258 BOTANIZING NEAR DUNKELD. [^September, 



I sparingly gathered a few specimens of what I supposed to be 

 Hieracium pallidum and H. caesium. Apargia hispida was rather 

 abundant. 



The most showy plant observed was Veronica hybrida (Sra.). 

 Several specimens, conspicuous by their beautiful azure-blue 

 spikes, were gathered near the summit of the cliff, but others 

 were visible too near the very brink of the precipice to be safely 

 reached. I found also some specimens of it growing close to 

 others of Hypochoeris maculata, on a ledge not far from the base 

 of the mountain. It seems to differ from the usual habit of V. 

 spicata, by its larger size, and by the leaves being broader, more 

 serrated, and more obtuse. Spinea Filipendula was abundant 

 on the summit of the hill. Armeria maritima, Silene mariti- 

 ma, and other sea-plants, as mentioned in my former paper, pre- 

 sented themselves at the base. Geranium sanguinewn was still 

 abundant in the woody and craggy portion of the mount first 

 reached from Flarkburgh. 



On this occasion I ascended (accompanied by the gentleman I 

 had accidentally met) to the summit of the hill through a more 

 dense part of the craggy wood than on my former visit, and 

 thus not only saved considerable time, but also met with some 

 plants which I should otherwise have missed. These were, 

 Hypericum Androseemum (not anglicum), with calyx unequally 

 sepalled, but without petals, Hypericum montanum, Paris quadri- 

 folia, abundant, and in several plants qulnqiiefolia (5-leaved), and 

 fine specimens of Polystichum lobatum. These were picked up 

 without diverging from the path, as 1 was much pressed for time. 



On some future occasion this woody portion of the locality 

 would, I believe, be likely to repay a more scrutinizing explora- 

 tion. 



A FEW HOURS' BOTANIZING IN THE WOODS NEAR 

 DUNKELD. 



By John Sim, A.B.S.Ed. 



On the 18th June, 1860, I and a botanical friend from Edin- 

 burgh, left Perth by rail for Dunkeld, intending to collect the 

 Asplenium germanicum on Stenton rocks, three miles south of 

 this ancient little town. On arriving at the terminus at Birnam, 



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