FLORA OF HARRA AND SOrTlI LIST. 35, 



the eastern and more sheltered side of this mountain- 

 ous belt, facing across the Minch to the Island of 

 Skye, occur deep ferny dells, such as attract the 

 Woodcock in large numbers in winter. In one of 

 these dells Mubus Idceus, L., Ajuga reptans, L., and 

 several other unrecorded plants are found growing. 

 On a steep bank at some elevation inland, and 

 among a rank growth of grass and woodrvish, we 

 unexpectedly came on Alliiim ursinu?n, L., and on 

 a wet grassy path at a lower level Scutellaria 

 ininor, L. ; "while along the rocky northern shore of 

 Lochboisdale are to be seen Ljjcopiis europwus, L., 

 CEnanthe crocata, L., Agrimonia Eupatoria, L., 

 Polygonum Bistorta, L., and other additions to the 

 known flora of the district. 



The marshy belt of South Uist I had the oppor- 

 tunity of exploring during short visits paid at 

 Askernish to Mr. Paterson, factor to Lady Gordon 

 Cathcart, and at Bornish, a little further north, to 

 Mr. John Ferguson, a large farmer, near whose 

 house there was being carried on by crofters the 

 manufacture of kelp from seaweed brought ashore 

 by Atlantic storms. 



The vegetation in the marshes and around the 

 lochs of this belt was rich and varied. The eax'ly 

 part of last summer seems to have been drier in 

 these outer islands than in many parts of Scotland,, 

 and of this there was evidence in my being able to 

 walk over tracts usually impassable in July. The 

 poisonous Ciciita virosa, L., was a surprise to meet 

 with in plent}'' along the edges of one loch, while 

 several species of Ranuncuhis and Potamogeton were 

 in luxuriance in the channels which drained the 

 district. 



The sandy belt in South Uist was found to be no 

 less rich in brilliant colouring than that in Barra. 

 Here Viola Curtisii, Forster, was in great abundance,, 

 also a large succulent-leaved form of Polygala, while 

 Lithospermum ariense, L., was common in the sandy 

 potato-fields close by. Little above high-water mark. 



