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form is much smaller, and has less divided leaves, than the lowland. 

 Descends to sea-level in Antrim. 



Fam. 4. RuBiACE/E. 



22. Galiuvi boreale^ L. — Ascends to 1050 m. on alpine rocks 

 in the Breadalbane district ("PI. Perthsh." 169). Descends to sea- 

 level in Antrim. 



23. Galium saxatile^ L. — Ascends to 1220 m. on Ben Macdhui 

 (White, in "Scot. Nat." i. 121 [1871]). Summit of Ben Lawers 

 (" Fl. Perthsh." 170). Summit of Carn Tual (Hart, in " Cyb. Hib." 

 ed. 2, 166). Descends to sea-level in Antrim. 



Fam. 5. Gentianace/e. 



24. Gentiana nivalis, L. — Grassy alpine rock ledges on Ben 

 Lawers from 730 to 1050 m., where it was first found by James 

 Dickson about 1792 (" Trans. Linn. Soc." ii. 290 [i 794]). It is very 

 local, and only in a few places on Ben Lawers and the Carn Chreag 

 range. Near the summit of Ben Lawers (Don, ex Smith, " English 

 Fl." ii. 30). Ben Lawers (W. Gourlie, 1841, in Herb. Brit.). 

 Ben Lawers, on micaceous soil (J. Whitehead, 1875, ^- ^^°j 

 in Herb. Brit.). Ben Lawers ("Fl. Perthsh." 219). Near the 

 summit of Ben Lawers (R. Graham, about 1830). i\uthentic 

 example from J. Dickson in Herb. Kew\ 



Fam. 6. ASPERIFOLIACEiE. 



25. Myosotis pyrefidica, Pourr. — First recorded as a British 

 plant, under the name of Myosotis alpina, by Don, fasc. ix. n. 205 

 (1804) : — "This beautiful plant adorns the rocks on the summit of 

 Ben Lawers, producing its flowers during the greater part of the 

 summer." The figure of Myosotis rupicola, Smith, t. 2559 (Sept. 

 1 813), was drawn from a plant collected by Borrer who found it 

 abundant on the rocks of Ben Lawers (these specimens are in his 

 herbarium). In herb. W^atson (also at Kew) are specimens from 

 rocks above the lakes on Ben Lawers, and smaller specimens from 

 the summit (Watson, 1841, W. W. Gardiner, 1842, H. M. Balfour, 

 1847). It occurs on ledges of mica slate and limestone rocks on 

 the west slope of Ben Lawers right up to the summit, and on 

 Stuchd-an-Lochan, further to the east of that mountain. White 

 states (" Fl. Perthsh." 223) that it grows on damp alpine rock ledges 

 on mountains of the Breadalbane district from 730 to 1050 m., 

 but that is very local. " Rocks on Ben Lawers at great heights, 

 even on the summit" (R. Brown, 1794, in Herb. Brit. — this is 

 the earliest actual recorded gathering as a British plant). Ben 

 Lawers (W. Christie, 1849, ^^ herb. Forster, 1849, J. Carroll, 1864, 

 W. Wilson, 1864, F. Stratton, 1870, all in Herb. Brit). Smith, 



