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THE BOTANY OF MILAN JI. 



extremely luxuriant and perfect ; in the lower reaches of the Ruchill, 

 near Comrie, it appears the only accipitrine form, and is frequently 

 curiously distorted by a species of gall. 



H. awjustum Lindeberg. Very abundant in 1889 and 1890 

 between Cuiltebragan Farm and the Linn 0' Hulich, on the river- 

 bank. Rarer in 1891. 



H. gothicum Pr. Not common. 



H. prenanthoules Vill. Frequent by the Ruchill ; also on the 

 Altanuish stream, which flows into the Earn, on the Aberuchill 

 estate; and a small form occurs on the shores of Loch Earn. 



H. Dewari Boswell. Not common. In 1889 and 1890, by a 

 small streamlet, tributary of the Ruchill, in a deep gully just below 

 Liilrannoch, Glen Artney. 



H. boreale Fr. Neighbourhood of Aberuchill and Dalrannoch, 

 Comrie, but not noticed since 1880, when it was common in the 

 above localities. 



H. tridentcttiim Fr. By the Cnilt Farm, Aberuchill, on the 

 banks of a small tributary of the Ruchill, 1875. I have in vain 

 looked for this since. It was named tndentatum from specimens 

 collected at this locality by Mr. Hewett Watson, but, judging from 

 the only specimen now in my possession, some affinity °to U. 

 corymbosum is traceable, so a slight element of doubt exists as to 

 this name being correct. 



THE BOTANY OF MILANJI. 



[The Papers relative to the Suppression of Slave-raiding in Xi/assa- 

 land, issued in June by the Stationery Office, include an important and 

 interesting paper on the Milanj i range of mountains by Mr. Alexander 

 Whyte, who is attached to the staff of Mr. H. H. Johnston, H. M. 

 Commissioner for the British territories north of the Zambesi The 

 following sketch of the flora will be read with interest. Mr. 

 VV nyte's specimens, which are in good condition, have been received 

 at the British Museum. The large "cypresses" referred to are 

 probably a new species of Widdrbu/tonia ; the "dwarf and scrubby" 

 species belong to the Ericaceae.— Ed. Joukn. Bot.] 



•| The flora of the mountain proved to be most interesting, the 

 species met with being mostly distinct from those of the plain or 

 even the lower slopes. But, under this heading, I must first 

 attempt to give a short description of the cypresses— the most 

 sinking botanical feature of the plateau. The remnant left of 



™?£L ♦? T \ *? COnfined t0 a few of the «PP er ^vines and 



VSSZ ,Wi f l01 ' eSt of them 6ndiu S a comparatively secure 

 habitat in the damp gorges of the Lutshenya valley. A few old 



well™ th^tf US ° f i the 8 l en u l6ad a P™™ e ^ ste » ce P^ fc y 

 If tSeS I Tn I 6 ?.? 1 ° Pe * °, the main mou » t ain, but, unlesssteps 

 aie taken to protect them,* these interesting relics of the past are 



* Steps have been taken.— H. £7ohn^tonT 



