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remained open to be used for any other species. Of course it is 

 far better to avoid choosing these abortive names, but to discard 

 all which have been so used would only create, instead of pre- 

 ventin<^, confusion. I may say that C. ojiproxunata was the name 

 adopted by DeCandolle in the * Synopsis,' 1806, Fl. Fr. Supp. 

 1815; by Gaudin in Agrost. Helv. 1811, and Fl. Helv. 1830; 

 and by Tenore, Daby, and other authors. I suppose it was the 

 doubt of its being a published name, or its having probably no 

 description in the Exsic, that led Gay, in the Annales Sc. Nat. 

 1839, p. 177, to choose Wahlenberg's name. To this paper I may 

 refer for a more complete synonymy of the plant in question. 



On the cliffs, at over 3000 ft., we noticed Lychnis diiinia Sibtli., 

 which, if recent examples be followed, should, I suppose, be called 

 L. diuica L., since Miller raised the var. b. to a species — L. alba. 

 The special object of my visit to this corrie w^as to examine a 

 Eanunculus, the peculiar root-leaves of which attracted my attention 

 last vear ; this we found in good condition, and it will be described 

 later on. Shortly after, the rain came down with such persistence 

 as to render the six miles' walk and fourteen miles' drive home most 

 unpleasant. 



A squally day was spent about Loch Mallachie and Spey Side. 

 In the Loch, *Scirpus lacustris L., accidentally unmarked last year, 

 "^Carex riparia Curt., in poor condition, and which would be better 

 for confirmation, was noticed in a pool in the vicinity. By the 

 river occurred Rosa involiUa Sm. "^var. Doniana (Woods), E. tomen- 

 tosa Sm., var. scabriuscula (Sm.), ''- Yur.fcetida (Bast.), 7i. canina L. 

 -''var. dumalis Dumort., also a form with glandular sepals, *var. 

 andcijavensis Dumort., '''var. verticillacantha Baker, var. decipiens 

 Baker, -''var. Watsoni Baker, "^'var. subcristata Baker, "var. (jlauca 

 (Vill.), Bibes Grossiddria h., '''Hieracium. (jothicum Fries, ^^Pohjfjala 

 vuh/aris L., and Foa nemoralis L. in several forms, including the 

 "^var. montana Gaud, {teste Hackel), which is, I believe, new to 

 Britain. In a marshy place near the Boat of Garten, a form of 

 Melampyrum pratense L., which is very nearly allied to var. ericetonuii 

 of D. Oliver, the var. viontanuin in variable condition being the 

 common moorland form. 



Another day was occupied in walking through the comparatively 

 recently planted fir-woods to Carr Bridge ; these contained, how- 

 ever, little of interest, except in Fungi, Agaricns uuiscarius being in 

 beaut)iful condition. Li a marsh near Carr Bridge grew a small 

 form of Votanuxjeton polij(jonifolias Pourr., with very narrow and 

 small leaves. It is closely allied {teste Arthur Bennett) to the var. 

 teniiifolius Fries ; it fruited freely. Here, too, was seen Deschampsia 

 discolur R. & S. in a new locality, and a form of Care.v pilulifera 

 24 in. high. A small stream yielded Charafrafjilis Desv., in that 

 pretty small state which approaches delicatuta A. Br. Vacvinium 

 ulitfinosHui L. occurs at the low elevation of 800 ft. By the river 

 grew '^'•GcraniiDit pratense L. Mccunopsis cambrica Vig. was naturalised 

 near the village. 



A day above lvotliiennu*chus afforded '^'Orchis maf^cula L., Chry- 

 santhemum Varthodum Pers. (naturalised), Rosa canina L., var. 



