Meeting of the Scottish Alpine Botanical Club. 05 



variegated form of tlie same Fern, the variegation upon 

 all its leaves which, I have no doiiht, it will retain under 

 cultivation; a forked variety of Asplenium viride ; the 

 alpine form of RanunculuH aeris ; Pohjstichum Lonchitis^ 

 tliougli not in any great quantity ; Dryas octopetala, and 

 Pseudathyrium alpestre and Allosorus crispvfi. 



The plants found on the actual summit were Carcx 

 rigida, Saxifraga stellains, and Ihibus Chamcemorus. 



On Monday, July 31, some of the party got a number of 

 good plants of Woodsia hypcrhorea, which grew on a large 

 boulder on the north side ; I believe the first recorded in- 

 stance of this rare Fern having been gathered on Ben 

 Lui. 



On Tuesday morning, August 1, the party took an excur- 

 sion to Cam a Craig, where, besides the usual plants, a 

 very curious variety of the Holly Fern was found, having 

 the crisped form and appearance of tlie Holly leaf much 

 more marked than is found in the ordinary typical form of 

 this Fern. Myosotis alpestris was seen in the old locality 

 mixed with plants of the white flowered variety. Woodsia 

 hyjierhorea is evidently getting very scarce here ; we only 

 saw one or two small morsels on a large boulder. Gentiana 

 nivalis, rapidly spreading to the eastward from the place 

 where it was originally discovered, was seen in considerable 

 quantity over a distance of more than 5000 yards along the 

 base of the crags. 



The object of going to Killin was to explore the upper 

 part of Gi-len Lochy and Craig Inhor. On the west side of 

 the corrie on Ben Tnhor fine plants of the Cystopteris 

 montana, Draba incana, Poa Balfouri, Juncus higlumis and 

 triglumis, Dryas octopetala, Bartsia alpi7ia, Saxifraga 

 nivalis^ Carcx lepoi'ijia, pallescens and capillaris, and Crep)is 

 pahulosa were obtained ; and at the head of the corrie fine 

 specimens of Juncus castaneus, some of which were from 

 18 to 20 inches high. 



This excursion cannot be made in one day without 

 making an early start in the morning, and driving for about 

 10 miles to Mr Willison's farm; from thence it is fully 5 

 miles into the corrie. 



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