1888-89.] found on the Dovrefjeld, Norway. -ilo 



Mulgedium alpinum was in great abundance. We also got 

 Polemonium cceruleum, Banuncidics aconitifolius, Menziesia 

 coeridea, Linncea horcalis (the latter very plentiful tliroughout 

 Norway), and Saxifraga Cotyledon — a species which is more 

 abundant amongst the mountains on the western coast. We 

 spent the morning on the heights on the western side above 

 Drivstuen, but in consequence of their steepness the ascent 

 was rather difficult, requiring a wide detour to be made to 

 clear the chasms and perpendicular rocks. The inducement 

 to undertake this excursion was the hope of finding Diapcnsia 

 lapponica, which was said to grow on the edge of the cliffs. 

 Looking down from these dizzy heights on the valley below, 

 the sensation was a very curious one. The neighbouring 

 hills seemed to be quite dwarfed ; the hotel and contiguous 

 houses, though considerable in their way, appeared as mere 

 specks ; and the river, which flowed in heavy flood, looked 

 like a streamlet. We were pleased to have seen this alpine 

 view, though w^e found it almost more tedious to get down 

 from the steep cliff's, with snow^ lying ^^ their recesses, than 

 to make the ascent. This mountain climb formed a fitting 

 conclusion to our visit to the Dovrefjeld, and the pleasure of 

 finding Dia;pensia in fine flower added another gratifying 

 association with its alpine flora. 



On the Occurrence of Zostera nana, Eoth, in the Firth of 

 Forth. By William Evans, F.K.S.E. 



(Read 14th March 1889.) 



Zostera nana, Eoth, has not, so far as I am aware, been 

 hitherto recorded from the Forth district. It is not men- 

 tioned in the second edition of Balfour and Sadler's Flora of 

 Edinhuryh, and Professor Bayley Balfour informs me that 

 the only Scottish districts given for it in Watson's Topo- 

 graphical Botany are Ayr, Forfar, Argyle, and Clyde Isles. 



I first recognised it on the mud-flats of Aberlady Bay in 

 September 1884, and the specimens (in seed) now exhibited 

 were collected by me there on the 24th of that month. 

 Since then I have observed it in abundance on the mud-flats 

 near Torryburn, and also at a short distance to the west of 

 the mouth of the Almond at Cramond. The living speci- 



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