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the top of Ben Ledi between 4 and 5. Left the top at 5 
and got to Strathyre about 8.15 p.m.: beautiful day; fine 
view, most extensive. 
Killin, Bridge of Lochay, Meall Ghaordie. 
Thursday, 13th August 1863. 
This morning Mr. Naylor and self went in a conveyance 
about 9 a.m. to Killin. Drove about three miles up the Lochay 
to Duncrook, where the horse was put up. -Ascended Meall 
Ghaordie and visited the rocks on a shoulder projecting into Glen 
Lyon. The day was delightful, and there was a splendid view 
from the summit. The hill itself is not very productive, but the 
rocks looking into Glen Lyon are very fine and produce many 
alpine plants as :— 
Potentilla alpestris Salix herbacea 
Sibbaldia procumbens » reticulata 
Saxifraga oppositifolia Juncus trifidus 
‘5 nivalis ,  triglumis 
5d stellaris Carex capillaris 
Sedum Rhodiola »  pulla 
Gnaphalium supinum Avena pratensis 
Saussurea alpina » alpina 
Hieracium alpinum 
Bartsia alpina 
Polygonum viviparum 
Oxyria reniformis 
Asplenium viride 
Cystopteris fragilis 
« entata 
Polystichum Lonchitis 
We searched for Cystopteris montana, but were unsuccessful 
owing, principally, to want of time. The rocks would require 
five or six hours for full examination. 
These rocks are most easily visited from Glen Lyon. By going 
to them from the Lochay the party need not go to the top of the 
mountain, but merely to the knoll on the right of the summit 
and then down towards Glen Lyon. The rocks are well worthy 
of a full examination, and I have no doubt that they are the 
rocks mentioned by Backhouse as producing Cystopterts montana. 
We returned to Duncrook about 6.30 p.m. After partaking of 
