480 BOTANICAL EXCURSIONS MADE BY 
Phleum alpinum Splachnum sphezericum 
Lycopodium Selago 3 vasculosum 
s annotinum (in fruit) 
(in fruit) ‘Trichostomum lanuginosum 
= selaginoides (on the: top of the 
(with macro- and micro- moraine-mound forming 
spores alternating on a dense mat three feet 
some spikes) thick, passing into peat) 
Splachnum mnioides 
Wednesday, 7th August 1872. 
Breakfast at 7.30 a.m. Started at 8.30 for Glen Fee. 
Examined the corrie on the southern side, visited the station for 
Carex Grahami. The plant was found in fruit in large quantity. 
Went round the corrie and saw Carex Vah/it in abundance, 
also specimens of Carex vaginata. A number of willows were 
also seen. Examined the tops of several hills, and descended by 
a deep corrie at the upper part of the glen, where Cochlearia 
officinalis, var. alpina, was growing in large quantity. Day misty 
and wet in afternoon and unfavourable for botanising. Returned 
to hotel about 4.30 p.m. 
Thursday, 8th August 1872. 
Breakfast at 8 o'clock. Proceeded to Loch Brandy. The 
water being low the party collected in the little loch :— 
Subularia aquatica Littorella lacustris 
Callitriche autumnalis Sparganium natans 
Lobelia Dortmanna Isoétes lacustris 
Ascended to the top of the mountain called the Snubb, gathered 
on the way the ordinary alpine plants, and, in addition to those 
formerly collected :—Cerastium alpinum, Potentilla maculata, 
a i ed crispa, and several alpine Hzeracza. 
e summit of the hill saw abundance of Azalea procumbens 
and ‘Salix herbacea. Lycopodium alpinum was also very abundant. 
The day being clear the view was extensive. Cairngorm, Ben 
na Mac Dhy, hills at Loch Lee, Battoch hills in Perthshire, 
