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Baker, 1893, in Herb. Brit). At iioo m. on Braeriach {Dr. 

 J. W. H. Trail, 1902). Ascends to 1067 m. on Ben Macdhui 

 (R. Mackay ex Dickie, p. 4) ; and to 11 00 m. on Loch-na-gar (F. B. 

 White.) Descends to sea-level in Cork. 



Fam. 20. Rosacea. 



56. Alchimilla vulgaris, L. — Most commonly almost quite 

 glabrous, but not unfrequently hairy all over, even to the calyx. 

 Ascends to the summit of Ben Lawers ("Fl. Perthsh." 131). 

 Ascends to 1037 m. on Ben-na-Bourd (Watson, 1844); and to 

 IIOO m. elsewhere on the Grampians of Aberdeenshire (Watson). 

 Descends to sea-level in Londonderry. 



57. Alchiuiilla alpina, L. — On alpine pastures up to the summit 

 of Ben Lawers (" Fl. Perthsh." 131). Ascends to 1220 m, on Ben 

 Nevis, and nearly to the summit of Ben Macdhui (Watson, " Out- 

 lines Geograph. Di'strib. British Plants," 1832, p. 142), and to 1130 

 m. on the table-top of Ben-na-Bourd (Watson, 1832, in herb.). 

 Ascends to 127 1 m. on Ben Macdhui (Dickie, 51). Descends to 

 610 m. on Thonalagee Hill, Wicklow. 



58. Sibbaldia procumbejis, L. — In Perthshire the plant is found 

 in rather bare places on the higher mountains, from 518 m. in the 

 Atholl district to 1122 m. in the Breadalbane district, and high up 

 on Ben More (Lightfoot, " Fl. Scotica," 175). In Inverness-shire 

 ascends to the summit of Ben Alder (F. B. White), and to 1220 m. 

 on Ben Nevis (Watson, " Outlines Geograph. Distrib. British Plants," 

 1832, p. 141). In Aberdeenshire ascends to 1250 m. on Ben 

 Macdhui (R. Mackay ex Dickie, 52), and in great profusion on 

 the higher mountains, such as on Ben-na-Bourd up to 1037 m. 

 (Watson, 1844). "On the summits of the Highland mountains 

 of Scotland, in a micaceous soil, plentiful" (Smith, "English Fl." ii. 

 121). Under the name of " Fragariae sylvestris affinis planta, flore 

 luteo" first recorded as a British plant in 1684 by Sir R. Sibbald 

 ("Scotia Illustrata," ii. p. 25, t. 6, f. i); "transmissa fuit ad 

 Hortum Medicum a regione derne?isi ubi in sylvis sponte provenit." 

 Also figured later by Petiver under the name of " Scotch Cinquefoil." 

 There are examples from Ben Lawers in Herb. Brit., but no 

 height is given. It is rather local on the mountains of Perthshire. 



59. Potentilla rubens, Vill. — Ascends to 1022 m. on the 

 mountains of the Breadalbane district (" Fl. Perthsh." 129). Ben 

 Lawers (R. Brown, 1793, as P. opaca, and J. L. Knapp, 1830, 

 as P. alpestns, in Herb. Brit, but no heights given). 



60. Potejitilla erecta, Hampe. in Linnaea, xi. 50 (1837). — 

 Ascends to 1006 m. on Ben-na-Bourd (Dickie, 51). Descends to 

 sea-level in Cork. 



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