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of them 34 feet thick. Saussurea alpina was seen and Woodsza, 
also Erigeron alpinus and Draba incana. 
Returned to the inn about § p.m. and reached Aberfeldy by 
coach about 9.30 p.m. 
Schiehallion. 
Friday, 7th September 1860. 
Party consisting of J. H. Balfour, W. Keddie, and W. Bell, 
visited Schiehallion. Went by Weem, Dull, Coshieville, and 
Garth Castle to a farmhouse at the foot of the hill, where we 
ascended, Hill very precipitous; covered with quartz rocks, 
porphyry, and trap-dyke through it. Dry, barren hill about 3600 
feet high. 
Among the plants collected were the following :— 
Thalictrum alpinum 
Genista anglica 
Rubus Chamzemorus | Polygonum viviparum 
Saxifraga aizoides | Salix arbutifolia 
= stellaris | Listera cordata 
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Cornus suecica 
Pyrola media 
hypnoides Tofieldia palustris 
Eippuris vulgaris (near 
Loch of Kinnaird) 
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A specimen of Polystichum Lonchitis was gathered with 130 
fronds on it. 
Plants seen on the summit were :— 
Rubus Chamzemorus 
(very high) 
Vaccinium Myrtillus 
Empetrum nigrum 
Carex rigida | 
Festuca ovina vivipara 
Lycopodium Selago 
and the usual mosses and lichens, such as species of Andreea 
Polytrichum, Hypnum denticulatum, Cladonia rangiferina, Cetraria 
tslandica, Lecidea, Scyphophorus bellidifiorus, 
Trichostomum 
lanuginosum. 
