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recorded it. The fruit is remarkably inflated ; in general habit 

 there is a closer approach to flava than to pulla, — C. chrysites Link. 

 (C. Oederi auct., non. Ehrh.). Near Loch Tulla, Inveroran (-98) ; 

 also by the shore of Loch Dochart. 



Agrostis alba L., var. *coarctata (Hoffni.) (teste Hackel). Shore 

 of Loch Dochart. F. J. H. has also gathered this beside Loch 

 Watten, Caithness. The following description is given by Hoff- 

 mann in his « Deutschlands Flora,' i. 37 : — " A. coarctata, panic, 

 contracta, calyc. subsequalibus, corollis brevioribus obtusis hispi- 

 dulis, fol. angustis. Ehrh. gram. 133 . . . (Panic. 2-8-uncialis 

 contracta s. erecta e violaceo purpurascens, calyc. valv. subagquales, 

 exterior dorso hispidula. Fol. angusta fere setacea. Culmus fili- 

 formis basi obliquus. Kadix stolonifera. . .)." 



A. vulgaris With., var pumila (L.). Stony roadsides near Kings- 

 house, at about 1000 feet. 



Deschampsia ccespitosa Beauv., var. pallida Koch. Near Kings- 

 house, at about 2000 feet; evidently a mere "sport" from the 

 type, with which it grew. 



Holcus mollis L. ascends to quite 1800 feet at Kingshouse, 

 about one hundred yards higher than hitherto observed in Britain. 



Arena pratensis L., var. longifulia (Parn.) (teste Hackel). Ben 

 Laoigh, above 2000 feet. 



Phragmites communis Trin., var. nigricans Gren. and Godr. Near 

 Inveroran. 



Poa annua L., var. supina (Schrad.) (teste Hackel). Alpine 

 rills, Ben Laoigh. — P. glauca Sm. Am Binnein and Corrie Ardran 

 (88) ; Ben-a-chroin (-87). All passed as correct by Prof. Hackel. — 

 P. Balfourii Bab., var. montana Bab. Ben Laoigh, above 2000 

 feet, in good quantity. Queried as above by Prof. Hackel, and 

 confirmed by Prof. Babington. 



Festuca rubra L., subvar. grandiflora Hackel, forma alpina (ipso 

 teste). Meall Buidhe (98) ; Am Binnein (88). A state which 

 appears to be var. subcaspitosa Sonder, was gathered by E. S. M. on 

 the Little Culrannoch, Forfarshire, in 1888, and keeps its distinct 

 habit under cultivation. 



Cryptogramme crispa B. Br. Clach Leathad, near Kingshouse ; 

 also high up in the great Perthshire corrie of Ben Laoigh. Quite 

 a scarce Highland species. 



Athyrium alpestre Milde. Mountains near Kingshouse (no 

 personal authority for 98). Ben Laoigh. Ben-a-chroin. 



*Equisetum pratense Ehrh. Cliffs of Meall Buidhe, at 2500 

 feet (98). 



*Lycopodium annotinum L. On granite, near Kingshouse, at 

 2500 feet. 



Pilularia globulifera L. Margin of Loch Tulla (98), in pro- 

 fusion. 



Nitella opaca Agardh is abundant in Loch Dochart. 



Obs. A Plantago, which occurs in wet places on the limestone, 

 Ben Laoigh, above 2000 feet, requires further investigation, and 

 may, probably, be distinct from P. maritima L. It has narrowly 

 linear leaves, \ — If inches long in our specimens ; heads small and 



