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Potamogeton natans, Eleocharis palustris and acicularis, Rhynco- 

 sjjora alba,Juncusejfnsus and conglomeratus ; on ascending the loch 

 we arrived at the most magnificent spot of Highland scenery I ever 

 visited ; on each side the hills rose thickly covered with trees^ the 

 lake lying calm below, and high towering over all appeared Ben 

 Lomond, the monarch of the district. In the woods grow the 

 Pyrola rotundifoUa and secuncla, Viola canina, Rubus ccesius and 

 cordifolius, Ro^a tomentosa, canina, and arvensis ; in the more open 

 districts we found Pyrus communis, Hypericum quadrangulum, per- 

 foratum, pulchrum, and humifusum, Lastrea dilatata, L. recurva, 

 Euphrasia officinalis, Nepeta Cataria, Galeopsis Tetraliit, Orni- 

 thopus perpusillus, Sedurn anglicum and acre, Melampyrum pra- 

 tense, Agrostis alba, A. canina, Festuca bromoides, F. duriuscula, 

 Nardus stricta, Anthoxanthum odoratum, Melica uniflora and nu- 

 tans. Having feasted our eyes till it was getting late, we turned 

 from this lovely spot and took the road to Monteith, where we had 

 arranged to stop for the night ; near the road on our way we found 

 Pinus sylvestris and Juniperus communis in abundance, Corydalis 

 claviculata among a clump of hawthorn-trees, and on the walls 

 Gnaphalium dioicum and uliginosum, JEgopodium Podagraria, As- 

 plenium Trichomanes , and Ulex nanus. Late in the evening we 

 arrived at Monteith, where we stopped the night, intending in the 

 morning to cross to the island Tnchmahome, so celebrated as where 

 the unfortunate Princess Mary spent her girlhood ; but on rising in 

 the morning we found dark clouds on the horizon, and the lake — 

 which we left in the night calm and placid — a turbid stormy sea, 

 so much so that we could not get a boatman to take us across, 

 and had to content ourselves with a ramble on the mainland. In the 

 lake we saw Nymphaa alba, Nvphar lutea and pumila, Isoeies 

 lacuslris, Poafluitans, Typha latifolia, and Char a vidgaris; near it, 

 in the ditches by the roadside, we found Cicutavirosa, Menyanthes 

 trifoliata, Alisma Plantago, and Comarum palustre. We turned 

 from the lake and went to the foot of the neighbouring hills, an 

 offshoot of the Grampian range ; we turned up these, and found 

 on them Asplenium Ruta-muraria and Polypodium alpestre, 

 Pinguicula vulgaris, Pai'nassia 2Mlustris , Myrrhis odorata, Juncus 

 scjuarrosus and acutiflorus, Veronica officinalis, V. montana, V. 

 Chamxedrys, V. Beccabunga, and V. Anagallis, Genista anglica, 

 Sarothamnus scoparius, Lychnis Flos-cucidi, L. vesperthia, and L. 

 Githago, Spergula nodosa, Ilex Agidfolium, Myosotis arvensis, M. 



