578 



' English Botany ' plant by, and one which in all fairness may be 

 employed, at least until the synonymes of early authors respecting the 

 plant be better unravelled. 



D. Moore. 



Glasnevin, Dublin, June, 1846. 



On the occurrence of Pyrola rotiindifolia, Alchemilla alpina and 

 Viola lutea, var. y. on the Sidlmv Hills, Forfarshire. By Geo. 

 Lawson, Esq. 



Presuming the following stations to be new, I transmit these notes 

 for the ' Phytologist.' 



Pyrola rotundifolia. — In July last year, while on a ramble in com- 

 pany with my friend, Mr. James Adie, I had the pleasure of finding a 

 solitary specimen of this rare and lovely floral gem near the summit, 

 on the south side of the white hill of Auchter-house (one of the Sid- 

 laws), growing among some small larch trees. We culled the speci- 

 men, leaving the root; but as a very heavy rain fell at the time, and 

 we had previously had a good soaking during the ramble, we did not 

 continue long to search for other specimens. It would appear that 

 this plant is frequently confounded with the P. media and P. minor. 

 I am, however, quite sure that the plant I found was the true P. ro- 

 tundifolia. P. minor grows very abundantly in the woods in this 

 quarter. 



Alchemilla alpina. — A small patch of this interesting alpine plant 

 grows in a sheltered hollow on the top of a low hill among the Sid- 

 laws, where I first found it during the summer of 1 844. It appears 

 to be indigenous, maintaining its situation amongst close-growing 

 heather and matted Trichostomum lanuginosum. 



Viola lutea, var. y. — A few days ago I observed on the top of the 

 white hill what appears to me to be the variety y. of Viola lutea, 

 found by Mr. S. Murray on the Isle of Arran. It is distinguished by 

 its broadly ovate, subco»iaceous leaves and deep yellow flowers. 



Geo. Lawson. 

 108, Hawkhill, Dundee, 

 15tli June, 1846. 



