46 NOTES ON SCOTCH PLANTS. 



a sheep-farm. With the large-flowered moorland form in W. Ross 

 appeared fully typical canina, but the florets were in all cases 

 darker-coloured. I believe, in Parnell's ' Grasses,' there is a plant 

 labelled var. alpina from Clova similar to the var. scotica.\ — A. canina 

 L., var. mutica. A slender shape, grown form appeared by the 

 Kilmorack Falls, 96. — A. alba L., var. stolonifera (L.). Beauly, 96. 

 — *Var. coarctata Hoffm. Beauly, 96. — *Var. maritima Meyer. 

 Culbin Sands, 95. Nairn, 96. — *Var. gigantea Meyer. Near 

 Beauly, 96. Near to A. nigra With. — A. vulgaris With., var. 

 pumila (L.). Appeared to be free from disease on Lawers. A small 

 alpine form of A. vulgaris With, grew on dry rocks in Glen A'an, 

 94. — *a. nigra With. Fields near Beauly, 96. 



Sesleria ccerulea Hardueni. Beaches 2800 ft. on Lawers. 



Deschampsia caspitosa Beauv., var. alpina Gaud. The stunted 

 compact form with short leaves and larger florets, so common on 

 the upper table-land of the Cairngorms (the var. brevifolia Parnell), 

 in one year's cultivation has changed to a robust plant 3 ft. high, 

 presenting little difference from the type, except in its shorter 

 leaves and slightly larger florets. The viviparous form was frequent 

 on Lawers. — *Var. pallida Koch. Near Kiulochewe, 105. 



Poa glauca Sm. Descends to Lawers Bridge (400 ft.), on which 

 are some stunted plants. Between this species and P. nemoralis a 

 great number of intermediates occur, which Prof. Hackel says it is 

 impossible to name. — *P. Balfouri Parn. The correct spelling. 

 Cliffs of Glen Ennich, very rare, 96. — *P. nemoralis L., var. divari- 

 cata Syme. Craig Cailleach, 88. — *P. casta Smith. This inter- 

 mediate of P. nemoralis and P. glauca Prof. Hackel names as above. 

 It grew on cliffs above Loch Chait, Ben Lawers. In Eng. Bot. 

 Dr. Boswell-Syme says he had seen no wild British specimens. 

 *Glyceria maritima Wahl. Nairn, 96. 



Agrovyron re-pens Beauv., var. Leersianum Gray. Base of Ben 

 Lawers, 88. Dingwall, 106. Kinlochewe, 105. The glaucous 

 form occurred at Beauly, 96. It is probably the var. ccssium (sub 

 Triticum) of Doll. Fl. Bad. — *A. junceum Beauv. Nairn, 96. 



Festuca ovina L., var. genuina Hackel. Cliffs of Ben Eay, 105. 

 — *F. rubra L., var. lanuginosa Mert. et Koch. Culbin Sands, 

 Elgin, 95. Nairn, 96. — *Subvar. barbata Hack. Ben Laoigb, 88, 

 98. Lawers, 88. A depauperate form occurred by the Abhuinn 

 Bruachaig, and a rigid glaucous form by Loch Maree, 105. — F. 

 pratensis Huds. Beauly, 96. 



*Athyrium flexile Syme. This rare and interesting form I 

 gathered on the Cairngorms (96) last year, and have it in culti- 

 vation. Although not quite identical with the Ben Aulder plant, 

 Dr. Buchanan White agrees with me in placing it under this name. 

 The Ben Aulder plant, he tells me, is slightly stouter and more 

 oblong in outline, and narrower in proportion to its length. It is 

 true that my cultivated specimens suffered this year from being 

 kept too dry. These fairly agree with Backhouse's specimens from 

 Glen Prosen. 



J I have since examined the specimen in the Parnell Herbarium, and find 

 my supposition to be correct. 



