588 GLENS CANLOCHEN AND DOLE. [OctobeV, 



the extra three miles each way ; hut we had to make the hest 

 of matters as they were, and, fortunately, through the kind 

 hospitality of the minister, we obtained a bed at the manse, 

 and closed a long and wearying day with a refreshing night's 

 rest. 



The next morning found us retracing our steps along the 

 road which we had traversed the evening before, and in an 

 hour we were once more at the entrance of Glen Dole. I pro- 

 ceeded to search the rocks at the base of Craig Mellon, the 

 mountain immediately above Acharne, while my companion 

 went on up Glen Phee. Nothing better than Vicia sylvatica 

 rewarded my search, and I then went on into Glen Phee ; but 

 though we hunted the rocks for some time, we found nothing 

 new or what we had not gathered on the day before in 

 Canlochen. The principal rarities of Glen Phee are Woodsia 

 ilvensis, which has been found there by Mr. Backhouse and 

 some others, and the Oxytropis campestris, of which this glen 

 is at present the only known British locality. Both of these 

 plants are, however, very sparsely distributed, and the extent of 

 the glen is so vast, that one might search all the likely places for 

 days, and not light upon either, unless the exact spot was pre- 

 viously known. Car ex valiln\\'&'& also been gathered here by 

 Professor Balfour. 



Retm-ning into Glen Dole, I found MuJgedium alpinum, 

 Less., on the banks of one of the streams descending into the 

 glen on the western side, in the locaHty assigned for it by 

 Gardiner. This was a great prize, and I thought myself for- 

 tunate in securing three specimens still in flower. Linmea 

 borealis grows in abundance at the foot of Craig Maid. I 

 have some specimens now in my herbarium gathered there in 

 1832, but we unfortunately missed the right spot, and so did 

 not see it. High up, too, on the grassy slopes, is the spot where 

 the Astragalus alpinus was first discovered in 1831. It had, 

 however, no particular attraction for us, as we had already 

 gathered it in profusion on the Little Craig-an-dal. Owing to 

 want of time, we were neither able to search Craig Maid or the 

 White Water, and therefore missed the many rare plants which 

 grow in both these well-known and famous localities. The 

 greater number, however, are common to Canlochen as well, 

 which has been less searched, as being more inaccessible than 



