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at about 1800 ft. — H. corymbosum Fr. var. Halicifolium Lindeb. 

 96. By the Spey, between Newtonmore and Kingussie ; a yelloiv- 

 styled form, which must be placed here, the leaves being subentire 

 and floccose. It grew with H. auratum Fr. and the stylose form 

 of H. striatum Fr. var. opsianthum Dahlst. 



■■'Taraxacum spectabile Dahlst. 96. Frequent by alpine rills, 

 &c. ; usually the leaves are faintly blotched, much less so than in 

 Mr. Beeby's var. maculiferum Dahlst. from Shetland. It is an 

 early-flowering species, and we only saw it in fruit. 



Rfrinanthus stenophylhis Schur. 96. Fine and abundant in 

 grassy places near the Calder Eiver, Newtonmore. A small plant, 

 locally abundant at Dalwhinnie, w 7 hich we referred to B. monticola 

 Druce, is considered by Mr. C. E. Salmon to be B. stenophylhis ; 

 they are very nearly allied, but it looked different from a few 

 specimens of the latter found close by. — B. borealis Druce. 96. 

 Cliffs above Loch Dubh. The largest example that we gathered 

 is fully a foot high, which is quite exceptional. 



Chenopodium Bonus-Henricus L. 96. One very fine plant by 

 a ditch near the bridge over the Calder, Newtonmore ; doubtless a 

 relic of former cultivation, as there is a farmhouse close by. 



Bumex crispus x obtusifolius, B. crispus x longifolhis (pro- 

 pinquus Areschoug), B. longifolius x obtusifolius (conspersus Hart- 

 man). 96. Dalwhinnie, where these three species grew together 

 plentifully. Though they w T ere collected at the end of July, the 

 fruit-characters of our specimens are not yet fully developed ; but 

 we cannot doubt their correctness, as a careful comparison was 

 made. Dr. C. E. Moss has pointed out to us that B. longifolius 

 DC. is an earlier name than B. domesticus Hartm. 



Betula pubescens Ehrh. var. ■'microphylla (parvifolia Eegel). 

 96. Very fine and characteristic in a natural birch wood at 800 ft., 

 about a mile south of Laggan Bridge, by the road to Dalwhinnie. — 

 Var. -''sudetica (B. carpatica /3. sudetica Keichb. Icones, 3564-5 !). 

 Allt an t' Sluie, at 1500-1600 ft. ; here also occurs a third form, 

 which is near var. microphylla, but agrees better with the descrip- 

 tion in DC. Prodromus, xvi. part 2, p. 168 (1868), of B. alba, 

 subsp. vii. pubescens h. Friesii Eegel. It is there given as 

 occurring in Sweden, the Ural region, Bohemia, Germany, Swit- 

 zerland, Scotland, and Iceland, chiefly in hilly or subalpine places, 

 and is said to be the B. glutinosa, forma prima, of Fries, Summa 

 Veg. Scand. (1849), p. 556, the B. glutinosa (and its forma fruti- 

 cosa) of the Summa, p. 212 (1846), as w T ell as of his Herbarium 

 Normale. Pending further enquiry, this identification is, of 

 course, merely tentative. — B. nana L. 96. We only found the 

 dwarf birch in one locality, by the Allt an t' Sluie and its tributary 

 the Uisge Geal, from 1600 to 2200 ft. Several bushes were un- 

 usually large, and fruited freely. No hybrid with B. pubescens 

 rewarded a fairly careful search. 



Salix myrsinites L. 96. Coire Chuirn, in two stations, at 

 about 2500 ft., with the prostrate habit and foliage of the form (or 

 variety) S. procumbens Forbes. The bushes were mostly without 

 catkins, and presumably male, but the few pieces collected in fruit 



