"360 Botanical Eoccursions into the Highlands. 



Saxifraga stellaris. Euphrasia officinalis. 



rivularis. Stalice Armeria. 



Sibbaldia procumbens. Poa alpina. 



Kumex acetosa. Oxyria reniformis. 

 Leontodon — ? (not in flower). Silene maritima. 



Alchemilla alpina. Aira flexuosa. 



vulgaris. Thymus Serpyllum. 



Galium saxatile. Cryptogramma crispa. 



Cochlearia officinalis ? Polypodium Phegopteris. 



Stellaria cerastoides. Thalictrum alpinum. 



uliginosa. Chry sosplenium oppositifolium. 



Epilobium alpinum. Cerastium latifolium. 



Khodiola rosea. viscosum. 



Cerastium latifolium. Polygonum viviparum. 

 Ranunculus acris. Carex puUa. 

 Veronica humifusa. Troliius europseus. 

 alpina. 



Nearly at the same altitude as Empetrum nigrum, terminate 



Lycopodium alpinum. Vaccinium uliginosum. 



Blechnum boreale. Caltha palustris. 



Descending towards the line of Calluna vulgaris, we meet 

 with 



Pinguicula vulgaris. Arbutus alpina. 



Campanula rotundifolia. Azalea procumbens. 



Eriophorum angustifolium. Arabis petrsea. 



Eleocharis csespitosa. Anthoxanthum odoratum. 



Rubus Chamaemorus. Tormentilla officinalis. 



Juncus squarrosus. Carex pilulifera. 



Luzula campestris. pulicaris. 



sylvatica. Lycopodium selaginoides. 



Scabiosa succisa. Vaccinium Vitis-idsea. 



Oxalis Acetosella. Nardus stricta. 



Narthecium ossifragum. Achilloea Millefolium *. 



Solidago virgaurea *. Saxifraga hypnoides. 



Such constitute the most alpine vegetation of Britain. On 

 descending from the upper limits of Calluna vulgaris, the ac- 

 cessions become too numerous to detail : a few may be noticed. 

 Betula alba I saw a seedling of among the rocks of Ben Nevis, 

 2700 feet high, there almost the upper limit of Empetrum ni- 

 grum, and equal to 3500 on a better aspect. Between the up- 

 per line of Calluna vulgaris, and lower limit of Carex rigida, 

 is the greatest height reached by 



Pinus sylvestris. Juniperus communis. 



Pyrus aucuparia. Arbutus Uva-ursi. 



It is only below Carex rigida by 1000 feet or more, that we 



* I have seen both these plants on dry broken quartz, within a few feet of 

 the summit of Ben More, Assynt, dwindled down to one or two inches in 

 Tieight, but in full flower ; and Mr Watson observed the same thing on Ben 

 Hope — R. G. 



