22 PHANEROGAMS AND FERNS OF SOUTH ARDGOIL, 
Sea-side Plantain (Plantago maritima, Linn.)—On shore, 
and occasionally on lower hill slopes. 
Star of the Earth (Plantago coronopus, Linn.)—On rocks at 
the junction of Loch Long and Loch Goil. 
Annual Knawel (Scleranthus annuus, Linn.)—On roadside. 
Halbert-leaved Orache (Atriplex patula, Linn.)—On shore 
only. 
Curled Dock (Rumex erispus, Linn.)—On the shore. 
Broad-leaved Dock (Rumex obtusifolius, Linn.) — Almost 
wholly confined to low levels; occurring occasionally on the 
shore, and frequently by roadsides. 
Sourock (Rumex Acetosa, Linn.)—Commonest of the genus ; 
up to 2000 feet on Cnoc Coinnich and 1900 feet on Ben 
Reithe. In some fields at low levels; very plentiful. 
Sheep’s Sorrel (Rumex Acetosella, Linn.)—Occasional in 
dryish places up to 1000 feet. 
Mountain Sorrel (Oxyria reniformis, Campd.)—In rocky 
bed of streams at high elevations ; at 450 feet in Eas Garbh. 
Common Knot-grass (Polygonum Aviculare, Linn.)—Occurs 
by roadside. 
Spotted Knot-grass (Polygonum Persicaria, Linn.)—By 
shore-side. 
Pale-flowered Knot-grass (Polygonum lapathifolium, Linn.)— 
By roadsides and in fields; the commonest species. 
Water-pepper (Polygonum Hydropiper, Linn.)—In ditches. 
by the roadside. 
Alpine-bistort (Polygonum viviparum, Linn.)—On Cnoe 
Coinnich at 1800 feet. 
Dog’s Mercury (Mercurialis perennis, Linn.)—Frequently 
met with in clumps, and over small areas in the woods, up the 
wooded allts, and under overhanging rock to 1100 feet; most 
frequent in shady places to 600 feet. 
Crowberry (EHmpetrum nigrum, Linn.)—Well distributed 
from sea-level up to the summits of the hills; most common 
above 1000 feet, sometimes on rocks in hollows, but over 
greater areas on grassy slopes, especially near the tops of the 
hills, notably so on the Saddle and Ben Reithe. A summit 
plant on the Saddle, Tom nan Gamhna, Ben Reithe, but 
absent from Cnoe Coinnich, both summit and upper slopes. 
Nettle (Urtica dioica, Linn.) —Common in waste places on low 
ground ; also occurring at considerable altitude, e.g., at 1500 
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