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Menyanlhes trifoliata, Cavex pulicaris, distans and pallescens, Hip- 

 puris vulgaris, Viola palustris, Lycopus europaeus, Veronica scutel- 

 lata, &c. Mimulus luteus grows abundantly in a moist meadow, 

 where it is completely naturalized. 



Among the maritime plants may be noticed Erythra3a linaiiilolia, 

 Blysmus rufus, Schlerochloa maritima, all abundant on the salt-marsh 

 banks of the Holy Loch, with the commoner species, Salicornia her- 

 bacea, Glaux maritima. Aster Tripolium, Scirpus maritimus, &c. 



Of the mountain species, Salix herbacea and Thalictrum alpinuin 

 grow near the top of the Bishop's Seat ; Saxifraga stellaris, Asplenium 

 viride, Cystopteris fragilis, «&c., in a gorge near the same hill. Poly- 

 podium Phegopteris and Dryopteris are not uncommon, also Lycopo- 

 dium Selago and selaginoides. Hypericum AudrosEemum is found in 

 woods, and Hymenophyllum Wilsoni grows on a wall in a shady lane, 



A longer stay might have enabled me to enlarge this list, but the 

 locality is a limited one, and the soil and situations rather similar. 



The neighbourhood of Blair Athol is doubtless a very rich one, and 

 in a ramble of a few hours there I met with the following species : — 

 Polygonum viviparum, Rumex aquaticus. Geranium sylvaticum, Ga- 

 lium boreale, Astragalus hypoglottis, Trollius europaeus, Habenaria 

 albida, Carduusheterophyllus, Hieracium Lapeyrousii or cerinthoides, 

 Viola lutea, Galeopsis versicolor, Lycopodium alpinum, Equisetum 

 sylvaticum, &c. 



Last year I expressed a doubt respecting Fmnaria parviflora 

 having been found in this country. This doubt has been since 

 entirely removed, by my meeting with it and F. Vaillantii growing 

 together in a field at Settlebury, near this town, in considerable 

 plenty, and bearing marks of being distinct species. Probably they 

 may not be uncommon, as I have also found them separately in other 

 places in this district. Their specific characters are detailed by A. 

 Henfrey, the most prominent of which are, that in parviflora the 

 leaves are in narrow capillary segments, yellow glaucous-green ; the 

 flowers are white, tipped with dark, and fading off purple ; the habit 

 is bushy and upright. In Vaillantii the leaves have broader seg- 

 ments, are of a bluish, darker green, often tinged with purple ; the 

 flowers are purplish, never white, but fading to somewhat of that 

 colour ; the habit is spreading and diffuse. This, too, appears to be 

 an earlier-flowering species, scarcely any trace of it remaining in the 

 autumn, while parviflora was still flowering freely. The seeds appear 

 similar. I have not seen any intermediate forms ; indeed, Vaillantii 

 seems more intermediate between parviflora and officinalis than allied 



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