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nlpina. The plant, which has not been gathered for many 

 years, owing to the exclusiveness of the owner of the Clova 

 forest, was seen in quantity. In place of going into Glen 

 Dole, " the riggins " were kept, till the spot over Glen Fee 

 was reached, the habitat of Oxytropis campestris. Plenty of 

 this fine plant was got at the old station. The Oxytropis 

 as gathered was in fine state — the fiowers pure white, and 

 fragrant. When grown on the rock border in the south, 

 the flowers are of a dingy white, and very different from 

 those bathed in the dews of Craig Maid. The party also 

 obtained Saxifraga nivalis, Alopceurus alpinus, Fhlcum 

 alpinum, Cornus suecica, Galium horeale, Carex pulicaris, 

 G. rivalis, G. stellulata, G. curta, G. alpicola, G. aqtiatilis, G. 

 vulgaris, C. 'pallcscens, G. pilulifera, G. Jiava, G. hiiurvis, 

 Polystichum acidcatum, Trientalis europcea, &c. Kev. (x. 

 Alison and myself walked by the right side of the Loch 

 Callater, and up the valley till where the burn from the 

 Breakneck Fall enters, and also the stream from Loch 

 Ceann Mohr, which we followed to the loch and corry. We 

 went straight up through the corry to the ridge — a very 

 steep climb indeed, — on attaining which we looked over the 

 plateau traversed by our friends to the Lychnis station, &c. 

 Thereafter we shaped our course due south, always on the 

 ridge, till we reached the summit of Cairn Glaishie. The 

 air was clear, and we had a very extensive prospect over 

 the country, both north and south. Glas Maol and Canlochan, 

 Caness and Glen Islay were all well seen from our elevation. 

 Descending into Corry Ceann Mohr, we carefully botanized 

 all the best spots in it. The plants gathered on a former 

 occasion were Salixc Sadleri and Garex frigida. The chasm 

 in which grows Midgedium alpinum is inaccessible with- 

 out ladders. The rarer species of Carex were very scarce, 

 owing to the dry weather in June. The chief feature of the 

 rocks is the profusion of alpine willows growing over their 

 faces and ledges. Salix lanata, by far the most beautiful of 

 the willows, was gathered with S. reticidata, S. myrsinites, 

 S. Lapponum, S. hcrhacca, and ^S*. arcnaria. We walked 

 slowly down to Loch Callater Lodge, slanting Cairn Turc on 

 the way, and reached the keeper's lodge at the foot of Glen 

 Callater by 6 p.m., the appointed hour, but there was no sign 

 of our Clova friends. After tea, there beino- still no sian of 



