18G1.] BOTANICAL NOTES FROM ARGYLESHIRE, 331 



In a wood near the river Almond, grow the following rare 

 species, viz. : — Campanula latifoUa, CardausheterophyUus, Circ(sa 

 lutetiana, Epilobium anyustifolmm, Carex sylvatica, Polypodium 

 Dryopteris, Asperula odorata, Solidago Virgaurea, and other in- 

 teresting species. 



Rosa rubiginosa, R. tomentosa, and R. arvensis, are not un- 

 common in the hedges and on the bushy, furzy, open wastes. 



Saxifi^aga aizoides fringes the margins of the rills that descend 

 from the heights into the river. 



Mentha sylvestris, Hypericum hirsutum, H. humifusum, Gen- 

 tiana carnpestris, Agrimonia Eiipatormm, Calamintha Clinopod'mm, 

 Linat'ia vulgaris, Sedum Telephium and /S*. reflexmn out of reach, 

 etc., grow by the roadside not far from Methveu, and several 

 Orchids in open parts of the same locality; the chief of these 

 were Habenaria chlorantha, H. bifolia, and Gymnadenia conopsea. 

 The rocky parts were adorned with the pretty Antennaria dioica. 



The bogs afforded Potamogeton obJongus ? and P. natans, also 

 Triglochin palustre, Veronica scuteUata, Equiseium sylvaticum ?, 

 Narthecium ossifragum, Sedum villosum, Hydrocotyle vulgaris, 

 Comarum palustre, Carex curta and C. ampidlacea, Alisma ra- 

 nimculoides, Drosera rotundifolia, Sparganium simplex and S. 

 ramosum, and other rarities too numerous for entry. 



The Ferns which I observed in addition to that already noted, 

 wereLastrea Oreopteris, L. aculeata, var. lobata, and Cystopteris 

 fragilis. 



After a long walk, in weather which did not increase the plea- 

 sure of being on unsheltered wastes, or in the rocky channels of 

 mountain torrents, or under the ch'ip of Scotch Firs, Elms, and 

 Larches, I reached home thoroughly tired ; but well pleased with 

 the result of my day's botauizing. 

 Perth, July 10th, 1861. 



BOTANICAL LETTERS EROM ARGYLESHIRE. 



By James Lothian. 



No. II. Limecraigs and Crossbill. 



Sir, — To a resident botanist, or a party arriving in Campbell- 

 town on a botanical tour, the above localities form an easily reached 



