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26. Vicia gracilis. A native of Somersetshire and the Isle of 

 Wight, first recorded as British in the Supplement to the ' Flora Ba- 

 thoniensis. C. C. Babington. 



Art. LXXXIII. — Analytical Notice of the ' Transactions of the 

 Botanical Society.'' Vol. i. pt. i. Edinburgh : Machlachlan, 

 Stewart & Co. ; H. Bailliere, London ; Smith & Son, Glasgow ; 

 W. Cuny, jun. & Co. Dublin ; J. B. BailHere, Paris ; J. A. G. 

 Weigel, Leipzig. 1841. 



(Continued from p. 291). 



II. Account of Botanical Excursions from Edinburgh in Autumn 1839. By 

 Robert Graham, M.D., F.R.S.E., F.L.S. & B.S., Professor of Botany 

 tn the University of Edinburgh. 



One of these excursions was commenced on the 2nd of August ; 

 the first plant mentioned is the rare moss Diphyscium foliosum, which 

 Dr. Greville observed in great quantity and fine fruit— "by the road- 

 side, in many places both to the north and south of Loch-Earn-Head." 

 Carex vesicaria was also found in large quantities at the head of Loch 

 Lubnaig, " towards the village called Nineveh or Strath-Eyre," Dr. 

 Graham doubts the accuracy of the statement that the latter plant, 

 with Lysimachia vulgaris and Lythrum Salicaria occur sparingly near 

 Edinburgh. Of the vegetation on the mountains beyond Milgurdy 

 the author remarks : — 



" In general the alpine vegeUtion was found to be very scanty, except Gnaphalium 

 supinum, wliich here, as on almost every mountain of considerable elevation in Scot- 

 land, was abundant. Azalea procumbens was in considerable quantity, though much 

 less abundant on the Breadalbane mountains than in many other stations in Scotland. 

 Erigeron alpinus, Salix reticulata and Saussurea alpina were found sparingly on the 

 most distant mountains which we visited. Hieracium alpinum was also scarce, but 

 more diffused. Carex saxatilis was abundant, especially on the north side of the 

 mountains below the summits, and at the base of a steep wet cliff there, Mr. M'Nab 

 found Epilobium alsinifolium (?) In bogs, on the north side of the mountains, below 

 the summits, we also found Juncus biglumis.'' — p. 20. 



In their route to Catjaghiamman the party observed nothing "but 

 a sparing quantity of the ordinary alpine plants, and a few fine speci- 

 mens of Woodsia hyperborea, Myosotis alpestris and Veronica saxa- 

 tilis," Juncus castaneus being abundant in one place. Tempestuous 

 weather prevented the party from thoroughly examining the summit 

 of Catjaghiamman, of which the author observes : — 



