284 PERTH FLORA. ^December, 



Directly opposite is Invercauld House (J, Farquharson, Esq.), 

 beautifully situated on a green liaugh of considerable extent, 

 witb the Dee winding in front, and extensive woods covering the 

 hill-sides beyond. Between the two prominences mentiojied, 

 there is a deep and narrow hollow, cumbered with blocks and 

 long heather, and full of trees. It is named the ^'Duclash dubh- 

 clais,'' i. e. the Black Furrow, and is said to be a great resort of 

 wounded deer. The rocks there are of slaty quartz, like those 

 of the so-called Lion^s Face. About three hundred paces eastward 

 from the latter, the rock is granite. In this way the mica-slate 

 and granite are intermixed along the rocky front presented to the 

 Dee, but the hills ascending from thence towards the western 

 ridge coming from Lochnagar, are mostly of granite. Further 

 eastward still, are ranges of high rocks, called Craig Cluny; and 

 the river continues to be overlooked by rough and elevated ground 

 till we enter the " BeaUoch-bhui Forest.^^ It may perhaps be as 

 well to record here such mteresting plants as are to be found on 

 the rocks just described, as also along the lower ridge of Morrone, 

 west of Castleton. 



Vicia sylvatica : rocks at base of Morrone. Rubus saxatilis : 

 Craig Choinnach. *Potentilla alpestris : Lion^s Face ; base of 

 Morrone. Arbutus Uva-ursi: Craig Choinnach; Lion^s Face. 

 Pyrola secunda : Craig Choinnach ; base of Morrone : abundant. 

 P. media : Craig Choinnach. Em^ietrum nigrum : common on 

 all the rocks. Polystichum Lonchitis : Craig Choinnach ; rocks 

 at base of Morrone : very abundant. Asplenium viride : in same 

 places as the last, and more widely distributed. Botrychium 

 Lunaria : among Alckemilla alpina, on rocks at base of Morrone. 

 Lycopodium annotinum : in several places on the moors. 



N.B. In this and the following lists, those plants marked with 

 a * are recorded by M'Gillivray or other botanists, but have 

 not been confirmed by my own observations. 



PERTH FLORA. 



By W. Lauder Lindsay, M.D. 



The " Statistical Account of Scotland" assigns to this district, 

 and especially to particular parishes thereof, such as Methven 

 and Redgerton, a '•' lich and rare" Flora. But so far as my 



