THE HIGH ALPINE FLORA OF BRITAIN 



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*Ben Achallader, 3399 ft. 



Ben Avere, 3362 ft. 

 *Buchaille Etive Mor, 3345 ft. 



Ben Ime, 3318 ft. 



Perthshire 



*Ben Lawers, 3984 ft. 

 *Ben More, 3843 ft. 

 *Ben Ein, 3827 ft. 



Ben-y-Gloe, 3671 ft. 

 *Schiehallion, 3547 ft. 

 *Ben Heas-garnich, 3530 ft. 

 *Glas Thulaclian, 3445 ft. 



Carn Mairg, 3419 ft. 

 *Meall Ghaordie, 3407 ft. 



Chabinn, 3354 ft. 



Ben Udlaman, 3306 ft. 

 *Creag Mhor, 3305 ft. 



Ben Dearg of Atholl, 3304 ft. 



Caernarvonshire 



*Sno\vdon, 3571 ft. 

 *Carnedd Llewelyn, 3482 ft. 

 *Carnedd Dafydd, 3430 ft. 



Kerry 



*Carn Tual, 3414 ft. 

 *Beenkeragh, 3314 ft. 



Ben lutharn, 1044 m. 



Carn Mairg, 1042 m. 

 *Carn Tual, 1041 m. 



Sgurr-na-Cichie, 1040 m. 

 *Meall Ghaordie, 1039 m. 

 *Ben Achallader, 1036 m. 



Ben Attow, 1031 m. 



Ben Avere, 1025 m. 



Chabinn, 1022 m. 

 '^Buchaille Etive Mor, 1020 m. 



Ladhar Beinn, 1019.6 m. 



Meall Thionail, 10 19 m. 



Ben Ime, 1013 m. 

 ^Beenkeragh, 10 11 m. 



Cairn Bannoch, 10 11 m. 



Ben Eay, 1009 m. 



Ben More (of Ross-shire), 1008 m. 

 *Creag Mhor (of Perthshire), 

 1008 m. 



Ben Udlaman (of Perthshire), 

 1008 m. 



Ben Dearg of Atholl, 1007.7 i"^""- 



Sgurr Soch, 1006 m. 



None of the three British Gymnosperms ascend to 1000 

 m., nor do any of the Dicotyledonous trees. The following 

 notes on the limits of sallow, birch, and aspen in Scotland 

 may be of interest. The birch and the sallow (earliest 

 flowering of the British willows) both ascend to 610 in. on 

 hills of the Atholl district of Perthshire, and no higher else- 

 where in the Highlands ; though Dickie says that, at 670 

 m., on the summit of the ridge north from Mount Keen in 

 Aberdeenshire he saw " the dead remains of birches, far 

 larger than any growing at lower altitudes on other 

 mountains of the district." Watson also says, " On Ben 

 Nevis, under the snow-rocks of the northern precipice, I 

 observed a seedling almost at the upper limit of Ejupetrum 

 nigrum, there, in consequence of the cold, humid, sunless 

 situation, failing between 2700 and 3000 feet." On hills of 



