and Vegetation of' the Highland Mountains. 32*5 



pedatifida, S. muscoides, Stellaria scapig^ra, Thlaspi alpestre, Veronica fruti- 

 culosa. Omitting these, and including all those previously mentioned, we 

 have 306 species enumerated as growing above 1000 feet of elevation. Had 

 we a perfect catalogue, they would probably amount to 400 or 500 ; the whole 

 Flora of Scotland being about 1100 phaenogamous species. Cryptogamous 

 plants have been entirely omitted in these lists. If we now arrange them 

 according to the Natural Orders, as given in Loudon's Hortus Britannicus^ we 

 have the numbers and proportions, at the different heights, as follows ; 



TABLE of the Altitudinal Elevation of Highland Plants. 



Natural 



0RD£RS. 



llanunculaceae 



Cruciferae 



Cistineae 



Violariae 



Droseraceae 



Polygaleae 



Caryophylleae 



Ijineae 



Hyperacineae 



Geraniaceae 



Oxalideae 



Leguminosae 



Rosaceae 



Onagrarieae 



Halorageae 



Portulaceae 



Crassulaceae 



Saxifrageae 



Umbelliferae 



Caprifoliaceae 



Rubiaccte 



Valeriapeae 



Dipsaceae 



Compositae 



Lobeliaceae 



Campanulaceae 



Numbors. Proportions. 



54 



575 

 ZS 



'> 

 275 



3*0 



273 



573 



56 



5h 



I 

 35 



573 



1 

 573 



1 

 573 



35 



X5 



1 

 5T 



as 



573 



5^3 



I 

 5 



573 



573 



35 57 

 55 T3 



5T 

 155 

 Tgj 



155 



T55 



I 

 55 



«'t 

 lis 



T53 



^\ 



I 

 1B3 



I 

 T5 



Natural 

 Orders. 



Vaccinieae 



Ericeae 



Gentianeae . 



Boragineae . 



Scrophularinea? 



Labiatae 



I.entibularieae 



Primulaceae . 



Plumbagineae 



Plantagineae . 



Polygoneae . 



Euphorbiaceae 



Urticeae 



Amentaceae . 



Coniferae 



Empetreae 



Juncagineae . 



Orchideae 



Melanthaceae 



Junceae 



Cyperaceae . 



Gramineae 



Total of Sp. 273 



Total of Ord. 



X2 



