1898-99.] Notes on the Natural History of Lochfynehead. 15 
royal fern still spreads its fronds on the wet ledges of several of 
the rocks, and cryptogams of all kinds abound. The following 
plants were gathered :— 
Lobelia Dortmanna. 
Hypericum Androsemum. 
" dubium. 
" elodes. 
" pulchrum. 
Lythrum Salicaria. 
Glaux maritima. 
*Spergularia rubra. 
*Myrrhis odorata. 
*Melampyrum pratense. 
Gentiana campestris. 
Erythrea Centaurium. 
" littoralis. 
Menyanthes trifoliata. 
Drosera rotundifolia. 
" anglica. 
Parnassia palustris. 
Sedum anglicum. 
Saxifraga stellaris. 
" hypnoides. 
" oppositifolia. 
Kpilobium alsinifolium. 
" alpinum. 
Vaccinium Myrtillus. 
" Vitis-Idiea. 
" uliginosnm. 
Arctostaphylos Uva-ursi. 
Lycopodium clavatum. 
" Selago. 
Selaginella selaginoides. 
Osmunda regalis. 
Hymenophyllum Tunbridgense. 
" Wilsoni. 
Polystichum lobatum. 
Ophioglossum vulgatum. 
Asplenium marinum. 
'" Rhodiola. " viride. 
Saxifraga nivalis. " Ruta-muraria. 
" aizoides. 
* Not recorded from Argyll in Watson’s ‘ Topographical Botany.’ 
The woodland here forms a conspicuous feature in the land- 
scape, and is extensive and valuable, covering the greater part 
of the sub-alpine district. There is also a good deal of 
enclosed ground, which has either never been planted or has 
ceased to grow trees of any kind, much of it being covered 
with brushwood, where the blaeberry and bog-myrtle flourish. 
Several trees are remarkable for their great size and beauty, 
particularly two silver firs growing in the grounds of Ardkin- 
glas. From the enormous bole of one of them, apparently the 
older, two gigantic branches like trees shoot out at some height 
above the ground. The soil and climate seem well adapted 
for the growth of all kinds of conifere. For this wealth of 
woodland the country is indebted to the chiefs of the houses of 
Argyll and Ardkinglas. 
A great attraction of this place is the variety of its walks. 
The round from Cuil, over the Brannies to Benbui, where Rob 
Roy received wood and water from the house of Argyll while 
he was in the pay of Montrose, and back through Glenshira by 
way of Loch Dubh and Dunerave Castle, is most varied 
and charming. It is a good day’s tramp, and most of it 
