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freely, both on tree trunks and on the ground, and D. strictum 
occurred more locally, but still in plenty though, as usual, sterile. 
Amongst lichens the Cladonie were remarkably fine and 
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with Usnea. and Alectorie, but the Ramalinee were apparently 
restricted to deciduous trees other than birch. On sycamore and 
lime they attained a great size, some specimens of BR. fraxinea 
having a length of six inches. 
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were only very partially explored, and although some of the 
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western slopes of Braeriach, only imperfectly examined in mist 
which Juncus trifidus and Salix herbacea were almost the only 
representatives of the higher plants, and the cryptogamic flora 
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stichum var. gracilescens, Dicranum scoparium var. turfosum, 
onostomum boreale, Cladina wncialis f. obtusa, and Thamnolia 
the district was the abundance of the Gyrophore, which occurred 
on almost every stone and boulder, from the valley to the summits 
of the hills. 
The only alien plants observed were Bromus mollis var. gla- 
brescens, which occurred near the lower bothy in Glen Eunach, 
We have to express our thanks to Mr. Symers Macvicar for 
assistance in determining the more critical Hepatice, several of 
