390 Dr Charles Stuart on the Excursion of the 



heathery moors extended in every direction, Glen Quoich 

 lying across the valley. A northerly direction was taken. 

 Along the path Drosera anglica, Arctostaphylos uva-ursi, 

 Lycopodium annotinum, Pyrola media, Betida nana, and 

 Cornus succica (in fruit), were observed. 



Considering the season of the year, the cold was very 

 trying, a north wind sending the rain in our faces as 

 we crossed the stream coming from the lofty Ben Avon, and 

 followed the steep course of the burn, flowing in a westerly 

 direction from the Dhu Lochans in the corries of Bein-a- 

 Bhuird. Here Loiseleuria procumhens was growing in pro- 

 fusion, its flowering season nearly past. Higher up the 

 slopes, among boulders rolled down from the corry in which 

 is Dhu Lochan, grew quantities of Polypodimn aljKstre and 

 Aspidium dilatatiim, in fine colour and many beautiful forms. 

 The precipitous rocks round the higher Dhu Lochan were 

 carefully examined, but proved very bare indeed. Not a 

 single good Carex was obtained. The ordinary mountain 

 saxifrages were plentiful, and our President, near the melting 

 snow, gathered Saxifraga rivularis at the spot where the 

 late Professor Balfour found it many years ago. This was 

 the best plant obtained on this excursion. Notwithstanding 

 the rain and mist, several of the party pushed on to the 

 summit, which is not much under 4000 feet high, but the cold 

 prevented any lengthened examination, and the party returned 

 to Braemar by the route taken in the ascent, reaching the 

 hotel after an absence of about twelve hours. 



Among other plants obtained during the day were 

 Phleum alpinum, Saussurca alpina, Sihbaldia procumhens, 

 Veronica alpina, Carex rigida, Tojieldia palustris, Hiei^acium 

 alpinum, Cerastium arvense, Caltha pahistris, Trollius 

 europceus, Salix herhacea, Genista anglica, and Pyrola minor. 



At our evening meeting many well-known faces were 

 missed, and I do not understand how the business was got 

 through without Dr Craig, our energetic Treasurer. 



On the 18th of July in fine weather we drove to Loch 

 Callater, where our party divided. The President, with the 

 main body, went by the right side of the loch, following 

 the track by the stream till the ridge facing the loch was 

 attained. After an hour's walking from the ridge, the party 

 reached the Little Gilrannoch, the old station for Lychnis 



