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made up the steep banks of the Finlarig woods, where some 

 good forms of JSfephrodium Orcoptcris, Desv., were obtained 

 by Mr. Fraser. 



Wednesday, 20 th July. — The excursion to-day was to 

 ]\Ieall-nan-Tarmachau. Driving four miles to where the 

 road to Glen Lyon branches off from the Kenmore road, a 

 walk of five miles brought us to Lochan-na-Lairige, which 

 is situated on the watershed. It is surrounded by high 

 mountains, but, on the west side, a range of promising- 

 looking ledges, covered at this season with greenery and 

 alpine flowers, appeared to give us hope of something good. 

 The Minister of Killin and the Supervisor of Excise joined 

 our party, and were agreeable companions on the hill. At 

 the Loch the party divided so as to give the range of rocks 

 a thorough inspection, but to reach the plateau most of the 

 members had to come to the south side and ascend by a 

 very steep watercourse, as the rocks farther round could 

 not be climbed with safety. Woodsia liyperhorea, Br., is 

 said to grow on the higher ledges, but this plant was 

 certainly not obtained by any of us. However, plenty of 

 Asplenium viride, Huds., and Aspidiuni Zonchitis, Sw., were 

 growing in the rock crevices ; while Hieracia, Mountain 

 Saxifrages, Cochlearia alpina, Wats., all in full flower, 

 fringed the rocks, and made a very steep ascent more in- 

 teresting than it otherwise would have been. It certainly 

 was a work of time to attain the plateau, but it was much 

 easier to ascend than to descend. On attaining the level 

 a grand view was obtained of Schiehalliou, Ben Lawers, 

 Beinn Ghlas, — even to the Lomonds in Fife, with Benarty, 

 and the more distant Pentlands and Moorfoots. The air 

 was clear and the weather pleasant. We now found our- 

 selves among bogs, rocks, and streamlets, with a line of 

 precipices running in a southerly direction, the cone of 

 Meall-nan-Tarmachan towering like a castle above us. 

 Several of our men went to the summit, where Hooker 

 states Andrecea nivalis is to be found. The summit of Ben 

 Nevis would be a more certain station. The line of rocks 

 previously alluded to looked very promising, being moist, 

 the soil micaceous schist. This region is so accessible that 

 many eminent botanists and competent rock-climbers have 

 scoured every inch of these ledges. So much depends on 



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