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the Corrie was a large patch of snow, and in its immediate 
neighbourhood vegetation was only just commencing. 
Large quantities of Pseud-athyriwm alpestre were seen, 
and though most of it was much disfigured through being 
eaten down by the deer, a few interesting sub-varieties 
were found, which it is hoped will remain permanent under 
cultivation. 
The heat of the sun may be judged by the fact that two 
of the members of the party bathed twice during the day 
in Loch Cander. Two other members who did not accom- 
pany the party to Glen Callater, found Gentiana campestris 
in the Glen near the hotel. 
On July 15th, the only member of the party remaining 
spent the day among the ferns growing on the burn sides 
in the valley to the north of the hotel. Here he found a 
dwarf erect-growing variety of Lastrea montana with 
short pinne, similar plants of which have already been 
found on two previous occasions in Westmoreland, and 
which is known to fern growers by the name of angustata. 
Several large clumps of it were seen on the side of a burn 
within a space of about fifty yards. This variety keeps 
perfectly permanent in cultivation, and is a most interest- 
ing sport from the normal type of the fern. 
Though nothing very wonderful in regard to plants was 
found, the meeting will always remain memorable to the 
members present owing to the wonderful weather experi- 
enced, for although they have frequently had their pleasure 
spoilt and their botanising interfered with by rain and 
mist, it was quite a new experience, to most of them at all 
events, to have their work on the hills rendered almost 
unbearable owing to the extreme heat. 
A New Leycesteria. By W. W. SMITH. 
Leycesteria Belliana, W. W. Smith, sp. nov. 
Species Leycesteria sinensis Hems. valde affinis sed cum 
specimine unico ejus speciei (Henry 9692 c) in Herbario 
Kewensi non quadrat. Ad hoc confer Hook. Icones 
Plantarum, tab. 2633. Foliis stipulatis, petiolis brevissimis 
dense strigosis, inflorescentia brevispicata, calycis limbo 
