous cliffs, on which the best 

 alpine plants in Scotland are found ; and I have therefore de- 



