HIGHLANDS OF PERTHSHIRE. AT 7 
from the recollection of those who had the pleasure of seeing it ; 
especially when accompanied with other agreeables, such as good 
companionship, fine weather, the pleasure of past recollections, 
and the future anticipations. 
After passing the bend of the lake, the road enters a dense 
forest of Pines, Oaks, Birches, Beeches, and other trees, which 
clothe the south-western brow of the huge Benvoirlich. Here 
the Loch contracts; and here we had the pleasure of collecting, 
or rather of beholding (for they are awkward species to collect, 
and burdensome to carry), both the White and Yellow Water- 
hhes, which ornament several parts of Loch Lubnaig. When 
in leaf only these two fine aquatics may be distinguished by the 
shapes of the foliage and by the position of the posterior lobes 
of their leaves. In the White Water-lily the leaf is rounded- 
ovate (egg-shaped), usually purplish below (on the under sur- 
face), the lobes at the base are almost parallel, and the leafstalk 
is cylindrical. The leaves of the Yellow Water-lily (the floating 
leaves) are ovate, rather pointed at the apex, and having the 
basal lobes slightly divergent; the petiole is rather angular than 
cylindrical, especially in the upper part. 
During this morning’s walk we had the pleasure of seeing 
Saxifraga aizoides, for the first time during this tour. It ap- 
peared in the bottoms and on the banks of all the little rills and 
brooklets that flowed downwards from the mountains into the 
rivers and lochs of the vales. This was an additional new fea- 
ture to the roadside scenery. Geranium sylvaticum had been 
our constant attendant in all our walks about Callander, and the 
Lady’s Mantle, Alchemilla vulgaris, ornamented every wayside. 
On the borders of Loch Lubnaig we were greeted by this other 
beauty, the Yellow Saxifrage, which cheered us on our way, as 
an earnest of the rich prizes that awaited us on reaching the 
culminating poit of our journey. 
The country here is solely pastoral and woodland. The moun- 
tain of Ben Ledi is far too steep for cultivation; and its base is 
but very thinly furnished with trees. On the Benvoirlich side 
there is much natural and plantation wood, both in the Pass of 
Leny and further on, on the brows overhanging the upper end 
of the lake. And the green mountain-side, sloping upwards 
from the road on the right, is quite open, and supplies pasturage 
to immense herds of cattle and flocks of sheep. Numerous mills 
and streams descend, crossing the road, and flow into the lake. 
