Feb. 1805.] BOTANICAL SOCIETY OF EDINBURGH. 37'' 



Xear Eoy Bridge the following plants were gathered : — 

 Potcntilla tormcntilla. Scop., yar. j^^'ociunhcns, Sibth.; Circcca 

 alpina, L. ; Veronica scutdlata, L. ; and the rare fungus 

 Boletus satcinas. Near Inverlair the following plants were 

 gathered : — Halcnaria alhida, E. Br., and Sparfjaniuin mini- 

 mum, Fries. 



Two of the members, instead of going with the others on 

 the railway, spent the day fishing and botanising on Lochan 

 Bhe, a small loch near Tyndruni. It is situated in Argyll- 

 shire, and is 822 feet above sea-level. They collected 

 some fine specimens of Lobelia Dortmanna, L., and abundance 

 of a peculiar submerged form of a plant which was found 

 by the Club in this loch during an excursion in 1891. 

 On that occasion specimens were submitted to Bennett, of 

 Croydon, and other botanists, who pronounced it Scirpus 

 fluitans, L. The plant was in great abundance in many 

 parts of the loch, but always in deep water, and though 

 careful search was made, no specimens were obtained in 

 flower or fruit. Xo plants of this Scirpus could be found 

 on the sides of the loch. If the plant be Scirpus fiuitans, 

 it is certainly a very remarkable form. 



Wednesday, 8th August. — The morning was fine, but the 

 day did not look promising, nevertheless the Club resolved 

 to visit Beinn Laoigh. We drove in a waggonette about 

 eight miles down tlie valley of the Lochy to a point near 

 the foot of Beinn Laoigli. From this point it is a very 

 easy walk to the rocks on the west side of the mountain. 

 The first part of the day was fine, but the after part was 

 very wet and misty. On account of the mist we confined 

 our examination to the rocks on the west and north of the 

 mountain. We saw most of the alpine plants which are 

 known to grow on these rocks, among which may be men- 

 tioned a small form of Coclilearia alpina, Wats. ; Triglochin 

 imlustre, L., at an elevation of 2500 feet, being 500 feet 

 above the height mentioned in the last edition of Hooker's 

 Flora ; Juncus triglumis, L. ; J. higlumis, L. ; J. castancus, L. : 

 Kohrcsia caricina, Willd.; Car ex indict, Good.; Wooclsia 

 hyperhorca, E. Br.; CystoiJteris montana. Link., in several 

 places ; FoUjpodium Phegopteris, L., with some of the fronds 

 crested. So far as the members of the Club knew, this 

 was a new station for Kohresia. 



