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the panicle being less branched, and the flower-heads much larger. 
Low-ground plants, growing on the rocks on Loch Lomond side 
are frequently taller, but the flower-heads, although less in size 
than when growing in alpine situations are, so far as I have 
observed, always larger than those of the type, as we find it, say, 
on the banks of the Clyde. Distinctions founded upon the 
serration and ciliation of the leaves appear to be worthless, as the 
plants are very variable in these respects, the leaves of the same 
plant frequently differing to a considerable extent. The short- 
stemmed, large-flowered form common on the rock-ledges at from 
1,500 to 2,000 feet, is an exceedingly handsome object. The 
highest altitude noted for this species is 2,300 feet on Ben Arthur. 
BELLIS PERENNIS, L. 
The altitudinal range of the daisy is, curiously enough, a point 
which does not seem to be very satisfactorily determined. The 
Brit. Ass. Handbook states that it occurs in district ““B” up to 
600 feet, whilst Hooker (Students’ Flora) says, “ascends to near 
3,000 feet in the Highlands.” This latter altitude is never attained, 
so far as I am aware, in any part of our western highlands. Last 
year, I observed the daisy in fine flower on the slope of Ben 
Arthur above Glen Croe, at an altitude of considerably over 1,000 
feet, but the exact height was not noted. This year the highest 
point at which the species was observed was at 1,300 feet on Ben 
Vane. 
ASTER TRIPOLIUM, L. 
Common on the seashore at the head of Loch Long. 
ANTENNARIA pDIoIca, Br. 
Apparently chiefly alpine, but not exclusively so. Ascends to 
2,600 feet on Crois. A plant of dry, grassy moors; not common. 
GNAPHALIUM SYLVATICUM, L. 
Not common. Borders of fields and waste places. Low 
ground only. 
GNAPHALIUM SUPINUM, L. 
Alpine, and confined to the stony summits. A characteristic 
plant of the mountain tops, and very striking in appearance from 
its white, cottony stems and leaves, and small golden-brown 
capitula, although its dwarf size renders it rather inconspicuous. 
