ALPINE PLANTS FROM FORFARSHIRE AND ABERDEENSHIRE. 289- 



found growing among Carex vaginata on a ledge at 

 an altitude of about 2,700 feet. 



I would advise collectors to deal carefully with 

 all Carices found growing in alpine situations, 

 especially such as have either a single spikelet or 

 several spikelets crowded together. 



Alopecurus alpinus, Linn., var. Watsoni. The 

 typical form is by no means rare in the Clova 

 district; it grows in almost every rill from 1,500 

 feet upwards. At an altitude of about 3,000 feet, 

 the var. Watsoni begins to appear, growing along 

 with the type. In this variety the awns are no 

 doubt much longer, and the glumes more acute» 

 than in the type; but there are intermediate forms 

 which seem due to the external conditions of the 

 plant. For my own part, I do not consider this 

 variety worthy of separate distinction, and Don 

 seems also to have disregarded it. 



Lycopodium annotinum, Linn. This, the rarest of 

 British Lycopodiacece, is common enough both in 

 the Clova district and the North-east of Perthshire,, 

 althovigh I do not remember having seen it on the 

 Breadalbane mountains. 



