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Excursion of the Scottish Alpine Botanical Club. 355 



Chrysanthemum parthenium, Pers.. abundant on the ruins 

 of Kilclmrn Castle ; Ileum athamcmticum, Jacq., abundant 

 on the banks of the Orchy ; Jasione montanu, L,, and 

 Carex vesicaria, L. 



On Tuesday, 4th August, the Club visited Beinn Laoigh, 

 a mountain on the confines of Argyllshire and Perthshire. 

 It is 3708 feet high, and is the twenty-fifth highest in 

 Britain. This hill is rich in alpine plants, many of which 

 were gathered on this excursion. I shall only mention a 

 few — Pyrola rotundifolia^'Li.', Bartsia alpina,\j.\ Juncus 

 casfaneus, L. ; Carex vaginata^ Tausch ; Carex saxatilis, L. ; 

 Hymenophyllum unilaterale, Willd. ; Cystojjteris montana, 

 Link, in great abundance ; and Aspidium lonchitis, Lev. 

 The chief find of the day was a crested variety of Aspndium 

 lonchitis. Three such plants were found all growing near 

 each other. In all the three plants every frond was 

 crested, and even the old withered fronds of previous years 

 had also been crested. In these circumstances, we have 

 reason to hope that the variety will be permanent. So far 

 as I am aware, these are the only plants of the holly fern 

 that have been found crested. One of the plants is at 

 Faldonside, and the others at the Eoyal Botanic Garden. 



On the way back to Loch Awe, some of the party 

 gathered, in the old churchyard at Dalmally, Inula Hel- 

 enium., L. 



On Wednesday, 5th August, our excursion was to Ben 

 Cruachan, a mountain 3689 feet high. On a previous 

 occasion the Club explored the large corry on the east side 

 of the mountain, from which flows the Allt Mhoille. To- 

 day we accordingly resolved to explore a smaller corry on 

 the west of the great corry, from which Allt Coire Ghlais 

 flows. The day was very hot, and we had a stiff puH, after 

 we left our hotel, till we got over the steep shoulder of Ben 

 Cruachan, called Monadh Driseag, about 2000 feet high. 

 After we got into the corry, we found it most unproductive. 

 The best plants collected were — Sedum Bhodiola, DC, with 

 variegated leaves; Saussurea alpina, DC; Hieracium al> 

 pinum, L. ; var. holosericeum, Buckh., this variety is not 

 common, and was the best find of the day; Vacciniuin, 

 idiginosum., L. ; and Hymenophyllum unilatei^ale, Willd. 



On Thursday, 6th August, several of our number left fur 



