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tracted our attention particularly, inasmuch as in Scotland it is usually 

 seen only in alpine districts, while here it was flourishing luxuriantly 

 at the sea-level. I allude to the Draba incana, or twisted-podded 

 whitlow-grass. No doubt in many instances in the north of Scotland 

 we see alpine plants coming down to the level of the shore, as at Cape 

 Wrath, in Sutherlandshire ; but the northern nature of the locality 

 accounts in a great measure for the apparent anomaly. But in the 

 case of Islay, the occurrence of alpine species so low, cannot be 

 accounted for in the same way. Mr. H. C. Watson says that Draba 

 incana belongs to the alpine and upland regions of Scotland and Eng- 

 land. It is often found on alpine limestone rocks. It is met with 

 near the summits of the mountains in Wales, Westmoreland and Scot- 

 land. I have specimens from Raven-scar, Walden, and from Teesdale 

 in Yorkshire. In marshy spots near the shore we observed Hyperi- 

 cum elodes, Sparganium ramosum, Gi^nanthe Lachenalii, a common 

 plant in the west, an 1 Samoliis Valerandi ; while in fields Papaver 

 dubium and Lamium intermedium were abundant. The only other 

 plants of interest remarked in this locality were Radiola millegrana, 

 Ononis arvensis, Atriplex laciniata and rosea, Cerastium atro-vivens, 

 Cakile raaritima, Trifoliiim arvense and Eleocharis pauciflora. 



After a thorough examination of the sandy shore, the party proceed- 

 ed towards some slaty rocks, where Sedum Rhodiola and Asplenium 

 marinum were found. Here the two divisions were to have joined, 

 but by some mistake no union was effected, and in our search for each 

 other a still further separation took place. Moreover, the day which 

 had been gloomy, now exhibited a most pluvious tendency, and ere 

 long the rain descended in torrents, so as to damp in some measure 

 the ardour of the party, and in the course of the afternoon, there was 

 seen a solitary botanist wending his way through the marshes and 

 bogs, with his habiliments thoroughly saturated with moisture, and his 

 fingers so benumbed as scarcely to be fit for the eff"ort of pulling a 

 plant, while parties of two or three, ignorant of their exact position, 

 and anxious to get to comfortable quarters as soon as possible, pro- 

 ceeded by various devious paths to the nearest huts for information. 

 All fortunately reached their destination in the course of the evening, 

 their arrivals occurring at various intervals, and their adventures being 

 very much diversified. 



The peat-bogs which were visited in the course of the day, lie be- 

 tween Kilchoman and Loch Gurinart. They are very wet, and in 

 many places quite impassable in rainy weather, so that it required con- 

 siderable dexterity on the part of the traveller to avoid being immersed 



