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NOTES ON HIGHLAND PLANTS. 



1886, aud assented to by Prof. Babington, is now confirmed by Mr. 

 Ar. Bennett, who had doubted the naming, after comparison with 

 authentic examples at Kew. Kegel regards this as B. pubescens x 

 nana. — *B. pubescens Ehrh. (glutinosa Fr.), var. parvifolia (Wimm.) 

 By the Falloch burn (87), at about 1500 feet. (The name B. 

 odorata Bechst., is applied by some German botanists to B. jmbescens 

 x verrucosa ; Ehrhart's appears to be the oldest name, and is 

 adopted by Kegel, in his ' Bemerkungen.') Another form grew 

 with this, and seemed to be near var. carpatica. Prof. Babington 

 writes of this : — " It is very like hercynica as figured by Keichenbach 

 1 Icones' XII., 624, a form of carpatica." 



■■■•Salix nigricans Sm. and *S. lapponum L. Ben-a-chroin (87). — 

 S. Arbuscula x lapponum. Innis Choarach, Glen Lochay, in two 

 forms. Attested by Dr. White, who has found this and other 

 hybrids in the vicinity, a specially rich one for willows. 



Pinus sylvestris L. Certainly native, around Inveroran. 

 *Juniperus nana Willd. In good fruit, at 2000 feet, near Kings- 

 house (98). 



Malaxis paludosa Sw. Ascending to Corrie Ardran from Crian- 

 larich, at about 1400 feet. 



Habenaria albida R. Br. Near Inveroran ; without personal 

 authority for 98 in ' Top. Bot.' — H. chloroleuca Ridley. Inveroran. 



Tofieldia paVu&tru Huds. Near Kingshouse ; no personal authority 

 for 98. 



J uncus alpinus Vill. Meall-na-Saone, above 2500 feet. — J. cas- 

 taneus. Innis Choarach (88), scarce ; Ben-a-chroin (*87). — J. bi- 

 gliimis L. Innis Choarach, sparingly. 



Sparganium affine Schnizl. (teste Beeby). Kingshouse and 

 Inveroran (*98). Also seen, but not collected, in Loch Dochart. 



Potamofjeton nutans L. A small state, in one of the lakelets 

 near Kingshouse. 



Kobresia caricina "Willd., was found sparingly in Innis Choarach, 

 as well as (in profusion) on Ben Laoigh. 



Garex curta Good. Inveroran (98). Queried in ' Top. Bot.' — 

 C. atrata L. Meall Buidhe (98). — C. aquatilis Wahl., var. elatior 

 Bab. Marshy ground, near the head of Loch Dochart. — C. magel- 

 lanica Lam. (C. irrigua Hoppe). Ascending to Corrie Ardran, at 

 about 1400 feet. — C. UmosaTi. A form (or variety) occurs in a very 

 wet sphagnous bog, a little to the north of Lochan Etive, Kings- 

 house. Its inflorescence is laxer than usual ; the glumes being 

 much paler (yellowish-rufous), with an awned mid-rib. Mr. Bennett 

 writes : — " Here there is an approach to some of the characters of 

 C. slygia Fr., but the lower bracts are not of that, and the male 

 spikelet is too slender ; and this is almost like what Dr. White has 

 gathered and called ' C. limosa, intermediate between that and 

 irrigua.' I think you may call it limosa, f." The only point of 

 resemblance to irrigua is in the awned glumes. It was much 

 affected with "smut." — C. fiava x fulya. Near Loch Tulla, 

 Inveroran (98). — C. Jiava x pulla occurs with the parents at about 

 2800 feet on Ben More, in some quantity ; and was also found 

 growing with them on Ben Laoigh, whence Mr. Druce originally 



