24 FLORA OF EASTERNESS, ELGIN, BANFF, AND WEST ROSS. 



Babington is not only earlier but more appropriate. If Mr. 

 "Watson's name (it is worthy of any honour) is to be connected 

 with C. aqua tilis L., it should be with the small alpine variety, 

 which is now assumed to be the type : for if I am not mistaken, it 

 was this which Mr. Watson found on the Clova tableland. The 

 lowland plant which must bear Babington's name, I found in three 

 or four stations by Spey side, sparingly at Kinchurdy, but 

 abundantly near Downe, * 96. In Top. Bot. Moray 96 is given 

 instead of Moray 95. — -C. atrata L. Very fine specimens occurred 

 on the south side of Glen Ennich, 96. — O. Goodenowii J. Gay, var. 

 juncella (Fries). By the Spey near Auchgourish, * 96, and near 

 Altyre, * 95. — C. curia Good. Near Aultnancaber, Glen More, 



* 96. —Var. alpicola (Wahl). Glen Ennich, * 96.— C. limosa L. 

 Marshy ground near Loch Mallachie, * 96. — C. saxatilis L. (C\ pulla 

 Good.). South end of Glen Ennich in fair quantity, 96. — C. flam 

 Loch A'an side, * 94. — Var. lepidocarpa, Top. Bot., which is, 

 I suppose, equal to minor Towns. Common by Loch Morlich, Loch 

 Vaa, Loch Phitiulais, &c, * 96. Glen Avon, * 94, and near 

 Dunphail, * 95. Also in Deeside, 92 t- — C. vaginata Tausch. 

 Plentiful and variable in Glen Ennich and the corries of Cairn- 

 gorm, f 96. Glen Avon, 94. — C. echinata Murray. — A small 

 darker-glumed form occurred in Glen Ennich, and on the Cairn- 

 gorms, 94, 96, but Mr. Arthur Bennett would scarcely refer it to 

 var. grypus (Schk.). — C. pUuIifera. Typical ; Glen Avon, * 94. — 

 C.Jili/onnis L. Bare. Loch Mallachie. Loch Gahmna, 96. — C. 

 vesicaria L. Near Downe, 96.— C. bhiervis Sm. —Abundant in 94, 

 95, 96 and 105, and very variable. On the higher cliffs of the 

 Cairngorms and in Glen Ennich the dark-glumed form was 

 prevalent. In W. Ross a tall plant, three to four feet high, with 

 long thin spikes and pale glumes, occurred. — C. xanthocarpa DegL 

 Near Loch Clare, * 105. 



Scirpus setaceus L. Kenlochewe, * 105. — S. pauciflorus Lightf. 

 Marsh near Dunphail * 95. 



Phleum alpimim L. A form with more cylindric panicle than 

 the Clova plant secured in Corrie Sneachda, Glen Ennich, 96, and 

 round Loch A'an, * 94. These were all ccmmutatum Gaud. 



Alopecurus alpinus Sm. This occurred also with a more lax and 

 cylindric panicle in Corrie Sneachda, Leacainn and Glen Ennich ; 

 it is probable the var. Watsoni Syme. 



Phnajmites < mmunis Trin. The form or variety nigricans Gren* 

 et Godr., var. uniflorus Boreau, near Loch Garten, Loch Phitiulais, 



♦ 96, and n ir Dunphail, * 95. 



Deschampsia alpina Beam, et Schult. Rock above west side of 

 Loch A'an, \ 94. Typical plants occurred also in Corrie Sneachda, 

 3600 feet ; Corrie Leacainn, 3900 feet ; and in Glen Ennich, 96. 

 D. ct intosa Beauv., var. altimima (Lamk.) = pallida (Koch). 

 Cairngorms, 96.— Var. brevifolia (Tarn.). A common form on the 

 corries, above 2000 feet. It occurred with whitish as well as with 

 dark purple florets. In Corrie Leachainn it occurred with D. 

 alpina, and its range in altitude exceeded that plant, * 92, 94, 96. 

 Var. pmulo-alpina (Syme). Corrie Sneachda. Glen Ennich, 



