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INVERNESS-SHIRE CRYPTOGAMS. 
By Apert Winson, F.L.S., anp J. A. Wuexpon, F.LS. 
aking Aviemore our headqua Our original intention was 
to examine some of the oe summits of the Cairngor ge, 
but this was to a xtent frustrated by the extremely un- 
square miles, and we traversed it in several directions by intricate 
aths between Aviemore and the foothills of Ben Macdhui and 
Scots pine, and in others birch. some of the hill slopes there 
are considerable areas of natural birchwood. There is a rich 
ergrowth of pets ir the juniper being especially 
aan with it occurring Erica cinerea, E. tetraliz, Dalai 
aris, Vacciniwm Myriillus, oe interpre. V. uliginosum, 
Avctoxtarpieytid Uva-ursi, and in e parts Genista anglica, 
Ulex europeus, and Rubus tuts. "None of the fruticose Rubi 
novel to us. The following plants occurred in pr fusion, and 
often in élose association :—Trientalis europea, Galiwm saxatile, 
G. boreale, G. verum, Carduus heterophylus Juncus squarrosus 
and Scirpus cespitosus. e commonest Huphrasie were E 
Rostkoviana, which abounded in the forest and by roadsides 
about Aviemore, and E. gracilis, whilst E. scotica was spores 
seen with the latter species. We looked in vain for H. nemorosa, 
usually in Lancashire the most abundant oe in ail ‘ain of 
situations. Pyrola media occurred on some open healthy ground 
w aquaticus re n iemo 
by ‘roms: ditches, er in damp fields, almost entirely sup- 
planting R. crispus and R. obtusifolius, although both the latter 
were seen. By the river Spey, near - hp we observ: 
Carex epcareeh and Myriophy lum aisevisflore 
nt moss of the drier gure ‘of the wood was 
Hylocomium aplendlene, — Hypnum Schrebert and other common 
species forming a luxurian a and in the wetter places the 
i nace@ flourish in variety. The branches of the 
junipers were richly “lsthed with aprender and Ulote, 
although the latter occurred but rarely, if at all, on the pines 
and birches. Dicranwm fuscescens was abundant and fruiting 
