28 PHANEROGAMS AND FERNS OF SOUTH ARDGOIL. 
viviparous form usual above 1500 feet, but occurring down to 
about 50 feet wherever the conditions are moist. The vivi- 
parous form occurs a few feet below summit of Cnoc Coinnich 
at 2470 feet. 
Hard Fescue (Festuca duriuscula, Linn.)—Frequent on rock 
ledges of Cnoc Coinnich and Ben Reithe at 1700 to 2000 feet ; 
also common in moist places along the shore. 
Meadow Fescue-grass (Festuca pratensis, Huds.)—At low 
levels only. 
Reed Fescue-grass (Festuca sylvatica, Vill.)—Frequent in 
Garbh Allt and Allt Inverlounin, and occasional in other allts. 
Cock’s-foot Grass (Dactylis glomerata, Linn,)—Occasional at 
low levels. 
Crested Dog’s-tail-grass (Cynosurus cristatus, Linn.)—Fre- 
quent at low levels in dryish places, but rarely on the hills, 
yet dominant over a tract at 1500 feet on the south-east face 
of Cnoc Coinnich. 
Manna Grass (Glyceria fluitans, Br.)—At low levels only ; 
common in ditches. 
Salt Grass, Sea Meadow-grass (Glycerta maritima, Huds.)— 
On the shore. (Glyceria aquatica, Linn.)—In a ditch beside 
the Glebe at Lochgoilhead. 
Annual Meadow-grass (Poa annua, Linn.)—Frequent along 
roads and at low levels, but not common, and very occasion- 
ally in patches on the hills at 950 feet near Tom Molach, and 
strongly developed on the Dog Rock. 
Smooth Meadow-grass (Poa pratensis, Linn.)—In fields and 
on Lawns. 
Roughish Meadow-grass (Poa trivialis, Linn, )—In fields. 
Alpine Meadow-grass (Poa alpina, Linn.) — Apparently 
rare: only noticed on Tom nan Gamhna at 1250 feet. 
Purple Molinia (Molinia cerulea, Mcench.)—Common and 
widely distributed from low levels up to about 1750 feet, 
chiefly on wet ground, and at higher levels also on rock 
ledges ; not usually developing into prominently tufted areas 
such as is typical of its strong development, but rather as a 
constituent of mixed vegetation ; strikingly noticeable in the 
late autumn. An extensive area to the south-west of Coilessan 
is covered with this grass. 
Mountain Melic-grass (Melica nutans, Linn.)—In allts only, 
and occasional, 
