PHANEROGAMS AND FERNS OF SOUTH ARDGOIL. 13 
parts in the allts; up to 1750 feet on Ben Reithe, the Garbh, 
and Cnoc Coinnich. 
Greater Bird’s-foot Trefoil (Lotus major, Scop.)—In wet 
places by the roadsides and in the fields, but on low ground 
only. 
Tafted Vetch (Vicia Cracca, Linn.)—Occasional in fields on 
low ground. 
Bush Vetch (Vicia sepium, Linn.) — Favours drier places 
than Cracca; occurring occasionally on low ground, and also up 
the burn courses on dry banks, where it is often found in 
conjunction with Luzula sylvatica and Geranium sylvaticum, as 
in a gorge from Cnoc Coinnich into Allt Guanan at 1500 
feet. 
Tuberous Bitter-vetchling (Lathyrus macrorhizus, Wimm.) 
—Occasional on lawns. 
Meadow-sweet (Spirea ulmaria, Linn.)—In wet places along 
the shore, by the roadsides, by ditches, and up the burn-sides 
to 1000 feet, but not on the hillsides nor in the woods. 
Herb-bennet (Geum urbanum, Linn.)—Only once noticed in 
Allt Inverlounin. 
Water-avens (Geum rivale, Linn.)—Frequenting the burn- 
sides, and occasionally in rocky hollows up to 2100 feet. 
Raspberry (Rubus Ideus, Linn.)—Occasional by the road- 
sides, seldom in the allts, but frequent on the Garbh, Cnoc 
Coinnich, from 1500 to 1750 feet. ; 
Bramble (Rubus fruticosus, Linn.)—Observed at road levels 
only. 
Stone Bramble (Rubus saxatilis, Linn.)—Not frequent. See 
Allts (p. 9). 
Strawberry (Fragaria vesca, Linn.)—Occasional in allts. 
Tormentil (Potentilla Tormentilla, Neck.)—This is probably 
the most widely spread flower; occurring in almost all kinds 
of habitat, from shore-side to summits of all the hills up to 
2470 feet ; occasionally absent from the very top. 
Silverweed (Potentilla Anserina, Linn.)—By roadsides. 
Lady’s-mantle (Alchemilla vulgaris, Linn.)—Common from 
road-levels, especially by the sides of streams, on damp sloping 
banks, and ascends the hills to 2100 feet on Cnoc Coinnich. 
Alpine Lady’s-mantle (Alchemilla alpina, Linn.)—Begins to 
occur frequently about 1400 feet, and becomes prominent at 
1750 feet. It descends the allts, particularly Allt Onich, 
