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*Epilobium angustifolium L. Mountain-glen near Kingshouse 

 (98), at 2000 feet. 



Solidago Virgaurea L., var. *cambrica (Huds.) On granite, 

 near Kingshouse (98), above 2500 feet. 



Cnicus heterophyllus Willd. The laciniate-leaved form occurs on 

 the river-bank opposite Luib Station. 



Hieracium holosericeum Backh. In two or three places near 

 Kingshouse, from 2000 to 2700 feet; mostly small and without 

 flowers. — *H. eximium Backh. (type). Plentiful on granite near 

 Kingshouse ; more sparingly on mica-schist, Meall Buidhe (98). — 

 Var. tenellum Backh., near Kingshouse; much scarcer than the 

 type. — *H. calenduliflorum Backh. Mountains near Kingshouse ; 

 plentiful in one glen. Foliage luxuriant and typical. Flowers 

 rather smaller than in the Braemar form ; frequently two and 

 occasionally three or even four heads on one stem (98). — H. 

 (jracilentum Backh. On granite, about Kingshouse ; Meall Buidhe, 

 on mica-schist. — *H. nigrescens Willd. Cliffs of Meall Buidhe (98). 

 Forms probably referable to this species, but unlike that of the 

 Cairngorms, occur about Kingshouse. — H. lingulatum Backh. Fre- 

 quent around Kingshouse ; the yellow-styled plant recorded last 

 year being much rarer than the typical one with livid styles. 

 Ben Laoigh ; Corrie Ardran (88). Ben-a-chroin (*87). — H. senescens 

 Backh. Meall Buidhe (*98). Ben Laoigh ; Am Binnein ; Corrie 

 Ardran ; Innis Choarach (88). Ben-a-chroin (*87). Evidently a 

 characteristic plant of the Western Breadalbanes. — H. anglicum 

 Fr. About Kingshouse ; Meall Buidhe (*98). Ben More ; Ben 

 Laoigh, &c. (88). Glen Falloch (*97).— Var. longibracteatum F. J. 

 Hanbury. Stream-side, near Kingshouse (*98). — *H. iricum Fr. 

 About Kingshouse (98). — H. argenteum Fr., Inveroran ; scarce. — 

 H. murorum L. (segregate). Near Kingshouse (*98), in various 

 forms. Glen Falloch (-87). — H. Deivari Bosw. About Kingshouse 

 (98). Crianlarich (88) ; scarce. Glen Falloch (87), at'about 1300 

 feet. — H. prenanthoides Vill. Crianlarich ; scarce. — *H. umbellatum 

 L. In open meadows at Inveroran (89). Bare in the Highlands. — 

 H. corymbosum Fr. Railway-banks between Crianlarich and Luib 

 (88). — H. auratum Fr. Kingshouse and Inveroran (98) ; Tyndrum 

 and Crianlarich (88). — H. sparsifolium Lindeberg. Inveroran (98). 



Campanula rotundifolia L., var. lancifolia Mert. and Koch (Mr. 

 Bennett points out that their ' Deutsch. FL' is referred to in Koch's 

 ' Synopsis'). Cliffs of Ben-a-chroin, at 2500 feet. — C. rotundifolia 

 was gathered on the very summit of Am Binnein, at an altitude of 

 3820 feet, over 300 feet higher than previously recorded in Britain. 

 *Vaccinium uliginosum L. Ben-a-chroin (87). 



Euphrasia officinalis L. A tiny plant, ■§• to 1£ inch high, which 

 grows on Am Binnein between 3500 and 3700 feet, and at a similar 

 altitude on Ben Lawers, is referred by Mr. Townsend to a dwarf 

 form of his var. borealis of E. Rostkoviana Heyne. Another, about 

 2 inches high, occurred at 2000 feet on Ben Laoigh, and this 

 he places under E. gracilis Fr. 



^Veronica serpyllifolia L., h. humifusa (Dicks.). Ben-a-chroin (87). 



Betula intermedia Thomas, found by us in Glen Callater, in 



