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lustris and Geranium Robertianum occur in the south. The stony- 

 banks of the streams produce Owyria reniformis^ Arahis petrcBa, 

 Rubus saxatilis, Saxifraga aizoides, S. stellaris, and the hedges 

 are adorned with the exquisite crimson blossoms of Rosa villosa. 

 All these plants grow in the very lowest situations ; but as we 

 ascend to a height of 1000 feet above the valley ^ the character of 

 the vegetation is materially altered. Viola lutea, Geranium syl- 

 vaticum, Saxifraga aizoides, Achillea Ptarmica, Polygonum vivi- 

 parum, and others^ begin to disappear^ and Epilobimn alsinifolium, 

 Rubus Chammnorus , Tofieldia palustris, Saussurea alpina, Lyco- 

 podium alpinum, L. selaginoides, and L. annotinum to take their 

 place ; these last ascending to the point where vegetation ceases 

 altogether, with the exception of a few hardy dwarf shrubs, as 

 Azalea pro cumb ens and ^alix herbacea. 



Having said thus much on the general grouping of the plants 

 to be found in this part of the district, it may be as well to give, 

 without further preamble, a list of them all, arranged in order, so 

 far as I had the opportunity of observing them. 



1. Ranunculus Flammula: Exceedingly common in all the 

 ditches and by the margins of the lakes. — This seems to be the 

 only representative of the Ranunculus in Braemar. 



2. Trollius europcBus. Meadow near Tomantoul; linn of Cor- 

 riemulzie. / 



3. Arabispetrcea. Banks of the Dee, below Invercauld Bridge; 

 also on stony ground below the the linn of Cuaich. 



4. Viola lutea. Common by all the waysides and in fields. 



5. 6, 7. Drosera rotundifolid, D. intermedia, D. anglica. All 

 these three grow together in a little bog by the roadside near the 

 farm of Cuaich. — D. anglica occurs much finer in a bog near the 

 farm of Achallater, at the entrance to Glen Callater. 



8. Parnassia palustris.'^ Glen Callater, above the loch; also 

 in the Sluggan, but not very common. 



9. Sagina nodosa. Very fine in a peat-road along the shoulder 

 of Morrone. f 



10. Geranium sylvaticum. Abundant in moist meadows ; linn 

 of Corriemulzie, etc. On a little island in the Cluny, just above 

 Castleton, it forms, with Cnicus heterophyllus, almost the entire 

 herbage. 



11. Vicia sylvatica. Rocks at the foot of Morrone; also on 

 the Lion's Face (Dr. Dickie) . 



