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and frequent by the Spean at (and below) Roy Bridge ; usually 

 occurring as a sti/lose form. We incline to consider this rather a 

 good "species," and cannot think it rightly placed under the same 

 aggregate as var. amplidentatnm F. J. Hanb., which differs widely 

 in habit, shape, colour and texture of leaves, styles (yellow, not 

 sooty), and involucral clothing. The latter is abundant at intervals 

 by the Spean from near Tulloch to within a mile of Spean Bridge, 

 below which point we did not work. — H. anyustum Lindeberg. To 

 this Mr. Hanbury refers a handsome and characteristic yellow- 

 styled plant, abundant by the Spean at Roy Bridge and about a 

 mile lower down. We place it with some confidence under 

 H. salicifolitiiii Lindeberg; it does not at all closely resemble 

 either Prof. Lindeberg's type-specimen of amiustum in Hiev. 

 Exsiccata Scand. or a specimen gathered at Lawers, Perthshire, 

 in 1887, which he named "H. (tii(/ustuin mihi, optimum!" The 

 leaves are much broader, more coriaceous, less narrowed above the 

 base, less hairy, and more shortly ciliate ; indeed, the whole facies 

 of the Glen Spean plant, which (in hundreds of specimens seen) 

 was remarkably uniform, appears to us decisive against the former 

 identification. — H. auratum Fr. Plentiful in Glen Spean and 

 - Glen Roy. 



Arctostaphi/los alpina Spreng. Fersit Forest. Abundant on the 

 top of Ben Chlinaig, together with Loiseleuria procumhens Desv., 

 and on the moorland between this hill and Sgorr-na-Insse. 



Tiientalis eitropaa L. Wood near Roy Bridge, Glen Spean 

 (W. A.S., 1891). 



Samolus Valerandi L. Near Inverlair ; a good many miles from 

 the sea. 



Hcrophularia nodosa L. Glen Roy. Not recorded for W. Inver- 

 ness in Top. Bot. ed. 2, so we mention it in case it has escaped 

 observation. 



Veronica alpina L. Glen Spean mountains, not very rare. 

 Aonach Mor ; Aonach Beg ; Stob Coire-an-Easain More ; Ben 

 Socaich ; Garbh Bheinn, &c. The var. hnmifusa of V. serpyllifolia 

 was well marked in a cold, wet gully on Aonach Beg, at 3200 ft. 



Euphrasia PiostJcoviana Hayne, and FJ. gracilis Fr. are frequent 

 about Glen Roy ; E. scottica Wettst. [E. paludosa Townsend, non 

 R. Br.) is also plentiful, and ascends to fully 2000 ft., preferring 

 wet grassy or sedgy spots. 



Illiinanthus ('rista-rjalli L., var. Dnnnmnnd-Hayi B. White. On 

 several of the micaceous Glen Spean mountains ; unusually luxuriant 

 on the cliffs of Aonach Beg. 



Melampijrum sylvaticum L. Thickets by the river. Glen Roy, 

 and in a wood near Roy Bridge, Glen Spean. 



Utricidaria intermedia Hayne. Moorland between Roy Bridge 

 and Aonach Mor. 



Mentha hirsuta Huds. Glen Spean; evidently native. M. rubra 

 Sm. grows by a ditch in Strath Fillan, between Tyndrum and Crian- 

 larich, 88 ; doubtless an escape from a neighbouring farmhouse. 



Littorella juncea Berg. In the stream called Amhainu Reidh, 

 descending from the watershed of Glen Nevis to Lochtreighead. 



