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long; bracts ovate, acute, bright red, the lower £-f in. long. 

 Calyx glabrous, £ in. long ; sepals lanceolate, acute. Petals not 

 seen. Capsule subcylindrical, twice as long as the calyx. 

 Hab. South Brazil, Glaziou 8018 ! Very distinct. 



(To be continued.) 



NOTES ON THE FLOEA OF EASTEKNESS, ELGIN, 



BANFF, AND WEST BOSS. 



By G. Clakidge Druce. 



For some years past the cliffs encircling Loch Ennich, in 

 Easterness, which are well detailed in Ordnance Sheet No. 64, 

 have appeared to me a desirable hunting-ground, as from their 

 proximity to the Mac Dim range, their great height, and precipitous 

 character, in addition to their extent of six or seven miles, 

 promised to repay one for a botanical raid. And then the great 

 corries of Cairngorm and Braeriarch, which are such a prominent 

 and beautiful object as one goes north by the Highland Bailway, 

 are within measurable distance of Aviemore, and had this attraction 

 for me, that it was on their cliffs when a boy of fifteen that I first 

 realised the beauty of the Scotch Flora. Aviemore unfortunately 

 posseses no inn, so I made my head-quarters at the Boat of Garten, 

 which is within a pleasant drive of ten miles of Glen More. I am 

 greatly indebted to the owner and lessee of Glenmore and Bothie- 

 murcus, for kind permission to visit the forests so late in the 

 season. My first day was spent about Kingussie and yielded a 



an 



Equisetum sylvaiicum var. capillars, a variety which I believe I have 

 also seen in Fife and East Perth. The next day I walked up to 

 Glen More Lodge to make arrangement with the keepers, and found 

 a great change had taken place in the condition of the country 

 since my last visit. The following day I drove over and worked 

 Corrie Sneachda, Carex approximate, Saxifra<ja rivularis, Cerastium 

 refraction Allione, being the special prizes of the day. The Lochs 

 Avinloch, Vaa, &c, were worked on the following day, Nuphmr 

 minimum, Drosera obovata. &c, being gathered. Lochs Garten and 

 Mallachie gave Carex limosa, Utricularia intermedia, &c, and the 

 Spey side was very gay with an abundant growth of Hieracium 

 corymhomm in beautiful condition. H. crocatum was more scarce, 

 but Campanula rotimdifolia and Oaliiun rum were abundant, while 

 Iiibes petraum was welcomed for other than botanical reasons, the 

 fruit being very delicious. N ir Kinchurdy an addition to the 

 Scotch flora was made by discovering the variety Jilijolium of 



Hieracium umbel/atum. 



On my first visit to Glen Ennich I shortened the distance five 

 miles by hiring a machine and driving through Bothiemurcus 

 Forest, when we dismounted and walked six miles up the rather 

 broken road, the last mile being by heaps of moraine of unusual 



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