14 BOTANICAL TOUR IN THE 



culata and O. latifolia abounded. Of all the Orchids none was 

 so plentiful and beautiful as Gymnadenia conopsea ; in an evening 

 and early in the morning, the perfume of a bundle of these plants 

 is exquisite. Gymnadenia albida here began to appear, but not 

 so plentiful as the other above-mentioned members of this family. 

 Near the Falls of Bracklin, a single specimen of Habenaria vi- 

 ridis was gathered in a pasture-field; this was the sole repre- 

 sentative of the species noticed about Callander j it did not occur 

 in great plenty anywhere. There occurred fewer examples of 

 this Orchis than of any of the others which are common in Scot- 

 land. The variety of this genus, called H. chlorantha, was not very 

 common ; the rest were all about equally common : only Orchis 

 latifolia did not perhaps attain a vertical range equal to that of 

 O. maculata and Gymnadenia conopsea. 



On the 5th we set out to walk to the Trosachs by the west or 

 lower roadj which crosses the Teith about the centre of the vil- 

 lage, and, leaving the road to Menteith on the left, walked along 

 the Coilantogle road. The botanical aspect of the vegetation on 

 the wayside, tempted us into a wood about half a mile from 

 Callander, and about midway between the bridge of Callander 

 and the bridge near Coilantogle. In this wood, among other 

 things of some interest, were collected Trollius europteus, some in 

 flower but most in fruit ; also Trientalis europaus, now very nearly 

 out of flower, and Vaccinium Vitis-Idaa. Vinca minor was col- 

 lected at Callander, but the reporter is not quite sure that it was 

 observed in this wood. A very fine Rulus was observed here and 

 in many other parts of Perthshire. The blossoms were pure 

 white, and the erect habit of the plant, with its large flowers, 

 rendered it there a very ornamental object. The common Orchids 

 abounded here, as they did all along the roadsides from Callan- 

 der to Loch Katrine. One of the most remarkable, not for its 

 rarity, for it occurred plentifully, but for its singularity, in having 

 but a single flower at the extremity of the 'stem, was a variety 

 of Orchis maculata, which variety might be called var. uniflora. 

 Plenty of the more common forms grew in the same spots, some 

 with larger, some with smaller spikes. 



After spending half an hour in botanizing among the trees, we 

 rejoined the road and travelled onwards, crossing the western 

 branch of the Teith by the bridge near Coilantogle, and, a little 

 further on, met the coach-road to Loch Katrine by Kilmahog, 



