PROFESSOR JOHN HUTTON BALFOUR. 187 
Proceeded to Lochnagar, botanised in the corrie, gathered 
abundance of Polypodium alpestre, which commenced a. few 
hundred feet below the little tarn and extended up to the high 
cliffs. No Asplenium Filix-femina was seen. 
Among the plants gathered were :— 
Cerastium alpinum Hieracium alpinum (very 
Rubus Chamzemorus hairy) 
Sibbaldia procumbens Juncus trifidus 
Saxifraga oppositifolia »,  triglumis 
J stellaris Luzula spicata 
‘9 aizoides Phleum alpinum 
a rivularis Poa alpina vivipara 
hypnoides » laxa 
Epilobigm alpinum Allosorus crispus 
Cornus suecica Lastrea dilatata (in various 
Antennaria dioica, var, forms) 
Gnaphalium sylvaticum, var. Lycopodium annotinum 
Gnaphalium supinum 
After reaching the top, descended by Ballochbuie, gathering on 
the way Splachnum mnioides growing on the jaw-bone of a 
dead sheep, and Betula nana. 
Reached Invercauld Arms, Braemar, about 9.30 p.m., after a 
long and fatiguing walk. Found all prepared for us by Mr. 
G. Clark. 
Friday, 11th August 1854. 
All were so tired with yesterday’s journey that we did not 
breakfast till about 9 a.m. At 1o started for Little Craigendal, 
going by the second valley on the right hand after crossing the 
Ben na Bourd burn by a wooden bridge. It is perhaps better to 
take the third valley on the right, and thus to come on the south- 
west corner of Little Craigendal, where Astragalus alpinus grows. 
Among the plants gathered, besides the Astragalus, on Little 
Craigendal were the following :— 
ilene acaulis Pyrola secunda 
Potentilla alpestris Carex capillaris 
Sibbaldia procumbens Bartramia fontana (male and 
Gnaphalium supinum female) 
