563 KEViEws. [June, 



Many of our readers would have enjoyed the ascent of Tor 

 Aichiltie, and the view from its summit, minus the Scotch mist, 

 which drenched two stalwart Highlanders from head to foot, and 

 from their outermost mackintosh or wrap-rascal to their inner- 

 most surcoat, provided they wear this comfortable vestment. 



This hill of Ross, on the north side of the Cromarty Frith, 

 yielded the following rare species : — Ajuga pyramidalis, with 

 radical leaves ; also one of the rarest of British rarities, — Pin- 

 guicula alpina, — Linncea borealis, Moneses grandiflora, Gna- 

 phalium rectum, Allosorus crispus, etc. 



The frequent saturations to which the traveller is subject in 

 these excursions, are no inconsiderable drawbacks to the enjoy- 

 ment of Highland scenery and alpine vegetation. 



" Contributions towards a Flora of Clydesdale, and Gleanings 

 around Liverpool,^^ contain ample lists of the vegetation on the 

 banks of the Clyde and the Mersey. The following rare plants 

 are common to both the English and Scottish western shores, 

 viz. Cakile maritima, Sisymbrium Sophia, Brassica monensis, 

 Crambe maritima, Vicia sylvatica, Lythrus sylvestris, Crepis 

 paludosa, Boronicum Pardalianches, Inula Helenium, Achillea 

 tomentosa. Campanula latifoUa, Lobelia Dortmanna, Andromeda 

 polifolia, Vinca minor, Gentiana campestris, M. rotundifolia, 

 M. viridis, Osmunda regalis. 



The paper on the Clydesdale Flora has an ample introduction, 

 and a very sensible finale, containing some practical remarks on 

 the best plan of completing the list of native plants in this fertile 

 region. 



The species themselves are well localized, with some excep- 

 tions; the latter are doubtful natives (?). 



The gleanings round Liverpool are made up of a number of 

 species set down apparently without order, or, as it may be said, 

 at hap-hazard. This paper has neither beginning nor end, as a 

 rhetorician might say, and no localities are appended. 



The list of rare plants in this paper of gleanings might be 

 entered in a single line, and leave some room at the end. There 

 are only three, viz. Osmunda regalis. Campanula latifolia, and 

 Cakile maritima ; Iberis is an interloper. The visitor to South 

 Lancashire and the Wirral will have but a very imperfect no- 

 tion of the productiveness of this district, from the Liverpool 

 Gleanings, as gleaned by a contributor to the Glasgow Nat. Soc. 



