230 ANNALS OF SCOTTISH NATURAL HISTORY 



of Ben Macdhui (Wm. Gardiner, 1845, in Herb. Brit.). Ben Lavvers, 

 at about 1000 m. (G. C. Druce, in "Ann. Scot. Nat. Hist," 1900, 

 p. 231). Not unfrequent on the higher ridges of the Braemore hills, 

 in Ross-shire, up to 11 00 m. (G. C. Druce in "Ann. Scot. Nat. 

 Hist." 1903, 172). It is found on Loch-na-gar from 732 m. to the 

 summit (Dickie, 168), and on the ridge of Ben Eay (G. C. Druce 

 in "Trans. Proc. Bot. Soc. Edin." 1894, p. 160). On the table-top 

 of Ben-na-Bourd, at 1130 m. (Watson, 1832, in Herb. Kew.), and 

 on the summit (Watson, 1844). 



108. Juncus bulbosus^ L. — "I observed this plant in October 

 1804, by the side of a rivulet, near the summit of Ben Lawers, in a 

 situation where the snow remains during the greater part of the year, 

 and not far from the spot where I first discovered the Ju7icus castaneus 

 in May 1794" (Don, fasc. iv. 1805). J. supinus (Don in Herb. 

 Brit.). 



Syn. — J. supinus^ Moench. 



109. Luzula maxima, Cand. — Summit of Cam Tual ("Cyb. 

 Hib." ed. 2, 364). 



no. Luzula spicata, Cand. — Summit of Ben Macdhui (Watson, 

 1832, in Herb. Kew.; Wm. Gardiner, 1845, in Herb. Brit.). On 

 alpine ridges and rock-ledges it ascends almost to the summit of 

 Ben Lawers ("Fl. Perthsh." 300). Summit of Ben-na-Bourd (Watson, 



1844). 



III. Luzula araiafa, Wahlenb. — Earliest record "on the most 

 stony and barren summits of Cairngorum, and others of the 

 Grampian mountains" (Hook, ^a: Smith, "Engl. Fl." ii. 183 [1824]). 

 " An inhabitant only of the highest of the Grampian mountains, as 

 Cairngorum, Ben-y-mac-duich, and others of that granitic chain, 

 growing upon the summits and amongst the comminuted rock, 

 where scarcely any other plant can exist. ... So severe is the 

 climate at the elevation at which it grows (upwards of 4000 feet 

 above the level of the sea), that it does not always come to 

 perfection : and in the month of August 1830, owing to the 

 unusual quantity of snow which fell during the summer months, 

 scarcely a perfect blossom appeared to have been formed " (Sowerby 

 and Hooker, "Engl. Bot. suppl." t. 2688, i April 1831). Upon 

 the summits and shoulders of Ben Macdhui and Loch-na-gar 

 (Crombie, " Braemar," p. 60 [1861]). Summit of Ben Macdhui 

 (Watson, 1832, in Herb. Kew.; G. Don, 181 2; Hooker, William 

 Gardiner, 1845, in Herb. Brit.); also from the same mountain, 

 but no height given (A. Croall, "PI. of Braemar," 1854, n. 54, in 

 Herb. Brit.). Cairngorm (J. Groves, 1884, in Herb. Brit.). Summit 

 of Ben Avon, and near the summit of Loch-na-gar (Balfour, Mackay, 

 ex Dickie, 171). 



