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Perth, (87) of the Watsonian vice-counties. The Rev. E. F. Lin- 

 ton and Mr Frederick Hanbury have both looked through, and 

 either named or confirmed the naming of, the specimens in my 

 herbarium, for which service I am much indebted to them. 



I. 



Uieracia of Ben Chonzie and immediate surroundings. 



H. eximium Backh. var. tmellum. Locally abundant on pre- 

 2700 ft* eSCarpments and cva S 3 of Ben Chonzie, at and above 



II . tenement Backh. Very luxuriant on Ben Chonzie, 2500 ft. 

 and upwards. 



H. iricum Fr. Not so common as the next. 



t n* ( "V hcwn Fr - Abundant by all the watercourses on all sides 

 oi Lden lumt, and frequent on Ben Chonzie and contiguous hills. 



H. vnlgatum Fr. A small variety with reddish leaves and stems, 

 at low elevations, Carn-a-Cbois and Glen Turrit. 



H. aggregation Backh. A form. Of this conspicuous plant I 

 only secured two specimens, growing on high precipitous ledges on 

 the b.E. lace of Ben Chonzie, immediately overhanging the small 

 loch at the head of the corrie above Loch Turrit. One of these 

 specimens had thirteen heads of flowers. Mr. Hanbury considers 

 this plant best referred to H. aggregation; it is a little more 

 luxuriant than the normal form I have seen from the neighbour- 

 hood of Braemar, but agrees in the chief characters ; and West 

 1 erth is, I think, a new county record for it. 



H. pictorum Linton. Not unfrequent. Ben Cbonzie, at 2500 ft. 



N.B.— Besides the above, are one or two Hawkweeds not exactly 

 determinable as yet. One especially, growing on the S.E. pre- 

 cipitous ledges of Ben Chonzie, at about 2400 ft., has leaves growing 

 in a rosette, curiously attenuated at the base and acuminate, dark 

 green, spotted with rich brown ; cauline leaves nil ; styles yellow. 



H- — Hieratia of the Valley of the Euehill, from Glen Artneu Lodqe, past 



irmore 



H. Pilosel/a L. Some specimens with very lengthened leaves 

 and flower-stalks growing in the Dalrannoch Woods. 



H. iricum Fr. At the Linn O' Hulich, by the bend of the 

 R. Euehill, almost opposite the Cuilt Farm, Aberuchill. 



H. anglicuni Fr. At the same place, but more frequent ; also 

 above the Altanuish, by the Dalchonzie Hill, and on the banks of 

 the stream just above the Aberuchill Waterfall; likewise on the 

 Aberuchill Hill (Ben Halton). 



H. Farrense Hanbury. Not common, but unmistakable, below 

 Dalrannoch, on the banks of the Euehill, August 10, 1888. 



II. murorum L. Two or three forms. 



II. vulgatum Fr. Ill great variety everywhere. 



11. auratuni Fr. Common on both banks of the Euehill, chiefly 

 between Blairmore, Cuiltebragan, and Dalrannoch. 



11. crocatum Fr. In similar situations. 



11. corymbusum Fr. More frequent than the last, and sometimes 



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