206 WEST HIGHLAND PLANTS. [^September, 



with sheep. Do the Surrey sheep reject this plant, or is there 

 abundance of herbage there which they like better? In the 

 island the pastures are very bare, and perchance necessity com- 

 pels the sheep to eat it there. 



The botany of Yarmouth itself — that is, of the town and gar- 

 dens therein — is more striking to one accustomed to the common 

 aspect of vegetation in towns and villages in the interior. The 

 Hydrangeas, the Fuchsias, the Geraniums, and several other 

 plants which are difficult to keep during the winter in inland 

 situations, are here seen in the utmost possible luxuriance and 

 beauty, and preserved for years without any trouble whatever, 

 except merely setting them in the ground in sheltered parts. 

 The lemon-scented plant, Aloysia citriodora, especially attracted 

 notice. Coronilla varia, Linaria purpurea, and several exotics, 

 had established themselves as weeds in the rich, friable, light 

 mould of the gardens of the townsfolk, — a proof of the mildness 

 of the winters as well as of the moistness of the climate. 



WEST HIGHLAND PLANTS. 



A List of some Plants found in the West Highlands, chiefly in the 

 vicinity q/'LocH Moidart, Inverness-shire, 1856. By the 'Rev. 

 T. F. Ravenshaw, M.A. 



? Thalictrum minus : Sminisary. T. alpinum : Roshven. Trol- 

 lius europaus : Scuir Dghonaldgh. Nymp)h(Ba alba: Aharri- 

 chal j Killchoau. Corydalis claviculata : Sminisary. Cochlearia 

 officinalis : Moidart ; Canna ; Eig. C. anglim : Arasaig. Cakile 

 maritima : Eig. Cardamine hirsuta : Moidart. Arabis hirsuta : 

 . Killchoan. Viola tricolor: Corran Eerry; Moidart. Brosera 

 rotundifolia : Moidart. D. longifolia : hills near Moidart. Par- 

 nassia palusiris : Moidart. Silene maritima: Strontian; Eig; 

 Canna. S. acaulis : Roshven. /S. inflata : Borodale. Spergula 

 nodosa : Sminisary. Stellaria uliginosa : Moidart. Arenaria pe- 

 ploides : Moidart. Spei'gularia marina : Moidart. Hypericum 

 Androsamum, H. pulchrwn, H. humifusum, H. perforatum : Moi- 

 dart. H. quadrangulum : Eig. Geranium molle, G. columbinum, 

 G. Robertianum : Moidart. G. dissectum : Canna. G. sylvati- 

 cum : Salen. G. sanguineum : Borodale. Erodium cicutariwn : 

 Sminisary. Anthyllis Vulneraria : Canna ; Ardnamurchan Point. 



