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14. Saussurea alpi72a^ Cand. — Ascends to 11 75 m. on Ben 

 Lawers ("Fl. Perthsh." 186). White does not specify Ben Lawers, 

 but states that the plant ascends to 3850 ft. in the Breadalbane 

 district ; and Ben Lawers is the only mountain in Perthshire which 

 attains this height (Ben More is 7 ft. lower). Ben Lawers (Meugh, 

 ex herb. Carroll, in Herb. Brit.). "On the Rockes on the 

 highest part of Snowdon " (Johnson, "Merc. Bot." ii. 18 [1641], — 

 first record as a British plant). Smith, in " English Flora," iii. 384, 

 says that it occurs in the fissures of alpine rocks on Snowdon 

 {Serrafula alpina, var. /3). First recorded in Scotland in 1777, from 

 near the top of Ben Creachan (" Cruipen," in Breadalbane, — 

 Lightfoot, " Fl. Scotica," 448). Descends to 305 m. in Donegal. 



15. Tussiiago farfara, L. — Ascends to 1070 m. on waste and 

 bare places in the Breadalbane district (" Fl. Perthsh." 176). 

 Descends to sea-level in Cork. 



16. Achillea millefolium^ L. — Ascends to the summit of Ben 

 Lawers (" Fl. Perthsh." 180), — mountain not specified, but see under 

 Saussurea alpina). Descends to sea-level in Cork. 



17. Gnaphaliurn supimim^ L. — Ascends to the summit of Ben 

 Lawers in alpine, damp, rather bare places ("Fl. Perthsh." 179). 

 Ben Lawers (R. Brown, 1793, i" Herb. Brit. — but height not 

 specified). By the cairn on the summit of Ben Macdhui (Watson, 

 1832). Summit of Ben-na-Bourd (Watson, 1844). On the table- 

 top of Ben-na-Bourd at 1130 m. (Watson, 1832). 



18. Erigeron alpirium, L, — On alpine rock ledges up to 1070 m. 

 in the Breadalbane district (" Fl. Perthsh." 176). Ben Lawers 

 (White). Ben Lawers (W. Wilson, 1829 and 1837, n. 3, in Herb. 

 Brit.). 



19. Solidago virgaurea, L. — Near the summit of Ben Lawers, 

 1834 (Herb. Brit, ex herb. Greville). Ascends to iioo m. on 

 Ben Dearg (in Ross-shire) — there are four Scottish mountains bear- 

 ing this nam.e — on rocks (G. C. Druce, in " Ann. Scot. Nat. Hist." 

 19035 230).^ Ascends to 1006 m. in rocky places on Carn Tual 

 (More in " Cyb. Hib." ed. 2, 176). Descends to sea-level in Cork. 



Fam. 2. Campanulace.e. 



20. Campanula rotufidifolia, L. — The harebell, "wilde in most 

 places of England," as Gerard says, ascends to the very summit of 

 Ben Ein (E. S. Marshall, in "Journ. Bot." 1890, 181). Descends 

 to sea-level in Kerry. 



Fam. 3. Adoxace^. 



21. Adoxa 7?ioschafelli?ia, L. — Ascends to 1070 m. on alpine 

 rocks in the Breadalbane district ("Fl. Perthsh." 167). The alpine 



1 Ascends to 1144 m. on Cairn Toul (Dr. J. W. H. Trail, 1902). 



