54 44. COMPOSITiE. 



Descends to 700 yards, in East Highlands. 



Ascends to 1000 yards, in same province. 



Range of mean annual temperature 40 — 37. 



Native. Rupestral. Long known as a Highland plant, 

 although only quite recently distinguished as a species in a 

 satisfactory manner. Judging by Smith's herbarium, this 

 is the species which he had in view in describing his H. 

 pulmonarium ; but this latter name has been so variously 

 applied and misapplied, that no reliance can be placed on 

 localities recorded by the name of " pulmonarium " in 

 books. Mr. James Backhouse reports ( Phytologist, ii. 

 1044) H. nigrescens as having been found by himself in 

 Westmoreland and Cumberland ; but in the existing uncer- 

 tainty about the species, I must hesitate to receive that 

 record as a clearly ascertained fact. My own specimens 

 of H. nigrescens have been gathered in the counties of 

 Forfar, Aberdeen, and Inverness ; and a garden specimen 

 is preserved in Smith's herbarium, with a note of its original 

 habitat being on Ben-y-gloe, Perthshire, whence it was 

 brought by Mr. Mackay. 



HiERACiUM NUDICAULE, Edmondst. 



Area [12 * * 15]. 



Incognit ? Difficult to decide under what category this 

 plant should be placed. The name certainly represents 

 something seen by the late Mr. Edmondston ; but whether 

 it represents a variety of some recognized British species, 

 or a distinct species, — and, if the latter, whether a novelty, 

 or a species previously described by any foreign author, — 

 are questions which nobody seems prepared or disposed to 

 answer. It was described by Edmondston in the Phytolo- 

 gist, ii. p. 184, as having been found on the banks of the 



