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mutica Gaud., Festuca rubra L. *var. arenaria Hackel, teste Hackel 

 (in his monograph Prof. Hackel gives var. laniujinosa of Mart. & 

 Koch, Deut. M. as a sjaionym), ''''Allium oleraceum L., ^'Scirpus 

 Tdhernccinontani GmeL were the most interesting plants noticed. By 

 Forres the corn-fields were full of Papaver dubium L., Centaiirea 

 Cijanus L., and Sper(/ularia sativa Boeugh. Bromus cowmutatiis 

 Schrad. was also noted. By the Findhorn we gathered ■''Fohjgala 

 vulgaris L., which, I suspect, flowers earlier than F. serpyllacea, 

 since it was unnoticed last year. "^'Geum intermedium Ehrh., Hosa 

 canina L. *var. surculosa (Woods), var. hiserrata (Merat), *var. 

 decipiens [Dwiwoxi), *var. Trrt^so?u" Baker, '^'yoir. (jlauca {NiW.), '^'Sedum 

 Telepliium L. (as wild as elsewhere in Scotland), FyroJa secunda L., 

 vast quantities of Goodyera repens Br., Babes Grossularia L., '•'Thymus 

 Chamccdrys Fries, -''Myusotis repens Don (given in the Forfar list by 

 George Don as a nomen solum, and I cannot find the plant m his 

 exsiccata), '•'M. caspitosa Schultz, '-''Carex Jlava L., Festuca sylvatica 

 Vill. Along the romantic banks of that most beautiful of Scotch 

 rivers, the variety Idans of Melampyrum pratense L. occurred for 

 several miles in beautiful flower, and always constant in colour. 

 Its brilliant orange corolla makes it a conspicuous plant. I thought 

 I saw it from the train in a wood near Grantown ; if so, it will be 

 a new record for Easterness. liieracium aurantiacum L. was 

 naturalized on the rail-banks, and Anchusa sempervirens L. about 

 Sluie, both in 95. Fhallus impudicus was by no means unfrequent 

 in Elgin, by the Findhorn, and mushrooms were abundant. 



The Bauuncuhis alluded to previously, and which looked very 

 distinct, I have been enabled, with the kind aid of Mr. Britten, to 

 identify as — 



Kanunculus aceis L., var. pumilus Wahl. — b. pumilus caule 



unifloro Varietatem hujus pumilam foliis omnibus radi- 



cnlibus habiitque K. bulboso similem in collibus siccis lapponiae 



vidimus sed nullum R. bulbosum verum reperimus In 



alpibus altioribus," Fl. Lapp. pp. 159, IGO ; G. Wahlenburg, 1812; 

 also Fl. Suec. p. 365, 1831. Specimens in Herb. Br. Mus., and 

 Hb. Oxon, coll. F. Ahlberg ex *' Monte Knudsho Dovrefeld, alt. 

 4000 ped. rar." Reported also from the Faroe Islands, but I have 

 seen no specimens. 



Our plant occurred on the north side of the Cairngorms, in 

 Corrie Sneachda, at an elevation of 2800-3500 ft. The neighbouring 

 corries and glens yielded only the ordinary montane forms of acris. 

 It is in cultivation in the Oxford Botanic Garden. 



Description : — lihizome horizontal, thick, fleshy, with numerous 

 fibres : stem erect, arching at the toj), 4-G in. high, striate, nearly 

 glabrous. Leaves. — Radical leaves long, petiolate, enlarged and 

 sheathing at base, cordate, deeply tripartite, the lateral divisions 

 cub from one-third to half the depth of leaf in two or three seg- 

 ments, which are again bluntly lobed ; the central division not 

 longer than the lateral, and less deeply cut. Cauline leaves lanceo- 

 late, entire or slightly toothed. Both radical and cauline leaves 

 almost ylabrous, rather fleshy, ylossy, and rather translucent. 

 Flowers usually solitary, or from 2-G flowers h-^ in. circumference. 



