326 SCOTTISH ALPINE BOTANICAL CLUB,  [Sess, Lxxm. 
On Friday, 2nd August, the members drove about five 
miles up the Lochay Valley, and walked home, botanising on 
the way. Orchis maculata was found in great abundance all 
along the side of the road, many plants with pure white 
flowers being seen. Gymnadenia conopsea, Habenaria chlor- 
antha were also found in fair quantity, as well as Campanula 
latifolia, Epilobium angustifolium and T'rollius ewropeus. 
Some rain fell late in the afternoon of this day, but not until 
the members had almost reached the hotel, so that they had 
the pleasant experience of four consecutive days’ botanising 
without once getting wet. 
On the whole a very successful meeting was spent; nearly 
all the well-known rare alpine plants growing in this 
district being found, the finding of Carex ustulata on Beinn 
Haesgarnich, though not on Beinn Lawers as well, more 
than compensating for other disappointments. The members 
returned home on the morning of Saturday 3rd of August. 
Before sitting down, I would like to refer for a moment to 
the Report, read a year ago, of the Club’s visit to Connemara 
in 1906. As some of you may recollect, the principal 
object of holding the meeting in that district was the re- 
discovery, if possible, of Hrica Stuartz, originally found there 
by the late Dr. Stuart during a previous meeting of the 
Club many years before, but the members had to leave 
without, as they thought, having obtained a plant. 
It is most interesting to be able to record, however, that 
a plant gathered by one of the members as Hrica Mackayana 
has proved on cultivation to be true Hrica Stuarti, it having 
flowered last summer. I may add that none of the plants 
of Erica Mackayana were in flower—they could only be 
distinguished by their foliage. . 
THE MosskEs AND HEPATICS OF PRINCE CHARLES FORELAND, 
SPITSBERGEN. By Dr. J. HaGEN, Trondhjem. Communi- 
cated by the Secretary. 
The collections described in this paper were made by Dr. 
W. S. Bruce, during his exploration of Prince Charles 
Foreland, the most westerly island of the Spitsbergen Archi- 
pelago, in the summers of 1906 and 1907. The material 
