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Rothschild refers to this name a male and two females of a 

 Ceratophyllus taken on 28th May of this year, from a nest of 

 Cinclits aquaticHS on the Eye, near Grantshouse. The male is 

 now in Mr. Rothschild's collection and will be described shortly. 

 — James Waterston, Edinburgh. 



BOTANICAL NOTES AND NEWS. 



The High Alpine Flora of Britain. — Dr. Williams ("Annals" 

 1908, p. 164) says he gives a list of peaks to the number of 67. But 

 surely this is too low an estimate. In the " Scottish Mountaineering " 

 Journal, No. 6, Sept. 1891, Mr. H. J. Munro gives "Tables of all 

 the Scottish Mountains exceeding 3000 feet in height." 



Allowing for the tops that may be repeated when differently 

 named, there seem to be at least 100 summits (exclusive of double 

 or treble summits on one mountain). Mr. Munro's paper is very 

 interesting to botanists as he gives the " position, county, best 

 ascended from, etc." In a second section he gives " The 3000 

 feet tops arranged in order of altitude " from Ben Nevis 4406 

 feet to Creag a Bhragit 3000 feet. I went roughly through Mr. 

 Munro's list and took only those tops over 3300 feet in height, and 

 it seems the estimate of 67 is too low. 



Dr. Williams stars those mountains " that are specifically 

 mentioned," and refers to Ben Lawers as probably "the best 

 known mountain in the Highlands," and I suppose all will agree with 

 him, but strange to say he does not star Ben Laoigh = Ben 

 Lui, which I suppose most Scottish botanists will agree with me is 

 the next best known one. Full lists have been published (twice at 

 least) of its flora, and very full lists too. — A. Bennett. 



The Flora of Dumfriesshire. — In \\\q Journal of Botany (1908, 

 pp. 212-215) is a paper by Messrs. W. R. Linton and E. S. 

 Marshall on the plants observed near Moffat in July 1907. iVmong 

 these are several varieties not previously noted from the county, 

 viz. — Cerastiiwi vulgatum^ L., var. fonta7iwn (Baumg.), by alpine 

 rills on Black's Hope, at about 2000 ft. ; Riibus viHicauIis, Koehl., 

 Moffat and near Raehills ; Hieraciinn sagittatuvi^ Lindeb., var. 

 philanthrax, Dahlst., near Kinnel Burn ; Jasione monfana, L., var. 

 77iajor^ Mert. and Koch, about two miles from ]Moffat ; Euphrasia 

 Rostkoviana, Hayne, not uncommon in low ground meadows ; 

 E. brevipila, Burnat and Gremli, common ; E. scottica, Wettst., 

 frequent in boggy ground ; E. curta, Wettst., var. g/abresceTis, Wettst., 

 probably general on the hills ; Rhinanthus borealis, Druce, sparingly 

 on the cliffs of Black's Hope and Corriefron ; Melampyrum 

 prafense, L., var, hians, Druce, abundant in Raehills Glen, and 

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