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Meetviig of the Scottish Alpine Botanical Clvh. 



and also very particularly to Mr Lindsay, curator of the Royal 

 Botanic Garden, for his kind counsel and material aid. 



Notes of a Meeting of the Scottish Alpine 

 Club at Loch Awe, in July 1882. By W. 

 President. 



(Head Jane 14, 1883.) 



Botanical 

 B. Boyd, 



The first day's excursion, on July 28, was to an outlying 

 portion of Ben Lui, to the west of the actual summit, on 

 which was a rocky corrie facing the east. 



On crossing the railway some very large patches of Nar- 

 thecium ossifragurii were seen in fine flower, and were 

 carried off by some of the members for the Bog Garden. 



On entering the corrie, which was very rocky, steep, and 

 difficult to climb, the following plants were got : — 



Botrychinm lunaria, Eanunculus 



a€ris, alpine var. 

 Saxifraga oppositifolia. 

 Bartsia alpina (but not nearly in 



such, quantity'' as seen on a 



previous excursion on Ben Liii 



itself). 

 Saussurea alpina. 

 Habenaria viridis. 

 Saxifraga hypnoides, stellaris, 



and aizoides. 



Sedum Rhodiola. 



Arabis petraea (the plant for 

 which the hill is famous) ; I 

 have only seen it in two 

 other places. A pink-flowered 

 variety got on Ben More, in 

 MuU, is here one of the com- 

 monest plants on Ben Lui. 



Aspidium spiniilosum (alpine 

 form), &c. 



Carduus heterophyllus. 



Silene acauHs. 



Diyas octopetala. 



Eubus Chamsemorus. 



Carex rigida, on the summit. 



On the highest point of Ben Lui were gathered — 



Saxifraga nivalis. 

 Cystopteris montana. 

 Cystopteris fragilis, forked form. 

 Pseudathyrium alpestre. 

 Polystichiun Lonchitis. 

 Tofieldia palustris. 



In this corrie Kohresia caricina, which grows in consi- 

 derable quantity on the east side of Ben Lui, could not be 

 found. 



On Saturday, July 29, the excursion was to the great corrie 

 on Ben Cruachan. On our way along the foot of the moun- 

 tain to the entrance of the corrie, the alpine form of Neph- 

 rodium spinulosum was seen, as well as a most beautiful 



