RARE PLANTS IN ABERDEENSHIRE. 5 
Visiting the correis of Glen Callater on the following day I 
found abundance of Polypodium alpestre on most of the sheltered 
ledges of the rocks, and some “forms” of it were gathered, but 
nothing strictly approaching P. flexvile. This Fern, growing wild, 
is distinct in its appearance from Athyrium; I never saw them 
growing together, the latter does not seem to like such a high 
situation. Other Ferns collected here were Allosorus crispus, ’ 
amidst the débris of the schistose rocks, Asplenium viride, Poly- 
podium Phegopteris, P. Dryopteris. On rocks above the Loch, 
Caulden, in the same glen, the rare Salix lanata’ Veronica alpina, #< 
Hieracium alpinum or the H. villosum, Sibbaldia procumbensy 
Cochlearia alpind, Oxyria reniformis,’and most of these seen on 
other parts of Loch- na-Gar ; in the glen near Loch Callater, Jun- 
- cus pilots, trifidus, RS Tofieldia palustris, ‘Carex naa 
florté, C. aquatilis ?, Carduus heterophyllus, Potentilla verna. 
Having pliesed Gymnogramma leptophylla in the Channel 
Islands soon after its discovery there, I was anxious to ascertain 
if the locality mentioned for this Fern in the North had any 
other plants in common with the Jersey Flora, but appearances are 
much against the plants ever having beenfound here. The rock 
called ‘‘ Lion’s Face” occurs by the roadside between Balmoral 
and Braemar; the site has a northern aspect, and is now com- 
pletely oceupied with Polypodium Dryopteris, Arbutus Uva-ursi 
and Vaccinium, among which I could find no traces of a Gymno- 
gramma having ever existed. 
I was rather surprised to find Mimulus luteus so completely 
naturalized in many of the solitary mountains, bogs, and glens, 
especially about Aberlour ; some one has been industriously dis- 
tributing seeds, as much of it was seen far above the limits of 
cultivation ; spots about the Spey were quite yellow with it. 
Should there be anything in these rough notes which you may 
deem it desirable to make use of, pray do so; and if a more de- 
finite account of the habitat of any species mentioned is required, 
I shall feel pleasure in adding it. I have collected living plants 
of most of the species mentioned, but my dried specimens suf- 
fered much from wet, the inconvenience of a knapsack, and tra- 
velling on foot through a country where inns are neither plentiful 
nor worth much. Yours truly, 
C. BARTER. 
Botanie Gardens, Regents Park. 
