444 BOTANICAL NOTES, NOTICES, AND QUERIES. [February, 



cold in quality, aud something binding, and therefore very good to stay 

 defiuctions, especially such as fall upon the eyes.' 



" Glenrinnes did not yield much. The crops in some parts looked well, 

 but they are somewhat late. The glen has, on the whole, a rather cold 

 appearance. Cultivation has done much, and it will do more, although 

 nature, both in soil and subsoil, and in rock formation, is not very genial. 

 Through the Glack of Braigach, we pass into Glenlivat, and reach Craig- 

 head. At the inn here we rested, and partook of refreshment. At Craig- 

 head the limestone again appears, and the soil is better. Near the bridge 

 that spans the Tervy we found the Moonwort, Botrychlum Lunarla, a 

 beautiful Fern ; it grows in several places along the road. Lycopodium 

 sdmi'moidcs also grows here. In a bog a little further along the road, and 

 within about a hundred and fifty yards of the Shenval, we met with Sedum 

 villosum, Geidiana cainpestris, Carex curta, C. stellaris, and others. Near 

 Achorachan grows luxuriantly Anthrlscus sylvestris, called by the people 

 ' Wild Carraway.' The Livat crossed, we reach Tomnavoulin, and find 

 in a bog above the new school-house one of the Veronicce, or Speedwells. 

 Veronica scutelluta, a plant we have gathered in the moss of Banff. A 

 little further on we meet with Genista anglica and Arctostaphylos Uva-nrsi, 

 vulgarly called ' Gnashicks.' Evening was now beginning to close, and 

 we hastened on over a very bad road, and through a dreary country, that 

 seems almost to bid defiance to cultivation, although the good folks are 

 doing much to subdue it. Tomintoul is reached in the ' gloamin',' and we 

 make for Mr. John Smith's inn : we find everything very comfortable, and, 

 what gives everything a relish, we meet with great kindness. We were 

 soon at home, and began to gather over again the plants of the day. And 

 here, in these comfortable quarters, and with the prospect of a day of 

 hard toil before us on the morrow, we bid the reader adieu for a time." 



BOTANICAL NOTES, NOTICES, AND QUERIES. 



Answers and Notices to Correspondents. 



Erodium iMARiTiMUM, Locality of. — The Srodiums you ask about were 

 gathered on the eastern side of Penmaen-bach-mawr, and, what is very 

 singular, all three of the British species were growing within twenty vards 

 of each other. I have not my enlarged map at hand, but have put the 

 name as near as T can recollect it. 



The letters from Argyleshire have been duly delivered by her Majesty's 

 servants, and the reader's humble servant will soon submit them to the 

 consideration of his constituents. Our correspondent is encouraged to 

 coiupile a list of the plants of Kintyre, a compact, well-defined district, 

 with a very great extent of seacoast, with some not very inconsiderable 

 etninences on its surface. 



