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The Scottish Alpine Botanical Club Excursion, 

 1913. By Alexander Cowan. 



(Bead 14th May 1914.) 



The members met at Fort William on Monday, 28th July, 

 the principal object being, if possible, to re-discover $ 

 fraga caespitosa, Linn., leave having been kindly granted 

 by Sir Peter Walker, the tenant of Inverlochy Forest, to 

 explore his ground. As Tuesday the 29th was very hue, 

 the members left Fort William by an early train for Spean 

 Bridge, from which point fchey made their way to Killi- 

 chonate, where they were met by the head stalker, who 

 kindly placed his son and a couple of hill ponies at the 

 disposal of the party during the day. After fully three 

 hours' walking over ground at first fairly level and after- 

 wards very steep, the part} T reached a ridge along which 

 they passed for about half a mile, then they descended to 

 the Castle Rock, and although careful search was made \ny 

 the whole party on all the likely rocks in the Corrie, only 

 one of them was fortunate enough to find a single plant 

 of the rare Saxifraga already referred to. On this day 

 the following plants were found : — 



Thalictrum alpinum, Linn.: Sihnie acavZis, Linn.; 

 Cerastiv/m trigynum, Vill. ; Saxifraga steUaris, Linn. ; S. 

 "izoides, Linn. ; »$'. caespitosa, Linn. ; S. liypaoides, Linn.: 

 1'iirnassia palustris, Linn.; Scdum roseum, Scop.: 

 EpUobium anagaUidifolium, Lam.; Solidago Virgaurea, 

 Linn., var. cambrica (Huds.): Hieraciv/m holoseric* urn. 

 Backh. : YaccvnA/wm Vitis-Idaea, Linn.; V. uliginosum. 

 Linn. ; Arctostapltylo* alpina, Spreng. ; Azalea procumbens, 

 Linn.; Oxyria digyna, Hill; Salix herbacea, Linn.; 

 Empetrum nigrum, Linn. ; Lazuli. spieata,DC: Ryncho- 

 spora alba, Vahl. : Oarex pulicaris, Linn.; C. pauciflora, 

 Light f. ; C. steUulata, Good.; G. rigida, Good.; C. puUa, 

 Good. ; Cryptogramme crispa, Br. ; Polystichum Lonch it is. 

 Roth; Athyrium alpestre, Milde ; Lastrea dUatata, Presl, 

 var. o.lpino. ; Lycopod'mrii Selago, Linn. ; L. clavatum, Linn. ; 

 L. alpinam, Linn. 



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