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I gathered it in 1838, in the crevices of rocks and among debris, in a wild ra- 

 vine near the summit of Ben Lawers, but it is now getting so scarce there, that 

 unless picked with a sparing hand for some years to come, it will be in danger 

 of being eradicated. 



Saxifraga hypnoides. Plentiful. 



Cornus suecica. Only a few specimens were picked on Ben Lawers, growing among 

 Rubus Chamaemorus, in small boggy hollows. 



Galium palustre, /3. Witheringii. In marshy places by the side of Loch Tay. 



boreale. Plentiful on the banks of Loch Tay in stony places, as well as in the 



Den of Lawers, by the side of the Lochy, and even on the rocky ledges of the 

 lofty Stuich-an-Lochan. 



Thrincia hirta. On Stuich-an-Lochan. 



Crepis paludosa. About the Falls of Lawers &c, 



Hieracium murorum, y. Laicsoni. Rocks of Stuich-an-Lochan. 



prenanthoides . Den of Lawers, but little of it in flower. 



Saussurea alpina. Frequent, though not plentiful, on the rocky shelves of Stuich-an- 

 Lochan. 



Carduus heterophyllus . Abundant in the Den of Lawers, on the banks of the Lochy, 

 and various other places, some of its beautifully ciliato-dentate cottony leaves 

 measuring more than a foot in length. 



Gnaphalium dioicuni. On the heaths, abundant. 



supinum. In still greater profusion than the last, preferring bare earthy 



or dry rocky banks, and by no means conlined to the summits of the mountains, 



/ but extending often to within a few hundred feet of their bases. 



Erigeron alpinus. In tolerable plenty on the rocky ledges of Stuich-an-Lochau, ge- 

 nerally with one flower, but occasionally with two or three. 



Solidago Virgaurea, /3. On the same mountain. 



Vaccinium xdiginoswn. On boggy heaths about Loch-na-Gat, and several other pla- 

 ces, but bearing no flowers. 



Pyrola media. Picked a specimen or two about the Falls of Boreland in Glen Lochy, 

 but past their prime. 



Gentiana nivalis. A single specimen of this alpine rarity was culled on Stuich-an- 

 Lochau, but several without flowers were left. 



campestris. Plentiful on Ben Lawers. 



-J Myosotis alpestris. On Ben Lawers and Stuich-an-Lochau in considerable abundance, 

 gracing the rocks with its rich caerulean blossoms, than which none of our moun- 

 tain flowers are more exquisitely beautiful. 



Veronica serpyllifolia, ^. alpina. In profusion in marshy places about springs and the 

 sides of streams. 



saxatilis. On the rocks of Stuich-an-Lochan and Craig-na-Hein, but in 



small quantity. This is a perfect gem, and its large, brilliant, though delicate 

 corolla is well worth a long day's journey to look at. 



Euphrasia officinalis. A variety with deep-coloured flowers and foliage was plentiful 

 in the mountain -pastures, and in the valleys the usual pale-flowered state fre- 

 quently attained a height of nearly a foot, with a more or less branched habit. 



Melampyrum pratense and sylvaticum. In the Den of Lawers. 



Digitalis purptirca. One of the most common and showy wild flowers in the Highlands. 



Gnlrnpsis versicolor. Common in the cornfields about Lawers. 



