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The first of these was on the 31st of July. We ascended Craig Mel- 

 lon from Achame, collecting in our way fine specimens of Gnaphalium 

 supinum, Saxifraga oppositifolia and Lycopodium selaginoides, and 

 on the stones at its summit Lecanora venlosa. Proceeding along the 

 ridge we picked specimens of Bryum alpinum and a few Junger- 

 raanniae, and came upon the Dole at its junction with the White 

 Water. About the falls we gathered Rhodiola rosea, Lycopodium 

 annotinum, Cnicus heterophyllus and a variety with deeply cut leaves, 

 Thalictrum alpinum, Hieracium pulmonarium, Carex curta, fiilva, 

 sylvatica, binerns and several others, Salix alba and arenaria, Pyrus 

 aucuparia, Veronica alpina and Phleum alpinum. The two latter 

 plants occurred, though sparingly, both above and below the falls. 

 In the crevices of the rocks below we found Bryum elongatum, cm- 

 dum and ventricosum, and a slender state of Trichostomum aciculare. 

 On the banks of the White Water above the falls we met with Juncus 

 triglumis, and proceeding round by the shieling at the head of Glen 

 Dole we collected Melampp'um pratense, Cornus suecica, and Rubus 

 Chamaemorus in flower and fruit. 



On our third visit, August 5th, we examined some of the rocks a 

 short distance below the falls of the White Water, and had the good 

 fortune to discover the beautiful Hypnum Crista-castrensis in fructi- 

 fication, and the rare Dicranum polycarpon ; and on the moist preci- 

 pices almost within reach of the spray, a few specimens of Erigeron 

 alpinus and Asplenium viride. Jungermannia Blasia occurred in cre- 

 vices of rocks by the side of the Dole. At the head of Glen Dole, 

 after an eager search, we came upon the bog where Carex rariflora 

 grows, and found it in the greatest profiision. Before we had satisfied 

 ourselves with the much-prized rarity, the evening mist had gathered 

 around us, and so densely, that we could not see more than a few feet 

 beyond us. Had we not taken our bearings well we should have been 

 truly bewildered, and run the risk of ending our career at the bottom 

 of the neighbouring precipices ; but by the aid of our compass we 

 managed to reach the shieling, and the shepherd carefully put us on 

 " Jock's road," which, though not a very " redd " road, led us safely 

 down the glen. 



We spent a day on Carlowie hill gathering lichens, for few flow- 

 ering plants of interest were there, except Arbutus Uva-ursi. We 

 picked from the rocks and stones numerous specimens of Gyrophora 

 cylindrica, proboscidea and polyphylla, Comicularia tristis and lanata, 

 Stereocaulon paschale, Sphserophoron coralloides and one tuft of var. 

 /5. (the Sph. fragile of Acharius) in fructification. These lichens were 



