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over a foot high, were obtained. The allied segregate i?. Driimmond- 

 Hayi we did not see. 



MelamiJijriim jpratense L., var. 'piivpureum Hartman (Skand. FL, 

 ed. 1). 97. Carn Liath, from 2800 to 3000 feet. Corolla yellowish 

 white, beautifully streaked and tipped with bright crimson. I believe 

 that this is an alpine colour- variation of Johnston's JjT. montanum. 



Betula ■puhescens Ehrh. 97. A young bush, growing in damp 

 woodland above the Iliver Pattack, was much infested with a crimson 

 parasitic growth, looking like a fungus. Mr. W. AV'atson, of Taunton 

 School, to whom I sent fresh pieces, at first thought this to be Melam- 

 psora hetiilina, a ' rust ' ; but microscopical examination proved that 

 it was of a different nature. Later on, he submitted it to Prof. Sw^anton, 

 who reported that the felt of red hairs was due to the mite Eriophyps 

 rudis Canest, var. longiseta Nalepa (see his British Plant Galls, 

 No. 198). " There is an illustration of this in Greville's Cryptogamic 

 Elora, p. 21. Greville thought the felt was a fungus, and called the 

 club-shaped hairs sporidia, tiiinking that they had something to do 

 with the reproduction of the plant by spores. The name given to this 

 supposed fungus was Erineum hetidinum Schum." 



*Salix aurita X viminalis. 96. On shingle by the Markie Burn, 

 Crathie ; decidedly on the viminalis side, but showing the influence of 

 the other parent in its dwarf habit (not over 18 inches high) ; the 

 shorter, relatively broader, cuneate-based leaves ; their frequent denti- 

 culations ; and the glabrescent wood. 



*^'. aurita X pliylicifolia. 96. Grrowing near the last ; a good 

 intermediate, as Mr. Linton agrees. 



aS'. lapponum L. 96, 97. Here and there on the hills, but not very 

 common. 



S. caprea L., var. *spliacelata Wahlenberg (*S'. spliacelata Sm.). 

 96. By the Spey, above and below Crathie. 97. Allt Coire Choille- 

 rais, at about 1800 feet (seen and passed by E. F. L.). 



Orchis incarnata L. 97. The purplish-red form is common near 

 Loch Laggan ; that with flesh-coloured flowers being scarce. 



Hahenaria viridis Br., var. hracteata Gray. 97. Coire nan Gall, 

 at 2500 feet ; less well-marked, east of Loch Laggan. Hardly deserves 

 to rank as a variety ; intermediates are numerous. 



Juncus tenuis Willd. 97. A few tufts by a cart-track above 

 Loch Laggan Hotel, whence it may spread to the main road. 



Eriophornm latifolium Hoppe. 97. Apparently rare ; only seen 

 in one moorland bog, S.W. of Loch Laggan. 



Carex atrata L. Ji7. Frequent in Coire Ardair and Coire nan 

 Gall. 



C. G-oodenoicii Gay, var. chlorostachya Ascherson. 95. Moorland 

 swamp, Strath Mashie. Fruit light green, much exceeding the glumes. 

 Near this grew a somewhat different form, which may be var. angusti- 

 folia Blytt, Norges Flora, p. 213 (18(31), a name suggested by 

 Mr. Bennett ; as did C. panicea L., var. tumidula Laestadius, and 

 C. lasiocarpa Ehrh. 



C. saocatilis L. (pulla Good.). 97. Only seen in Coire Choille- 

 rais, at 2800 feet. 



Phlpum alpinum L. 97. Coire nan Gall and Coire Choille-rais, 

 from 2500 to 2800 feet. 



